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A top ranked public university and one of the leading US research institutions based in Georgia

October 25, 2023

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Leading the way in energy efficiency.

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About

 A leading university with over 200 buildings spanning across 400 acres of campus, with 11 remote.

Challenges

The university faced many challenges including:

  • Increasing equipment maintenance costs
  • Limited staff
  • High energy spend
  • Lack of unified commissioning tool
  • Alarm fatigue

The university sought a solution to automatically collect and analyze critical data and a focus on specific building BAS systems to allow for better visibility and management.

Solutions

  • Johnson Controls OpenBlue technologies turned raw data into actionable insights
  • Delivered a shift from time-based maintenance to exceptions-based maintenance driven by data insights
  • Provided the ease of a customized rules interface to configure tailored analytics
  • Expanded from 4 to 40 buildings 

Results

  • Return on investment in 4 months
  • 115 corrective work orders in the first year
  • Annual energy cost avoidance of $65,000 achieved
  • Annual maintenance avoidance of $24,000 achieved
  • Streamlined manual VAV Box Damper and Heater inspections
  • Offset manual CO2 Sensor Calibration

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