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1. If you click on a line in the League Table or in the Meter List detailed information about the asset concerned will be shown in the box to the right Renewables The renewables section usually contains Heat Pumps Photovoltaics Wind Generators and Solar Hot water or whatever renewable energy source that is used in the building i e in yoursitename and connected to the WFT all the graphs can be view by day week month year It is not available if no renewables are connected to the WFT WORKPLACE 08 54 26 K2 Sep 23 2010 Energy from Cereb PV Total previous h Cereb PV Total energy 0 1 kWh Carbon saved 0 057 kg CO2 Average 11 kWh OTR F 6 Renewables View It is possible to construct special graphs that directly shows the difference between used energy and gained energy for heat pumps and similar equipment This is shown in the example below The Total Geothermal graph displays the red line as total geothermal electricity and the green line as the total geothermal renewable energy 27 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 0 20 Dec 16 00 21 Dec 00 00 21 Dec 08 00 oye FS Taggle legend Ei Zoom to date gt Used and Gained Energy Graph Gas The Gas section displays information from gas meters connected to the WFT WORKPLACE 15 38 06 K2 Sep 21 2010 Current Status ec ee uty The Gas Graph Sensors The Sensors section displays all sensors connected to the WFT Typ
2. Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 NI WORKPLACE pe ryt Fs PAV Organ Lovell Blog Noel Street ae See nspiring office transformatior Total electricity per day Carbon emissions 40 63 kg CO2 revious day 7 e0e0e 0e 0 N ive eeceevcecece Equivalertto Driving 156 29 miles with a midsize car D a w o ua Summary ay Period j t Units m Day BE Week z Month B Year Dot Chart View How to Navigate around the Dashboard Depending on what kind of energy the WFT is metering and or what features there are implemented different views are available This is shown by the large picture icons at the bottom of the dashboard The most common icons are shown below t Summary l t Period t Units ig ae siii Cereb Total Electricity Total energy Sensor values Gas Renewables League Table Weather Electricity Log out Feature Icons 1 The DEC Real time Display Energy Certificate is found under Total energy The Meter list All meters implemented in the WFT is found under League Table Weather data from a local weather station is found under Weather if avaialble Some dashboards also have icons for Water and Meeting rooms when such features are implemented Please see below 16 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 view pf Petiod jf Units Eve Water Meeting rooms Feature Icons 2 Move your mouse over the large feature picture icons Only icons which represent
3. E CT r Access to Reports To access the reports e Click on Tools e Click the blue Report icon at the bottom of the Dashboard A small window where the report format type and period can be selected is displayed 35 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Reports on Kz Total gas Type of report Raw data Asses Meiers F Sensors K2 Total gas Creak report fom data Tolali gas energy consumption Fram Te ssm Dasa E Select data period Har Day Month Output format PDF Report Selection Window e Select report type The following table explains briefly each report type Raw Data The recorded date accumulative meter readings and kWh values on every 30mins or hourly readings This report outputs the basic data meter readings and can be used to analyze details of the consumption and the consistency of data Consumption per meter A graph displays the meters consumption in kWh over a day month year time duration CO2 and cost for the period is provided too CSV format cannot be used Out of hours usage The energy consumption during Office Hours and Out of Office hours is provided as text Comparison over time A graph shows the consumption in kWh for the selected date day week year compared with the previous date CO2 and cost for the periods are provided too CSV format cannot be used Comparison with last year A graph shows the consumption in kWh for the select
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5. implemented features are shown The next example below is from another site e Click on picture Electricity to view electrical data Electricity To Change Building e Click on downpointing arrow beside All Buildings or Building name just under the Workplace Footprint Tracker heading Available only if there are more than one building e Click on building name and the building will be selected The list is available only if there are more than one building WORKPLACE 17 18 12 Noel Street Aug 11 2010 Noel Street Ascot House Noel Street ergy performance iam Birmingham ys I All Buildings List of Buildings e lf there is a large number of buildings and they are located to a campus or a defined area the Campus Feature may have been included Please see Campus Feature above Consumption Presented for Different Periods The graphical information can be changed from a daily view to weekly monthly or yearly view The day view is default when opening the dashboard 17 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 To change time period e Click on Period polSummanije Peroa safeties Fein j e Select week month year Ea Ges HS Bs B Selection of Periods The period you have selected will remain and be used for all subsequent views until you change period again Consumption Presented with Different Units To change units e Click on Units Summary Period Unis Bor G B Bror l e
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7. 52 0 69 2 18 1 4 14 11 2012 04 00 77253 26 0 74 1 86 1 51 14 11 2012 05 00 77253 94 0 68 1 93 1 55 14 11 2012 06 00 77254 68 0 74 1 84 1 48 14 11 2012 07 00 77255 73 1 05 2 02 11 23 14 11 2012 08 00 77256 84 1 11 4 04 9 73 14 11 2012 09 00 77259 81 2 97 6 61 10 06 14 11 2012 10 00 77262 9 3 09 7 84 7 3 14 11 2012 11 00 77265 62 232 7 96 5 59 14 11 2012 12 00 77268 18 2 56 8 86 8 27 14 11 2012 13 00 77271 37 3 19 7 93 7 29 14 11 2012 14 00 77275 11 3 74 7 66 6 08 14 11 2012 15 00 77278 89 3 78 7 76 4 62 14 11 2012 16 00 77282 53 3 64 8 04 5 16 14 11 2012 17 00 77285 85 3 32 TIE 5 45 14 11 2017 12 00 TTIRR 2 9 AB RAR 1RR A Raw Data Report The Date column shows when the meter was read and the Ground floor energy consumption provides the actual meter reading accumulated value in kWh The Energy consumption previous hour is the difference between the meter reading on the same row and the meter reading on the row just above The last two columns show the consumption for the same period but for two other meters The meter readings are not shown for these meters in this report but only in Raw Data reports where they are the primary meter If you want to process the data yourself we recommend you to use the meter readings If the reading time does not show consecutive hours and there is a zero in the consumption column this will indicate there is one or a number of missing readings If the reason is a break in the communication the missing
8. A Username and a Password are issued through the Manager of your WFT service or by BSL The first Dashboard displayed is usually the All Buildings summary view please see below If there is only one building in yoursitename the actual building summary view will be displayed directly as in the example on page 2 above Other options are possible please ask BSL For a description of the Building Summary view please see Layout functions of the Dashboard below There is no risk whatsoever to destroy anything by clicking around on the dashboards Users are encouraged to try the different buttons to learn how to use the WFT Only trained users with the appropriate authority are able to change any critical data in the WFT and such changes are usually performed from another and special dashboard which is not available from the standard and basic dashboard If you have problems logging on to the Workplace Footprint Tracker application send email to issue footprinttracker com 7 58 Building m Sustainability 2012 11 20 http www workplacetracker com ml workplacetracker com 1 ea yy C P f BD WORKPLACE pee eV Organ Lovell Blog All Buildings a ees oe nspiring office transformatio 8 Jul 00 00 8 Jul 08 00 8 Jul 16 00 Toggle legend Zoom to date The All Buildings view The All Buildings view provides a quick view of the summarized energy consumption kWh of the la
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10. approximates the dots is calculated using the least square method The line crosses the y axis at the Base Load and the slope of the line indicates how weather dependent the energy consumption is A horizontal line would indicate no dependence at all An important indicator is the R value which shows how good the correlation is between the weather and the energy consumption R has a value between 0 zero and 1 one A value near 1 indicates a high correlation i e the analysis produces a good estimate of the energy consumed at a certain Degree Day A value near O indicates a low correlation which e g can indicate that there are other factors that affect the energy consumption than just the weather Degree Day Normalization Charts Degree Day Normalization shall also only be used for assets and groups of assets whose energy consumption is related to the weather The chart shows the actual consumption divided with the estimated consumption based on Degree Day normalisation It displays how much of the consumption that is not explained by Degree Days i e by outdoor temperature The y axis shows the relation kWh kWh and e g a straight line at 1 0 indicates that there is a perfect agreement between the actual measured consumption and the estimate based on Degree Day normalised historical data A value of 1 5 says that about 50 of the consumption cannot be explained by outdoor temperature Degree Days but instead of other factors The
11. charts can therefore be used to identify if there are other 52 58 2012 11 20 factors plant faults erroneous settings incorrectly connected meters unforeseen user behaviour etc that affects the energy consumption Time Comparison Charts These charts are used to compare between different months and years for the same asset They can be used for any type of asset and they will directly show if the consumption has increased or decreased over time Assets Comparison Charts These charts are used to compare between different assets They are useful to detect differences in usage patterns between assets of the same type in a building or between buildings Any type of asset can be included For sites where the Workbench is included and hourly temperature data are available such data can be presented on certain charts when pressing a button with a thermometer icon Explanation of Terms CuSum CuSum is the cumulative sum of actual consumption minus normal estimated consumption over a selectable time period Regression Regression analysis is a statistical tool for the investigation of relationships between variables in this case between energy consumption and Degree Days 53 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Degree Days Degree Days are the sum of all outdoor temperature degrees below in case of heating or above in case of cooling the Base Temperature for all days or periods within the period
12. concerned Base Temperature The Base Temperature is the outdoor temperature at which no heating or cooling is necessary The Base Temperature is normally different for heating and cooling A commonly used value for heating in the UK is 15 5 C but it should be specific for each building and depends on insulation and building usage Base Load The Base Load of a building is the energy consumption of every asset that is not directly related to the weather such as lighting small power and kitchen Support Issues For support issues or questions regarding the Workplace Footprint Tracker feel free to email them to issue footprinttracker com one of the technical team members will contact you to resolve the problem Detailed Description of Target Setting and How Targets Are Used by the WFT Introduction The Workplace Footprint Tracker WFT has a function to specify a target for the desired reduction in energy consumption The Target is used to enable the WFT to display The RAG indicator RAG Red Amber Green which provides a quick signal to the user about the status of the energy reduction at the moment of viewing and The green target line in the line diagram that also shows actual hourly daily weekly monthly yearly energy consumption as a red line Please note that if targets are not set for buildings and individual meters neither the RAG indicator nor the green target line will be shown correctly on the dashboard The desired
13. data will usually be automatically collected by the WFTT within a day or less time as readings are still available in the meters for up to more than a month 38 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 If the reason is a power break no values can be collected but the meter reading after the break will be the same as before the break or at least less than a normal hourly or half hourly consumption An indication that there are communication problems is that the meter reading after the zero is as expected for the time the reading was done In case this type of problem happens very often and affects all meters at the same time one should check the GPRS connection i e GSM signal strength Remedy can be change or relocation of the GSM antenna change of GSM provider or change of the location of the GPRS gateway The Meshnet Master in the building If it just affects a single meter the remedy usually is a better antenna on this meter or if that does not help the addition of a mesh network relay point In case of frequent communication problems please contact BSL issue footprinttracker com The Out of Hours Usage Report The report shows the total energy used during office hours and during non office hours as well as the average consumption per hour for the period specified in this case September 2012 The example below shows the body of a typical report in PDF format 2012 09 01 2012 10 01 Total Office Hour Energy 1925 1 kWh
14. example above where the energy consumption is displayed for North West Corner To get this view just click on Summary then point at Climate point at North West Corner and finally click on next North West Corner The diagram shows the energy consumption over time for the two subgroups of North West Corner stacked upon each other and presented as kWh h which is equal to 22 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 kW i e the average power for the measurement period which is half hour in this case To get the actual energy consumed for each half hour just click on the Half hour energy button and the diagram is changed as shown below 11 Nov 00 00 11 Nov 08 00 11 Nov 16 00 Unstack Toggie legend Zoom to date Switch to average power A Stacked Energy Consumption for Groups If you click on the Unstack and on the Thermometer buttons you will get the view below 11 Nov 00 00 11 Nov 08 00 11 Nov 16 00 e Toena Zomo Swichioavensenoner 4 2 Unstacked Energy Consumption for Groups with Temperature Line The subgroups of North West Corner are Cooling and Ventilation as is shown by the Legend in the diagram If you want to analyze these subgroups more in detail just point and click on any of the dots on the respective curve and you will see a box etree pro J What do you want to do x Open Ventilation kWh h Formula description pw eo If you click on Open Ven
15. 1 20 WORKPLACE 13 31 10 K2 Feb 09 2011 K2 Elec performance First Floor North electricity last hour 3 60 kWh Desired reduction of i a ator e energy usage 10 wy nf x 0 43 3 34 kWh Average for last hour ee O Ba Bire Bes Ol rae a 74 EE Selection of Dashboard Views for Workzones The different dashboards available in Workzones have all their specific name such as First Floor North First Floor South Second Floor North Second Floor South as is shown in the example above These names are specified per building and shall be equal to the names normally used for the assets in the actual building Electricity for Yoursitename s Services E g Kitchen Lifts Servers Hot water To view the energy use by kitchens lifts servers plant rooms and domestic hot water etc use Service e Click on Summary Workzones Services Climate after that click on Services e All metered dashboard options appear e Click on the dashboard view you want to see and the dashboard is displayed Please see the example below within the yellow frame 20 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE 16 44 59 K2 Sep 22 2010 Current Status previous hour ae Sevice Period Unit zomr IE Selection of Dashboard Views for Services Electricity for Yoursitename s Climate E g HVAC Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Fans Boilers Heaters Heat pumps To view the energy use fo
16. 1 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Workplace Footprint Tracker Generic User Guide amp Reference Manual This Generic User Guide amp Reference Manual of the Workplace Footprint Tracker WFT the energy management and the energy visualization service from Building Sustainability Ltd BSL describes the use of the most important features available on the WFT dashboard Details of how to access the many dashboard views are usually obvious to the user and not described in detail here Some special and optional features like the WFTBox Digital signage on clients web and the EMW Energy Manager s Work Bench are described in detail in separate documents The user is encouraged to click around on the dashboard to learn how it works There is no risk of destroying anything by mistake on the ordinary dashboard All critical parameter settings are done on special dashboards protected by password and accessible only to trained users The Workplace Footprint Tracker WFT is a cloud and web based system and service for Energy Sustainability and Building Managers to monitor and manage energy usage and generation in buildings and workplaces factories and complete portfolios of buildings It is also a tool to engage building occupants in energy saving actions through contests and digital signage The WFT comprises basic functions such as smart metering automatic metering management AMM a multi utility solution near real time energy
17. 7 07 2012 a 17 10 2012 23 Base Temp 15 5 HeaingDD Cooling DD Both Degree Day Normalization on EMW A more comprehensive description of the Energy Manager s Workbench and how to use it is available in a separate document but below is a short overview Work Bench Overview The following tools are available in the Workbench and all charts are possible to print CuSum Charts CuSum charts of the energy consumption can be created for any asset and any time period to quickly detect any deviations from normal behaviour The charts clearly indicate if there are savings or increased consumption It is the perfect tool to trace the effect of any investments or actions in energy saving measures A decreasing line directly shows the savings Historical data is used to calculate the normal behaviour Regression Charts 51 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Regression Analysis charts shall only be used for assets whose energy consumption is related to the weather The analysis shows the relation between the outdoor temperature expressed as Degree Days and the energy consumption and indicates if the consumption is as expected in relation to the changing weather The charts also show the size of any Base Load which is independent of the weather The energy consumed y axis during every day in the selected period is plotted in the diagram a scatter diagram at the actual Degree Day x axis A line which best
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19. Click on C02 Costs kWh IE o o Selection of Units Electricity Total Summary To return to default graph e Click on Summary view Total Electricity The usual default graph or click on any other Total icon to the right of the Total Electricity to show the corresponding data Summary Views 18 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 The yoursitename Total Hints amp tips The summary page Yoursitename Total usually contains a slide show of general environmental hints amp tips More information on editing and updating the Hints amp tips can be found in section How to Create and Manage Hints amp Tips WORKPLACE 11 11 40 K2 Febo9 2011 g The energy saved by recycling just 1 aluminium drink can is enough to run a television for 3 hours 9 Feb 00 00 8 Feb 16 00 az Toggle legend fa Zoom to date Summary Period Units Ey aay iii Total Os i Hints amp Tips Box Electricity for Yoursitename s Workzones Lighting and Small Power To view the electricity energy consumption of lighting and small power e Click on Summary after that click on Workzones e Click on blue dotted arrow or use mouse wheel to scroll across The blue dotted arrow is only shown if all dashboards cannot be presented within the yellow frame below e Click on the dashboard view you want to see and the dashboard is displayed 19 58 Building Sustainability 2012 1
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21. Sustainability 2012 11 20 4 N WORKPLACE rx taric aViorgan Lovell Blog Noel Street SO T EAA nspiring office transformatior Sum Workzones previous hour 62 0 First floor r ai manl 38 0 Ground floor 2 29 kWh Last hour consumption 0 27 E 3 05 kWh Last hour mean consumption Pie Chart View The Pie Chart shows how the energy is distributed between Workplace Service and Climate if the Summary view has been selected If a Workplace Service or Climate view is selected the distribution between the different groups of those respectively are shown If only one group is defined no pie chart is available If a sector in the pie chart is clicked on the WFT will show or rather go to the line diagram for that group Pie Chart View The Dot Diagram shows how the energy is distributed over a whole week for every hour in the case of Day selected as period When Week is selected the diagram shows the consumption for every day during the last 6 weeks When Month is selected the energy for every day during the last 8 months is shown When Year is selected the energy for every month during the last metered years up to 4 years is shown The diagram is a good means to show and analyze usage patterns over longer periods The size and colour of the dots indicate the amount of energy and when the pointer points to a dot the actual energy value is displayed Please see example below where Friday week 35 is pointed at 15 58
22. Total Out Of Office Hour Energy 1474 5 kWh Total Energy 3399 6 kWh Average Office Hour Energy 9 63 kWh Average Out Of Office Hour Energy 2 84 kWh Office hours Mon Fri 08 00 18 00 An Out of Office Energy Usage Report 39 58 2012 11 20 The Consumption per Meter Report The report is useful when you want to follow the performance of a specific asset over a selected time period An alternative is to use the Print button on the line diagrams Energy consumption per day A Consumption per Meter Report The Comparison over Time Report This report is useful to show how the performance of an asset may have changed from a previous time period 40 58 2012 11 20 Morgan Lovell Workplace Footprint Tracker Jul 2011 Jun 2012 compared with Jul 2010 Jul 2011 AC energy consumption per month Previous year Total energy used for this period 46 441 1 kWh equal to 19 969 7 kg CO2 or 5 572 9 Total energy for comparison period 55 981 9 kWh equal to 24 072 2 kg CO2 or 6 717 8 A Comparison over Time Report The All Meters in a Building Report The purpose of this report is provide an easy means to show which assets have the highest consumption to decide where energy saving actions may give the best result The output is either a PDF with a barchart Workplace Footprint Tracker Energy used by Gurdon Institute E041 12 11 2012 1 76 1 676 1 548 27 1 501 692 1 335 002 1d ASA An All M
23. Use CSV if data shall be exported to other systems use Excel if you are going to process or manipulate data in Excel use PDF if you are going to include diagrams in reports and presentations Excel files are in some operating systems and some spread sheet software shown as write protected so if you want to process or manipulate the data just take a copy after download 37 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 e Click OK The meter readings for the selected period are exported as a file in the selected format If your browser stops the download just click accept file and click the OK button again The csv file can be imported into Excel for further processing Please note that semi colon is used as a data separator not comma except for Out of hours usage which uses comma Detailed Information about Reports and Their Recommended Use Most reports types are easy to specify and their use is quite obvious but a few may require a detailed description The Raw Data Report The example below shows a Raw Data report for one meter Ground floor compared with two other meters First floor and AC energy L5 iy AE E F ccumulated values Consumption values for this period Date R i Noel Street First floor Noel Street AC energy Ground floor energy consumption Energy consumption previous hour 14 11 2012 01 00 77251 09 0 69 2 08 1 51 14 11 2012 02 00 77251 83 0 74 2 04 1 59 Ce 14 11 2012 03 00 77252
24. anual 25 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE 10 07 12 K2 Feb 10 2011 Standings previous hour This page shows how much the floors have reduced their electricity consumption during the selected period Click a floor in the list to show detailed Seventh Floor South electricity reduc 19 information for that floor Cereb lights and power electricity red Fourth Floor North electricity reduced 49 Third Floor North electricity incr Fifth Floor North electricity incr Fourth Floor South electricity i 4 League Y Poa oe omre League Table The League Table dashboard is also used to display a Meter List with a summary of the meter names with their kilowatthour for the previous hour or a selected longer period Use the scroll bar to see all meters in the list WORKPLACE 12 10 23 Sep 23 2010 Actual Energy previous hour Meters This page shows all electrical meters Plant room Click a meter in the list to show detailed Ground Floor South 716 information for that meter Total gas Cereb Gas Ground Floor North Seventh Floor North Sixth Floor North Fifth Floor South Second Floor South Third Floor South Gas Hot water Gas Hot water Sixth Floor South First Floor South First Floor North Fifth Floor North Fourth Floor South ix OM ol Meter List 26 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20
25. calculates the energy consumption or generation in case of renewables for individual meters and groups of meters The data readings and consumption is presented in different types of diagrams and reports and used by a number of analysis and control functions The access to and the use of the diagrams and features are described below To be able to use the WFT in the most efficient way for qualified energy management it is necessary that the meters are correctly installed and that it is known what asset s they measure The names of the assets should be the same as the client s organisation usually uses How to Log In to the WFT The dashboard can be viewed on most browsers Internet Explorer 6 0 is not supported e Open up your web browser e Type in URL www workplacetracker com yoursitename yoursitename is a placeholder for the name of your site in the WFT in the example below we use cereb as in many other cases in this document but other sites are are also used because all functions are not available everywhere The following page is displayed 6 58 2012 11 20 WORKPIECE FOOTPRINT TRACKER for more information please se Nttp www DuildingsustainsDility net Welcome to CEREB Please log in Password E Remember username Log In Page e Clickin the Username field and type in your Username e Click in the Password field and type in your Password e Click Continue button or press the return key
26. d All messages are automatically time and date stamped Comments can be added to blog posts and an interactive dialogue can take place 31 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 The purpose of the Blog is to provide the Energy Manager or any authorized person with a means to comment on specific occurrences in the charts and to interactively communicate with the occupants and other users of the WFT The Blog can also be used for storing of any energy management or behaviour change documentation related to the use of the WFT and energy use investigations Blog posts can be created from the line charts and from the Blog view The Blog is opened by clicking on the Blog link at the top left hand corner of the dashboard To go back to the normal dashboard just click the Back link in the same position A typical Blog view is shown below WORKPLACE 13 16 57 Back Gurdon Institute E041 7 Nov 18 2012 Templates Categories Posted October 21 2012 by George Bartiey business Ca George I attach the following documents Energy Management Process Chart for University Library 2 Energy Management Process Chart for Gurdon Institute 3 Example of funding request paper to Energy amp Carbon Reduction Project Board Archive 4 Template in Word of Project Proposal form based on the Salix model 5 Example of completed Project Proposal form 6 Warrant Request Template 7 Example of complete Warrant Request Search 8 Salix Project Com
27. data Therefore normally the system is run for a month in new buildings to get enough data After that suitable targets can be set or adjusted in co operation with the customer For a description of the target setting function and how targets are calculated by the WFT please see below Detailed Description of Target Setting 45 58 2012 11 20 How to Create and Manage Hints amp Tips The useful energy and environment hints amp tips feature provides awareness on greener methods to save carbon and money The feature enables you to enter your own unique messages into the system for site users to view Only people with administration access such as the Yoursitename WFT Manager would have the access rights To access the administration of Hints amp Tips e Click on Tools e Click on Hints amp Tips icon e Tick the Display this tip to view on the slide show e Double click on the highlighted line to open Tip edit box Hints amp Tips Administration Disp ay this tip ES a ee eee a R See ere ee E ea roducing steel from recycled material saves 75 of the energy compared to steel made from virgin ma ag The energy saved from recycling 1 glasa bottle is enough a power a light bulb for 4 hours Mobile phone chargers left plugged in and turned on unnecessarily in the UK waste enough energy to p a The energy saved by recycling just 1 aluminium drink can ia enough to run a television for 3 hours GoOSo Every ton
28. e average power kW during the last measured half hour The energy consumed in kWh during this half hour is half of this value The mid text is the cost of the energy consumed during the last hour The bottom figure is the mean consumption for the specific hour calculated over all measured days This feature is to display bite size environmental and energy conservation messages By default a selection of general knowledge energy Hints amp Tips are available 13 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 This box usually replaces the Status box in the primary view and the Status box is moved to the secondary view which is accessed by clicking on the green arrow to the right on the dashboard Every tonne of paper recycled saves 7 trees Hints amp Tips Box There is option to add your own company s best practice energy messages to inform building occupants please refer to section How to Create and Manage Hints amp Tips Pie Charts and Dot Diagrams Secondary View The dashboard also implements pie charts and dot diagrams Click on the green arrow to the right of the Hints amp Tips and the pie chart is displayed The same view also displays the Status Box To display the dot diagram click on the green arrow to the right of the Status Box Beside the dot diagram the Carbon Emission is shown in kg CO gt To go back to the pie chart and the line chart just click on the left hand arrow 14 58 Building
29. e Building Seaings v Set the building properties Select building below and the corresponding properties wil be displayed above Dept of Engineering TS v Store Building Propertes Change of Building Parameters 48 58 Building wy Sustainability 2012 11 20 The example shows some of the Building Parameters which can be changed through the tool It will vary between sites Other parameters may be changed only through the administrative pages of the WFT which requires additional authentication Adding of League Table WORKPLACE 14 48 03 Blog All Buildings Nov 17 2012 Select the Assets and Groups you want to display in the new League Table League Table Headline Christmas Competition Display Reduc on Display Actual Consumpson Gurdon Insitute E041 Gurdon East bd Gurdon Ins ute E041 Gurdon West lz A GUrdOrl MSNU EUS 1 AlrAreds VENNO MOCZ Cerra Gurdon Ins ute E041 All Areas Venalagon MCC3 East Gurdon Instute E041 All Areas Venala3on MCC5 Biomedical Gurdon Insfute E041 All Areas Venalafon MCC6 Biomedical Gurdon InsSute E041 Comp Air Vac Systems Gurdon Insfute E041 E0 E Bio Labs Gurdon Insfute E041 E0 P Bio Labs Gurdon Ins ute E041 E0 E East Essential Gurdon Ins ute E041 East Equipment Gurdon Instute E041 East Essential Power Gurdon Instute E041 East Riser Bus Bar Gurdon Insfute E041 Equipment Room 323 Gurdon Instute E041 Gurdon Biomedical Gurdon In
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31. ed date day week year compared with the same date previous year 36 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 if data is available for that year CSV format cannot be used Comparison with another asset A graph displays a selected meter against another chosen meter over the same time period CO2 and cost for the period is provided too CSV format cannot be used All meters in a building Automatically defaults to the entire building once selected A histogram graph indicates the highest energy demanding areas of the building if PDF format is used If you use XLS format the data will be output as table format CSV format cannot be used Energy statement This is for all meters in the building by selecting a month A summary of the total energy kWh used during this month for day and night including costs for the Main Groups and for all Assets in tabular form as a PDF It also provides a comparison with the previous 12 months in PDF format Excel format only provides data for Assets CSV format cannot be used Table of Reports e Select Assets meters or Sensors o Assets contain all ssets which have a meter connected to the WFT Sensors contain all sensors connected to the WFT if any Certain types of reports are not available for sensors as they would not make sense e Select additional asset in case of a comparison report e Select the period the report shall cover e g hour day month e Select output format
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33. eters in a Building PDF Report Or an Excel sheet with a list 41 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 D F g H lil J K L M N O P Q R Sja E Workplace Footprint Tracker 2 3 Energy used by Gurdon Institute E041 4 5 12 11 2012 6 Asset Value 7 East Riser Bus Bar 1767372 8 HVAC MCCP 5 1676 9 East Equipment 1548 27 10 West Riser Bus Bar 1501 692 11 West Equipment 1335 002 12 HVAC MCCP 2 1104 056 13 HVAC MCCP 6 719 712 14 Server Room 679 072 15 Plant Room Level 4 DB 1 636 152 16 HVAC MCCP 4 630 156 17 HVAC MCCP 1 618 135 18 WO E 567 146 19 Chiller 2 476 016 20 HVAC MCCP 3 300 305 21 WO P1 Equipment Panel 271 095 22 EO E 255 49 23 Chiller 1 221 504 24 EO E 123 92 25 EO P 75 12 26 R335 P LAB 335 47 008 27 WO P2 40 434 28 R111 P LAB 111 39 222 29 Chiller 4 32 824 30 R103 P LAB 103 32 028 31 R312 P LAB 312 28 19 mt All Meters in a Building XLS Report The Energy Statement Report The Energy Statement brings a complete overview of the consumption and costs for the requested month and the preceeding 12 months It provides day and night energy use and cost it shows the totals for the consumption areas Workzones Climate Services for each month and the total consumption for each asset for each month It can be used for tennant billing general energy reporting or for the energy manager to get a compact overview of the consumption The summary below will show
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35. ical sensors are Temperature Flow and Level Sensors for Voltage Current and Power can also be included Many sites do not have any sensors connected to the WFT which means that the icon is not available 28 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Some examples below Example View Flow and return temperatures WORKPLACE 15 50 29 Feb 09 2011 M1 Temp 51 C M1 Energy Meter Flow Temperature 58 C M1 Energy Meter Return Temperature Temperatures n a a o en E Pi is amp Sensor Dashboard View Example View Different Groups of Sensors JOR Temp Temp gt Temp a Temp M Temperatures ThermoCouples Y m i m g 5 G Temperatures z Pumps TT P Temperatures AHUs CWH Temperatures DC PV C Tool CEREB PCM PV Temp Access to Groups of Sensors Example View Photovoltaics Monitoring Photovoltaics sensors can also be monitored by the WFT The example shows electrical data but any type of sensor can be monitored like solar radiance and surface temperature 29 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE 11 27 06 K2 Feb 08 2011 DC1 PV Demo 1 26 8 V DC1 PVDemo1 Voltage 0 33 A DC1 PVDemo1 Amps 0 01 kW DC1 PVDemo1 Power 2 315 5 kWh DC1 PVDemo1 kWh A OEN E Ore Oar A gt n b y TE 6 Photovoltaics Sensor View Total Energy The Total Energy section displays all the energy used in the building Other totals
36. indicator areas RAG Red Amber Green indicator a line graph with 3 lines 2 lines for Day view and a digital display of cost and kWh Status box In most cases for recent implementations the Status box is replaced by a Hints amp Tips box Building Sustainability A RAG indicator Red Amber Green To show the actual consumption relative to the set target 2012 11 20 09 25 43 K2 Feb 09 2011 Total H Electricity Cereb Total C EE A line diagram with 3 lines showing the actual consumption cost emission for the last day week month or year the trend and the set target with consideration to seasonal changes In case of the Day view the trend line is not shown and replaced by the actual temperature if the Degree Day option is included Basic Dashboard View The Line Graph Primary View 9 58 Lest har oep 54 53 285 31 kWh erae F The Status Box A digital display and a bar diagram showing the current status of consumption and cost Previous hour day and month are shown depending on the selected period day week month If year is selected the accumulated values for this year so far are shown On some dashboards the Hints amp Tips are shown instead in this position Please see Hints amp Tips below The line graph contains a Toggle Legend to explain coloured line meaning and a Zoom to date feature to enable a quick and easy viewing of previ
37. ions are available the corresponding weight factors are calculated currentWeekWeight and currentMonthWeight in a corresponding way The each hour value represented by the green dot for the green line is then calculated as 1 targetreduction x TARGET VALUE 365 24 x currentHourWeight x currentWeekWeight x currentWMonthWeight After a year the manually set value of TARGET VALUE can be updated with the measured actual average value for the last year longtermaverageYear for this meter point In this way the WFT will incite the building users to continuously strive for energy savings according to the set target 56 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 For Groups which are composed of a number of individual meters no TARGET VALUE shall be manually specified because the target values are automatically calculated by the WFT using the corresponding individual meter values Use of The Admin Tool to Set Targets This is only possible for users that have access to the Admin Tool If you don t have such authority please contact Building Sustainability Ltd Please note again that if targets are not set for buildings and individual meters neither the RAG indicator nor the green target line will be shown correctly on the dashboard List of Figures OP E O cutee rac cyan E E E E aausnessoeeaeeeest 6 T06 AFBUNGNES VEN arire n E E A E T 7 Tie COS VIEN een a N EEA E EEE 8 Basie Dashboard VIEW scoor preneren e pinen EEE r EEEa S T
38. isappear This feature is only available when the Degree Day normalization option has been implemented and the WFT has actual temperature data for the building concerned The temperature data is retrieved from an external temperature data base Simple Status Box Displays normally a picture of the building being monitored but any picture provided by the WEFT client may be used The Status Box is on recent dashboards replaced with the Hints amp Tips Box on the basic view In these cases the Status Box is moved to the secondary view which is accessed by clicking on the green arrow to the right Building a Sustainability 89 45 kWh Last nour comsumption 10 73 5 57 kWh Average sor last hour The Status Box example 1 Another example is shown below 489 98 kW Last hall hour average power 44 10 fe 393 71 kWh Lasthourmesn corsumpiion Sss The Status Box example 2 Green Hints amp tips 12 58 2012 11 20 A performance indicator bar with blue arrow positioned to buildings energy performance This is dependent on targets being set With no target the blue arrow is always to the left Large bold text showing current consumption kWh or average power kW for the last hour The cost of that consumption is also shown The bottom figure is the mean consumption for the specific hour calculated over all measured days In this case the WFT collects meter data every half hour and the top text is th
39. like Hot Water Consumption and Gas Total can also be displayed More than one Total is possible The Display Energy Certificate DEC is also located in this section WORKPLACE 14 56 42 K2 Sep 21 2010 _ Current aee mems hour Ero orero Bo oec One AAC Total Energy Display 30 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Display Energy Certificate The real time Display Energy Certificate DEC is demonstrating the current energy performance level The DEC shows carbon emissions compared to typical emissions for this type of building The higher the ranking on the A to G scale the better the building is performing The left hand arrow shows actual building performance and the right hand arrow displays how the building performance would look like if there were no renewable energy sources The right hand arrow is not shown for buildings without any renewable energy sources If there are renewable energy sources a pie diagram indicating the proportion of renewable energy to total energy is shown in the right hand box WORKPLACE 10 47 07 K2 Sep 15 2010 More energy efficient With renewables Without renewables WL LDLR a o Ez Month Year fitto Omre The Real Time DEC The Blog The Blog in the Workplace Footprint Tracker WFT provides the client s Energy Manager and other authorized users with the possibility to write messages in the Dashboard views in order to communicate with other users of the Dashboar
40. ne of paper recycled saves 17 trees Eoi Administration of Hints amp Tips To create a new tip 46 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 e Click on the Add tip button e The Edit this tip box is displayed e Type in Green Tip text e Click on Choose picture to select an image from your desktop or drive e Click on Save Edit this tip Green tip Producing steel Fom recycled maternal saves 79 of the energy compared fo steel made from Virgin maternal Edit Tip Window Manual Input of Meter Readings In some cases there is no automatic reading of certain meters This is often the case for water meters which then can be read manually and the reading input into the WFT Click on the Water input icon red frame below and the Water box opens f Birmingham 1x The latest values 20110101 00 00 20110104 00 00 20110203 00 00 20110303 00 00 20110404 00 00 F 20110504 00 00 20110601 00 00 20110701 00 00 20110801 00 00 20110901 00 00 x 20111001 00 00 Add a new meter value Make sure you enter thexact date the measurement was taken logDate 9566 0 kWh 9566 0 kWh 9581 0 kWh 9626 0 kWh 9662 0 kWh 9695 0 kWh 9721 0 kWh 9751 0 kWh 9786 0 kWh 9817 0 kWh 9852 0 kWh value 300 0 15000 0 20000 0 2500 4 previous month 7 Month Year lt 47 58 Building wy Sustainability 2012 11 20 Input date and meter reading the ac
41. of i energy usage 5 Last hali hour average power 1 66 none 22 95 kWh 12 Nov 00 00 12 Nov 08 00 12 Nov 16 00 BB a ea a Toggle Zoom to Switch to half hour 7 legend date energy Se Line Diagram with Temperature Line for an Asset 24 58 2012 11 20 Weather In the case the building has a local weather station connected to the WFT the Weather icon is available Clicking on this icon presents the actual weather station data Please note that this weather information is not taken from the same source as the temperature line in the diagrams which comes from a temperature data base on the Internet WORKPLACE 13 57 22 K2 Sep 21 2010 Current weather for K2 2010 09 21 13 30 Temperature 23 0C Humidity 54 0 Speed im s Direction 34degrees a 2u Sun intensity 768W m2 yt Os Vee Weather Station View The current weather for Yoursitename is normally updated every hour displaying the temperature humidity wind speed and sun intensity or what may be available in the used weather station League Table The League Table is intended to create competitions in energy savings between different workzone user groups In setting targets for each floor the green red arrows will change according to the energy performance on all groups It is required to set targets for all workzones to enable the League Table to perform correctly Please see the detailed information about how targets are set at the end of the m
42. ors are calculated currentWeekWeight and currentMonthWeight in a corresponding way The value for each hour represented by the green dot for the green line is then calculated as 1 targetreduction x TOTYEAR 365 24 x currentHourWeight x currentWeekWeight x currentMonthWeight After a year the manually set value of TOTYEAR can be manually updated with the measured actual average value for the last year longtermaverageYear In this way the WFT will incite the building users to continuously strive for energy savings according to the set target To enable calculation of weight factors for month and year before actual data is collected it is possible to set estimated monthly and yearly consumption values through the WFT administration system If no estimated values are input the WFT will assume that the weight factor is equal to 1 one until actual vales are available For individual meters for which targets have been set the green line is calculated in a similar way but TOTYEAR is replaced by TARGET VALUE as follows For each hour the long term average longtermaverageHour is calculated and stored It is also shown in the Bar Chart to the right on the Dashboard The shown average refers to the period specified for the actual dashboard view i e longtermaverageHour for Day View A weight factor currentHourWeight is calculated as currentHourEnergy divided by longtermaverageHour As soon as weekly and monthly average consumpt
43. ous data There is also a printer icon which when pressed will create a printout of the line diagram If Degree Days normalization is implemented there is also a thermometer icon which will present a light blue temperature line in the diagram 10 58 Bula ha Sustainability 2012 11 20 Toggle Legend e Click on Toggle Legend to show the legend click again to remove L00 K2 energy consumption per hour kWh Ml Trend for K2 energy consumption per hour kWh B K2 target energy consumption per hour kWh Fe Toggle legend A Zoom to date gt Zoom to date 400 300 200 100 T 3 Dec 00 00 3 Dec 16 01 a EE Toggi p kymi e Click on Zoom to date text and a new timeline graph appears e Click amp hold mouse button and drag across then let go to see time line in main graph The calendar BE icon will enable you to jump quickly to a different date To return to normal graph view click on m icon 11 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 The Printer Icon Click on the Printer icon end a printout of the shown line graph is generated It is recommended to use landscape view on the printer ia 9 Nov 00 00 9 Nov 08 00 l Toggle legend l Zoom to date J The Thermometer Icon Click on the Thermometer icon and the light blue temperature line will be visible and a degree Celsius scale appears to the right of the line diagram Click again and the line and scale d
44. pliance Tool for projects where savings only relate to usage of one type of fuel ie el 2011 2012 9 Salix Project Compliance Tool for projects where savings relate to usage of more than one type of fuel ie electricity an tv wav of exnianation for anv enerav conservation works to he carried out there are at A typical Blog view To create a blog post from a line chart needs authorization just click on a dot on the line and a pop up window for input of the post is presented Click on Submit and the message is posted on the Blog together with line chart Viewers of the dashboard may post comments to the messages Please see example below 32 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE RAV organ Lovell All Buildings x a eee ETS nspiring office transformatio Ascot House Blog about this Header Demonstration Noel Street Demonstration of blog Body feature 0 17 Nov 20 0 40 0 60 0 Submit Watt per m2 previous hour Period Units R ony i Creation of Blog post from line chart The availability of blog messages are shown in the line charts as yellow squares around the originating dots WORKPLACE EK PPE V Organ Lovell Blog All Buildings an ee eee nspiring office transformatio Ascot House Demonstration Noel Street 0 17 Nov 16 00 18 Nov 00 00 18 Nov 08 00 0 0 20 0 40 0 60 0 80 a aaa Da Watt per m2 previous hour Period Units Bo e o re
45. que email address in User login ID this must be an active email address e Enter password this is case sensitive e Enter organisation name e Enter email address e Select one of the User Access role from the drop down list 44 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Ue Me Obrers ew User Preferences Window Once you click Save an automatic email will be sent confirming log on details to the new user Permission Groups Permission groups are a special feature in the WFT intended to limit access to certain types of data e g electricity to certain user groups It is specifically useful for educational institutions which use the WFT as an educational tool The permission group names will only contain specifically chosen data for students to have access to The feature can also be used by other WFT clients with similar needs New permission groups can be added into the WFT by sending an email to issue footprinttracker com containing group name and data that is to be accessed by the group How to Set Target Values Targets are set through the Workplace Tracker Admin Tool which is only available to authorized users For new sites no historical values are available and targets cannot be calculated because they are based on real data For sites with a history the historical consumption data can be manually input so targets can be calculated from day one Trends cannot always be calculated either due to lack of historical
46. r i G Availability of Blog post indication The post is available in the Blog 33 58 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE 15 31 12 Back All Buildings NOV 18 2012 Tam Demonstration Categories Archive Demonstration of blog feature Hide comments Add comment The Blog post created above In the Blog view it is possible to handle posts Add document Update documents Remove document links Edit Delete Revert to old revision and View old revision Just click on the name of the poster and a drop down list comes up It is also possible to create new posts directly and to create new Categories as well as editing deleting Categories Please see the yellow frames below WORKPLACE 15 57 23 Back All Buildings Nov 18 2012 ii Demonstration Categories Teste New Category Edit Categories Demonstration of blog feature Edit a blog post Hide comments Add commen Administration of Blog posts etc The figure below shows the input form for new Blog posts 34 58 Build ha Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE ee organ Lovell Back Noel Street ee nspiring office transformatio Headline Save Ciose Add document Edit Insert Format Table Normal AJAJIA AJA B B B AT SISIA Display under these categories o fa New post input form The Tool for Reporting The WFT is designed to produce reports in different formats and export data into Excel pdf and CSV files
47. r HVAC fans boilers heat pumps etc use Climate e Click on Summary Workzones Services Climate e All metered dashboard options appear e After that click on Climate Click on the dashboard view you want to see and the dashboard is displayed Please see the example below within the yellow frame 21 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 N WORKPLACE ry raig a Vorgan Lovell Blog Noel Street aa ae nspiring office transformatio AC Electricity last hour pa mH nal Desired reduction of ae 1 72 kWh r te a i Last hour consumption energy usage 5 0 21 1 86 kWh 23 Sep 00 00 23 Sep 08 00 23 Sep 16 00 Last an consumed Toggle legend Zoom to date J A Selection of Dashboard Views for Climate Hierachical Dashboard Search WORKPLACE 23 44 51 Blog University Library S022 Nov 11 2012 Hl Cooling k Total E Ventilatior Aci 11 Nov 00 00 Exhibition Room Kitchen Locker Room North Court em North Westy Summary South Court Cooling m Workzones 50uth West Corner Ventilation WB Basement Service WB North Help WB South West Bookstacks Hierachical Meter Group Structure 11 Nov 08 00 11 Nov 16 00 en pgend Zoom to date Switch to half hour energy Fd A wA aA y A VPBRAV CPUC T T v For sites buildings with a large number of meters there is a hierachical structure to make it easier to access the respective dashboard This is shown in the
48. reduction is specified as a percentage of the current long term average consumption adjusted for hourly daily and monthly variations and it is set through the WFT administration system E g if the goal is to reduce the energy consumption with 10 the Target Reduction should be set to 10 When this reduction level is reached the RAG indicator shows amber light If the 54 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 reduction is less than the target the indicator is red and if the reduction exceeds the goal the indicator is green The energy consumption target value in kWh is calculated automatically by the WFT for each type of view period based on an estimated and manually set monthly and yearly consumption the actual consumption and the desired reduction The actual consumption is used to automatically adapt the target value to variations in consumption over days weeks and months while the manually set consumption is only used during the first periods of WFT operation before actual consumption has been captured A consequence of this is that it will take a week before all target lines and the corresponding RAG indicators show correct values on the Dashboard in a newly started WFT The reason is that the actual consumption values are not available until the displayed period has elapsed and the weight factors cannot be calculated To make it possible to show a useful target line and RAG indicator already after a week the total energy con
49. st 24 hours for all buildings connected to the WFT in the left line diagram It also shows the power per square meter Watt m for each building during the previous hour in the right bar chart It is possible to show consumption for other periods by clicking on the respective calender icon By clicking on Units the presentation can be changed to cost of energy or CO emmission The Campus Feature Some clients may have many buildings within a campus or large area connected to the WFT In such cases the list of buildings under All Buildings may become long and difficult to understand Then the Campus Feature will help because instead of going directly to a building the WFT shows a clickable map of the campus or area Point and click ona building and the WFT will display the corresponding energy dashboard Please see the example below All buildings are also be accessible from the drop down list in the middle Please see the yellow frame Usually the buildings are accessed from the drop down list at the top but that is now used to navigate between the campus areas 8 58 Building oy Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE 17 20 26 Blog Gravesend Nov 17 2012 NORTH WEST KENT COLLEGE This is a map of the campus Click on a building in the map to view the energy consumption for that particular building The Campus View Layout Functions of the Dashboard The basic Dashboard i e the individual building s view has 3 main
50. stments in energy efficiency It provides CuSum analysis Regression analysis Degree Day Normalization and extended comparison tools The availability of the EMW is indicated by the Wrench amp Arrow icon sometimes only a Wrench under the Tools menue Work Bench Availability Click on the icon and the work bench is displayed WORKPLACE PAs ea Viorgan Lovell Blog All Buildings GEE Eh SON nspiring office transformatio Choose type ofchart CuSum Chart ng The CuSum chart is useful for finding deviations from the normal behaviour Noel Street AC energy From To 17 07 2012 28 17 10 2012 BE Select data period Hour Day Month Create Chart i eeeeee CCis Energy Manager s Work Bench Create chart from data AC energy consumption Select type of chart E g Degree Day Normalization as in the example below asset possible additional assets for comparison dates check Base Temperature and change if required 15 5 C is default mark whether Heating or Cooling Degree Days Click on Create Chart and a chart as below is created 50 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE PA v3 be Viorgan Lovell Blog Noel Street wanes S082 nspiring office transformatio 2 0 kWh kWh 16 Aug 1 Sep 16 Sep Game 7 E Choose type ofchart Degree Day Normalisa on v Degree Day Normalisation chart Noel Street AC energy v Add onal assets v Create Chart Erom ramm To 7 1
51. stute E041 Gurdon East Gurdon Instute E041 Gurdon West Gurdon Insitute E041 R103 Kouzarides Lab Config Gurdon Ins ute E041 R111 Pines Lab TEA Gurdon Instute E041 R139 Jackson Lab 5 ie ep ng ene er Sl eg i Gurdon Instute E041 R148 Miska amp borrowers Lab Whene Gurdon Instute E041 R203 Surani Lab Premera eset po nasan Gur Save League Table ee Creation of Customized League Tables This example shows how to build customized League Tables Give the League Table a name Headline select the assets to be included in the table from the drop down lists and click on Save League Table The new League Table is created and the horizontal and circulating asset list will get a new iconfor direct access to the League Table z gF JA Second League Table Meter List Y League Table SSS ee Second League Table Access In order to remove assets from a table select the blank line at the top of the drop down list and click on Save League Table To remove the whole table just remove all assets and click on Save League Table Energy Manager s Workbench An optional feature of the WFT is the Energy Manager s Workbench EMW It contains tools that help the Energy Manager or anyone working with energy usage analysis to analyse the details of the energy use in order to find all areas where energy is wasted and to keep track 49 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 of the results of any inve
52. sumption TOTYEAR and TARGET VALUE for the year before the WFT was introduced and corresponding to what the WFT is measuring can be input manually at the start up of the WFT Such manual input is available for the building as a whole TOTYEAR and TargetData for each month TOTYEAR shall be the sum of all monthly TargetData and for each meter point TARGET VALUE Understanding How The Target Function Works The WFT collects half hourly or hourly energy consumption data from meters in real time and such data is always available via different types of reports To make the Dashboard easy to understand all presentation is by full hours days weeks months and years In a Day View e g the actual energy consumption is shown as a red line connecting dots which represent the consumption for the hour preceeding the dot For Building Totals the corresponding green line which represents the target for energy savings is calculated as follows For each hour the long term average longtermaverageHour is calculated and stored It is also shown in the Bar Chart to the right on the Dashboard The shown average refers to the period specified for the actual dashboard view i e longtermaverageHour for Day View A weight factor currentHourWeight is calculated as currentHourEnergy divided by longtermaverageHour 55 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 As soon as weekly and monthly average consumptions are available the corresponding weight fact
53. the total energy kWh used during this month and compared with the last 12 month m Summary This This This This This This This This This This This This This month month month month month month month month month month month month month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 bestt 360765 0 357464 2 404021 2 384495 0 360438 3 383335 3 374631 7 402887 9 ea 32468 8 32171 8 36361 9 346045 32439 5 34500 2 337169 36259 9 ieee 175485 2 175417 5 202240 6 190727 2 177716 6 187729 5 178512 2 192789 6 wi 15793 7 15787 6 18201 7 17165 4 15994 5 16895 7 16066 1 17351 1 dea 185279 8 182046 7 201780 6 193767 8 182721 7 195605 8 196119 5 210098 3 Night 16675 2 163842 181603 17439 1 16445 176045 176508 18908 8 Part of Energy Statement Report Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 Consumption Area This This This This This This This month month month month month month month 1 2 3 4 5 6 Climate 2 118 3 298806 3 98175 7 194387 7 180638 3 191931 1 190469 7 199573 5 Work This month 7 This month 8 119234 3 110431 8 117222 5 119287 5 57191 0 127491 8 121769 7 134184 2 39399 3 zones Services 40904 1 39315 3 40719 6 40970 8 39680 5 433264 42466 9 Asset This This This This This This This month month month month month month month 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chiller 1 4546 8 6730 5 419209 1 23282 7 13606 8 12895 4 4447 5 Chiller 2 7962 4 10194 1 26843 5 27010 3 13161 8 12296 0 7789 2 Chiller 3 542 6 2510 8 73126 276
54. tilation kWh h you will come to a new diagram with the components of Ventilation If you click on Formula description you will get a box with the names of the variables making up the Ventilation Please see below 23 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 WORKPLACE 23 06 19 Blog University Library S022 Nov 12 2012 What do you want to do Open North West Corner Air Handling Units 1 and 3 kWh h Formula description ing Unit No 2 kWh h 12 Nov 00 00 12 Nov 08 00 Unstack North West Corner Air Handling Unit No 2 1 78 kWh h at 11 Toggle legend Zoom to date pe SWI we nme omens memes ws i EN NW C NW Corner j entiation Period one a Kheee Me era Access to Energy Details and Formulas North West Corner Air Handling Unit No 2 North West Corner Air Handling Units 1 and 3 12 Nov 00 00 12 Nov 08 00 12 Nov 16 00 Unstack Toggle legend Zoom to date Switch to half hour energy J gt Formula Description for a Group If you click on Open Air Handling Units 1 and 3 above you will get the view for this singel meter Please see below In the same way as in this example you may navigate in your own hierachy and find all the groups and all the single meter points University Library 5022 Elec performance North West Corner Air Handling Units 1 and 3 Electricity last hour i 18 40 k Desired reduction
55. tually read and accumulated meter value in the box and click on Save and close the box The WFT automatically calculates the consumption and uses the data in diagrams and reports in the same way as for automatic meter reading Manual reading should only be used for meters that move slowly and or a daily reading is sufficient Management of Air Conditioning The WFT contains an optional feature to control the Air Conditioning AC in meeting rooms and other areas which are not continuously used When this option is implemented the WFT has an interface to AC controller and another interface to a suitable scheduler e g from BSL s partner People Cube The availability of and access to this feature is indicated by the thermometer icon under the Tools menu Please see the yellow frame in the figure above Details of how to manage the air conditioning are provided in a separate user manual for sites with this option included The Configuration Tool The tool is started by clicking on the icon and it makes it possible to change some building parameters and to create new and customized League Tables Please see examples below Change of Building Parameters WORKPLACE 14 30 27 Blog All Buildings NOV 17 2012 Remember to press Store Building Properties whenever something has been changed Building Floor Area mi 18661 0 Target Reduction 0 05 Total energy consumed per year kWh 3519566 0 C02 Conversion Factor 0 43 Coniguraton pag
56. visualisation for behaviour change energy management and energy analysis functions reporting and user administration The access to and usage of these features are described below In case of problems please refer to the Reference Manual below in the first place or any relevant optional description or if no solution is found please send a mail to issue footprinttracker com 2 58 Building Sustainability 2012 11 20 09 25 43 K2 Feb09 2011 E Total E i E i cere Tota An example of a dashboard view Description of changes Approved by 12 11 20 Table of Contents How the WFT Works A Short INtroductiOn cccccccssececeeececeeseceeeecsseueeeeeeeeeseeeseeeseeeess 5 Howto boen CO tne WET earainn EEOAE E receueieseonse 5 ToC Ci WS Fe U En rescence EEE EEA EEEE 7 3 58 Sustainability 2012 11 20 Layout FUNCTIONS of the Dashboard c ce ceeccccssecccesscceeeseeecenececeeececeeeceeeuecessuecesseeeesegecetees 8 The Line Graph Primary ViICW sciscssscwraceuscaraesonehtacdannavdcbseaatacdasearaebaneabacdaseandessucaheneaiasaneas 9 Tog le LORENO Sarron E EE EO A A 10 POON O Oa E a E E EE E 10 Lhe Printer COren E ante ate seer ne 11 Ihe Thermometer I COMeeracpren e R E 11 SPE aS BOK eiea E EAE E EE 11 areen TUN a U a a E E E E E A NE 12 Pie Charts and Dot Diagrams Secondary ViIEW cccccsssecceceesecceeeeseceeeeeseceeseueeseneeees 13 How to Navigate around the Das

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