Energy & Building Analytics

What Energy & Building Analytics means in practice

Energy & Building Analytics collects data from utility meters, building automation, sub-meters and sensors, cleans it and presents the trends that matter to operations, ownership and sustainability reporting.

Most buildings generate far more data than anyone reads. Putting meter readings, runtimes and temperatures side by side shows the boiler cycling at 3 a.m., the corridor heated and cooled in the same hour, or the parkade fan running around the clock.

Our method for energy & building analytics

We treat energy & building analytics as a small project with a clear start and end: survey, design, implement, test, hand over. At each step you can see what is changing, why and when. Documentation is produced as we go, so your property team is never dependent on one engineer's memory. Photographs, labelled drawings and configuration backups form part of the deliverable. Target: every major load visible on one dashboard, with anomaly alerts reviewed weekly.

Security and privacy considerations

Building and property systems hold sensitive information and often control physical access. For energy & building analytics we apply least-privilege access, multi-factor authentication for every administrative account, logged vendor access and encrypted storage of credentials. Where personal information is involved, we align the configuration with BC PIPA and PIPEDA expectations and document the controls so you can show them to an insurer or auditor.

How it fits with your other systems

Energy & Building Analytics rarely stands alone. It touches Data Backup for PM Firms, Access Control & Video and Strata Council Technology, along with the property platform and the accounting system. We map those connections during the survey and design the work so a change in one place does not break another. The integration map is part of the documentation you keep, and it makes future vendor changes much less risky.

Service targets and reporting

Where energy & building analytics is delivered as an ongoing service, we publish targets: 24/7 monitoring on managed infrastructure, a 15-minute response target on priority tickets and a monthly report that shows what changed, what failed and what is coming up for renewal. Targets are objectives supported by process and escalation, not guarantees. Target: every major load visible on one dashboard, with anomaly alerts reviewed weekly.

What it costs

Energy & Building Analytics is quoted as a fixed-scope project, from $2,500, or delivered inside a managed agreement at $89 to $199 per user each month. Portfolio advisory work starts from $1,500 per month and security assessments from $1,900. Building count, suite count and after-hours coverage move the price within those ranges. A 10% launch discount applies, GST is added at 5% and there is no lock-in.

Getting started without disrupting operations

We schedule the work around the calendar of the buildings: no major changes during move-in weekends, strata general meetings or month-end closing. Contractors are coordinated through one point of contact, and any interruption to residents or tenants is communicated in advance. After go-live, a short stabilisation period lets us tune settings and answer staff questions about energy & building analytics.

When property teams ask for energy & building analytics

The common triggers are an outage, an incident, an acquisition, an insurance questionnaire or a tenant complaint that cannot be answered. Owners and managers in strata & condo managers and commercial landlords contact us after one of these, and property developers often come to us ahead of a major project. Whatever the trigger, we begin with evidence, not assumptions.