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Connect energy, water and waste information to the actions and reporting that support your building strategy.

Rows of electricity meters mounted on a building wall

Does resource use follow the way the building is occupied and operated, and what needs investigation?

Put the measurement in the right frame.

Building information helps your team identify where to act. Compare electricity demand with occupancy, investigate water use outside expected hours or review waste quantities by stream and source to understand collection patterns.

We define the areas, uses and periods each measure represents, its completeness and the source owner. This gives the team a consistent basis for investigation and reporting.

Connect information with a response.

We work back from the action the team needs to take. A trend, exception or baseline comparison can prompt a schedule review, a possible-leak investigation, reconciliation of missing records or a change to collection arrangements.

We specify the measurements, interfaces and reporting views that support those actions. Operating teams and appointed specialists investigate the findings and approve or carry out physical and control changes.

Keep reporting traceable.

A chart is most useful when its units, source, period and gaps are understood. Occupancy, weather, operating hours and base loads can affect consumption. Recorded waste weights do not by themselves prove final recycling or carbon impact.

Your team receives information it can trace, interpret and use to review progress against the agreed outcomes.

Information with a purpose.

Building information / an illustrative example

People present and electricity demand across an illustrative daySeventeen hourly samples from 06:00 to 22:00 on one shared evenly spaced timeline. Separate vertical scales preserve the distinct units. The pale band marks 21:00 to 22:00, when the sample people count is zero but demand remains. Values are synthetic, not live results.ILLUSTRATIVE DAY / SYNTHETIC DATAAfter people leave, what stays on?One office floor · one illustrative weekday · local timePeople presentpeople060120Electricity demandkW0306006:0008:0010:0012:0014:0016:0018:0020:0022:00TIME OF DAY / LOCALEarlyWorking dayEveningInvestigate persistent demand; this is not evidence of savings.
People present and electricity demand across an illustrative daySeventeen hourly samples from 06:00 to 22:00 on one shared evenly spaced timeline. Separate vertical scales preserve the distinct units. The pale band marks 21:00 to 22:00, when the sample people count is zero but demand remains. Values are synthetic, not live results.ILLUSTRATIVE DAY / SYNTHETIC DATAAfter people leave…Same place · hourly readings · local timePeople presentpeople060120Electricity demandkW0306006:0010:0014:0018:0022:00TIME OF DAY / LOCALEarlyWorking dayEveningReadings illustrate a question, not a measured result.

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Illustrative day. Matching boundaries and time periods supports interpretation. Synthetic example. People count and electricity demand in kW describe the same hypothetical floor and period. Persistent demand prompts investigation; the chart does not prove savings.
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time local people count electricity demand kw boundary status
06:00019illustrative office floorsynthetic
07:00321illustrative office floorsynthetic
08:001827illustrative office floorsynthetic
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Building information / an illustrative example

Hourly mean water flow across an illustrative dayTwenty-four equal hourly intervals run from midnight to the end of the day. The shaded 00:00 to 06:00 period shows a continuing synthetic flow; it does not establish a leak, its cause or a saving.ILLUSTRATIVE DAY / SYNTHETIC DATAWater use has an operating patternOne supply boundary · hourly mean flow · local timeMean flowlitres / hour012024036000:0004:0008:0012:0016:0020:0024:00HOURLY INTERVAL START / LOCALOvernightDaytimeEveningPersistent overnight flow prompts a check of intended uses, meter coverage and response ownership.
Hourly mean water flow across an illustrative dayTwenty-four equal hourly intervals run from midnight to the end of the day. The shaded 00:00 to 06:00 period shows a continuing synthetic flow; it does not establish a leak, its cause or a saving.ILLUSTRATIVE DAY / SYNTHETIC DATAA flow worth investigatingOne supply boundary · hourly mean flow · local timeMean flowlitres / hour012024036000:0008:0016:0024:00HOURLY INTERVAL START / LOCALOvernightDaytimeEveningA persistent flow is a question to verify.

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Unusual overnight flow is a question for investigation, not a confirmed leak. Synthetic example. Overnight flow is a prompt to investigate operating needs and evidence, not a diagnosed leak.
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Synthetic sample values
hour start local mean flow litres per hour boundary status
00:0024illustrative office supplysynthetic
01:0023illustrative office supplysynthetic
02:0025illustrative office supplysynthetic
03:0024illustrative office supplysynthetic
04:0024illustrative office supplysynthetic
05:0026illustrative office supplysynthetic
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07:0095illustrative office supplysynthetic
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20:0031illustrative office supplysynthetic
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23:0024illustrative office supplysynthetic

Building information / an illustrative example

Recorded waste quantities and reporting completenessThree recorded collection streams: mixed recycling 480 kg, food 260 kg, general waste 340 kg. Only 32 of 35 expected point-day records were received, so the recorded quantities are incomplete. No recycling rate or treatment result is claimed.ILLUSTRATIVE WEEK / SYNTHETIC DATAWaste quantities need a reporting trailRecorded collection mass by stream · kgMixed recycling480 kgFood260 kgGeneral waste340 kgReporting completeness32 of 35 expected records received · 3 missingFive disposal points × seven days. Missing records limit the reporting claim.Recorded streams do not establish final treatment, a recycling rate or a complete building total.
Recorded waste quantities and reporting completenessThree recorded collection streams: mixed recycling 480 kg, food 260 kg, general waste 340 kg. Only 32 of 35 expected point-day records were received, so the recorded quantities are incomplete. No recycling rate or treatment result is claimed.ILLUSTRATIVE WEEK / SYNTHETIC DATAQuantities need an audit trailRecorded collection mass by stream · kgMixed recycling480 kgFood260 kgGeneral waste340 kgReporting completeness32 of 35 expected records received · 3 missingFive disposal points × seven daysCollection streams do not prove final treatment.
Recorded weights and completeness support reporting; they do not prove final recycling destinations. Synthetic example. Five disposal points over seven days; three records are missing. Recorded stream does not prove final recycling treatment.
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recorded stream recorded mass unit boundary status
Mixed recycling480kgillustrative disposal points / weeksynthetic
Food260kgillustrative disposal points / weeksynthetic
General waste340kgillustrative disposal points / weeksynthetic
Synthetic sample values
expected daily point records received records missing records coverage status
35323five disposal points x seven dayssynthetic

What to agree before choosing technology

  • Electricity demand and consumption with defined meter coverage
  • Water-use trends and investigated exceptions
  • Waste quantities, attribution and completeness

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