Years ago, I spent many nights wishing I could discover a better way to evaluate some of the most obscure metrics in circulation in the California building energy industry. In particular, the long-term cost metrics California uses to estimate the cost of electricity and gas…

Energy management systems (EMSs) have become a popular tool in high performance buildings. You may have heard the term or have some familiarity with the concept; however, a lot of confusion persists in the building industry about what constitutes an EMS and how and when…

At Red Car Analytics, we love our building energy models, although we are the first to admit that getting real value out of a model can be as much an art as science. I recently gave a presentation about finding the value in building energy…