energyOrbit and Missouri River Energy Services Further Big Data Potential of Energy Efficiency Analytics through Standardized Language For Building Performance Data - Seite 2

BEDES is not a data format itself, but rather a reference point for other data formats, providing a standardized set of common terms and definitions that different repositories of building energy performance data can align to. The standardization ranges from developing brand new terms, to simplifying redundant titles. For instance, the terms 'business type,' 'building type,' and 'business classification,' have been simplified to the BEDES standard term 'occupancy classification.' By utilizing BEDES guidelines such as this, various market actors can  more readily share and exchange data through an industry standard of terms and vocabulary. The BEDES program ensures tools are interoperable and reduces data cleanup and reporting burdens, to make it possible to exchange datasets among tools and databases.

"Consistent data collection and tracking is the first step in measuring and analyzing trends that affect decisions related to energy efficiency investment, building performance and energy efficiency program implementation and evaluation" said Paul Mathew, Staff Scientist and Department Head of Whole Building Systems at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "With industry stakeholders ranging from utilities and building owners to policymakers and technology providers we are encouraged to see more companies like energyOrbit implementing BEDES with their customers and broadening the datasets available for future analysis by the industry."

energyOrbit has been working with MRES since May of 2017 in an effort to automate, streamline, and scale regional energy-efficiency programs among MRES member municipal utilities particularly through the MRES Bright Energy Solutions® portfolio, which offers rebates to customers of  MRES member utilities who install energy-efficient equipment. The joint-action agency provides wholesale electricity and a wide range of energy-related services to 60 member municipal electric systems in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

"We are pleased to have the support of energyOrbit to help ensure Missouri River Energy Services is BEDES compliant," said MRES Technical Coordinator Kurt Hauser. "By sharing this universal language set, we can see greater collaboration and productivity with our member utilities as well as outside agencies and vendors."

By leveraging the energyOrbit platform, MRES utilizes data and analytics to make informed decisions and more effectively manage its projects. Similarly, MRES can better organize data from its members to use and report their energy-efficiency data. BEDES streamlines this process further and opens up the doors to collaboration among member utilities, other governmental agencies, and additional third party entities working on projects such as deemed savings analysis and potential studies.