Energy monitoring is essential to an efficient building. No matter what the current state of affairs, monitoring gives building owners a window into how their building is operating and allows the tracking of performance over time.

A diligent and ongoing monitoring effort is the best means to determine if past retrofits are performing as expected. Building monitoring also spots problems early, before they become costly. A recent study of the Canadian Green Building Council shows that most “Green” buildings are not living up to their promised energy performance. The reason is generally because systems are not operating as designed. Watershed energy monitoring aims at correcting this problem by optimizing the operation of the building and maintaining performance over time.
 

Our monitoring services come in three flavors

1. Simple Monitoring involves analyzing and auditing electricity and water bills to spot trends over time, and benchmark consumption against expected levers.

2. Real Time Monitoring involves real-time connection to the electricity, water and gas meters to pinpoint and correct problems as soon as they develop.

3. Advanced Monitoring involves real-time connection to the meters, as well as your building’s heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting systems. By allowing us to become responsible for how your building operates, the Advanced Monitoring service allows us to guarantee savings in your building.

Monitoring can be initiated with no up-front costs and experience has shown utility cost reductions of up to 25%. Often energy monitoring can pay for itself within months and the savings tend to be maintained over time. If you are interested in learning more about how monitoring your building can reduce your utility expenses, please contact us or click "view demo" at our monitoring service homepage www.energybrain.ca