Presentation Title:

Remote Building Energy Assessments with Modeling (BEAM) for Federal Buildings

Track G: Energy Services

Session G3: Energy Auditing

Day 3  9:30 am

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Abstract:

The Energy Act of 2020 mandates that covered federal facilities be audited once every four years. In addition to this, all recommended measures that are found to be life cycle cost effective must be implemented within 2 years after the audit completion. The Building Energy Assessments with Modeling (BEAM) program seeks to help federal facilities meet these requirements in a timely and cost-effective manner. The audits are conducted remotely, by collecting data from the sites such as BAS screen shots, buildings plans, control sequences, and discussions with site staff. Once the information is gathered, the Building Re-tuning Simulator (BRS) tool is used to create an energy model the building. Finally, recommendations are modeled using the BRS to evaluate the potential savings. Measures are focused around low and no-cost controls upgrades which help the facilities achieve significant savings with low costs