Finding the right utility monitoring solution for your portfolio can be a daunting task – so we put together a handy infographic to point you in the right direction, whatever your needs. For a more in-depth look at each of these approaches, check out our blog post where we break them all down.
This is a guest post from our partner Building Engines. Building Engines is a leading provider of facility operations software, providing tools for work order management, tenant communications, and equipment maintenance tracking. Learn more about Building Engines. Think about the last time you bought property management software. What triggered this need? A communication gap between you …
Budget season is upon us. It’s the time of year when organizations begin gathering information on the financial and operational performance of their properties and going through multiple rounds of reviews until – at last – budgets for the coming year are finalized in December. We chatted with three industry experts to find out how …
If you’re a commercial property manager, odds are that you’ve encountered months when your property’s expenses came in higher or lower than your operating budget. This state of affairs – known as budget variance – often leads to protracted back-and-forths with engineering and asset management as everyone seeks to understand what went wrong. Is this …
With so many different strategies and solutions for utility monitoring on the market, it can be difficult to know which one makes the most sense for your portfolio. We’ve broken down three of the most commonly-encountered metering strategies to help you assess the best approach. MAIN ELECTRIC MONITORING The foundation of every energy monitoring strategy …
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Summer is a very exciting time at AQ. Each year a new class of interns joins us, taking on special projects and helping us get it all done. In honor of National Intern Day, we decided to show some love to our 2019 class. Get to know them: Aisha Asghar, Finance InternStudies: Accounting at George …
No two buildings are the same. From their equipment to their occupants, buildings have all sorts of factors that dictate operational performance and it’s up to building engineers to know every intricacy, to uncover issues, and most importantly — fix them. Once upon a time, this meant spending hours mining and analyzing building data from …
As we talked about in our last blog post, portfolio data (i.e. data about how individual portfolio assets are operating and consuming energy) is the foundation for building a successful performance optimization program. But now that you have it, what do you do with all the building data you’ve collected, centralized and verified? Figuring out …
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For owners and operators, portfolio data (i.e. data about how individual portfolio assets are operating and consuming energy) is the foundation for taking advantage of competitive insights and improving performance. But what steps should you be taking to ensure you’re really getting the most from your portfolio’s data?
With good management, utilities are the main line items you can have an impact on to create savings for your operating budget. But simply going off the information in your paper bills is not enough. Your bills will not tell you when and what caused peak charges or if your consumption to demand ratio is normal for your building.
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