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Platform to help businesses improve energy efficiency.

A building performance platform addressing net zero, energy optimisation and health and wellbeing.
Climate Change Mitigation Health, Wellbeing and Social Value Advancing Net Zero Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap Solutions Air quality

Problem Addressed

How to achieve net zero carbon buildings, energy optimisation and health and wellbeing of building occupants

Solution Overview

The听arbnco听building performance platform听helps听businesses to measure,听analyse and improve energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality, which makes for healthier buildings and occupants, now more important than ever to businesses worldwide. Through a听combination of听the two key areas of听the听software –听energy听optimisation and health and wellbeing – it听allows听building owners and occupiers to integrate data sets to obtain a holistic understanding of building performance and maximise opportunities to听reduce energy and carbon.

The听energy platform听provides a single source for managing energy performance and compliance across large and diverse property portfolios. It centralises large data sets for continuous monitoring and delivers bespoke retrofit strategies to听reduce building energy and听lead buildings to a net zero carbon pathway.

The听health and wellbeing platform听seeks to resolve the dilemma that many engineers and architects face听鈥撎齟nsuring听effective听building听performance听when aiming to听create听well-ventilated,听comfortable, energy-efficient, and well-maintained buildings.听arbnco鈥檚听platform听brings听clarity to the conditions and experience of inhabiting the built environment, and high-resolution IoT sensing to HVAC controls.

arbnco provides the platform and tools for commercial organisations to collect, verify and bring real insight to their building energy and workplace wellness data.听The听energy optimisation platform provides:

  • 鈥楴o-touch鈥� energy performance analytics for a single building or a 100,000+ building commercial听portfolio听
  • Proprietary smart-meter interval data-driven machine learning algorithms performing听end-use disaggregation to accurately identify specific opportunities for听improvement听
  • Daily load-profiles and occupancy patterns providing听insight into the difference between base load energy usage and 鈥榳astage鈥� 鈥� excess energy consumption during off听hours听
  • Targeted energy conservation measures providing听both savings potential and region-specific cost听estimates听
  • Portfolio-wide screening, targeting and reporting providing听aggregate visibility of performance improvement听opportunities听
  • Site-specific renewables potential and storage recommendations based on detailed load profiling and demand reduction听opportunities听

听The听health and wellbeing听platform provides real-time monitoring of the effects of the indoor environment on health and听wellbeing, and听enables organisations to understand how the quality of their real estate affects occupant satisfaction and productivity.听

The platform gathers both qualitative and quantitative data, allowing for a full assessment of human experience. High quality indoor sensors provide ubiquitous monitoring of indoor environmental conditions, such as carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, temperature and humidity. This is combined with occupant engagement to gather feedback on how they feel the building is performing in human terms.听

Through data collection and occupant feedback,听the platform supports other green building certification and reporting standards听including:听LEED, BREEAM, WELL, Fitwel, and RESET.听

Overall,听the combination of听the听energy optimisation and health and wellbeing听platforms听allows听businesses to optimise their property portfolios to operate as cost effective, intelligent green buildings.听

arbnco鈥檚听building performance software听platform听is based on a Software as a Service model with annual subscription fees.听听

On听the听energy side,听the solution cost per building is from 10鈥檚 to small hundreds of pounds, but that typically would identify energy saving opportunities for the building.鈥疶hese vary from zero cost behavioural measures to larger capex initiatives with a quantified return on investment.鈥疶ypically for UK properties we see energy and carbon reduction scope of between 10 and 40% of current performance.听

For听the听health and wellbeing platform, small gains in productivity and satisfaction for staff will outweigh the cost of the system.鈥� Investment is both a small听upfront听payment for sensors and an annual license for the software and reporting.鈥疶he benefits of staff safety, reassurance, and comfortable working conditions are difficult to quantify but demonstrably real.听

Company name

arbnco

UK availability

Yes

Solution launch date

2015

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Case Study

arbnco, partnered with Arc听Skoru听Inc.,听worked with Schneider Electric in their听state-of-the-art technology centre, The Technopole, in Grenoble, France to achieve a high scoring in听the听air quality category to support LEED 4.1 0+M certification.听听

As the听arbnco听platform听measures VOC, CO2, PM, and other parameters, this听data was automatically streamed from the听arbnco听platform to the Arc听platform, therefore managing performance in air quality and human experience categories for Schneider Electric.听Scaled floor plans were used by听arbnco听to design a sensor plan to meet the data requirements.听

Overall, the automated flow of continuous data听from the听arbnco听platform听into Arc enabled听a streamlined approach to maintaining the high levels of operational performance at the facility. The data made听LEED certification easier and faster by automating compliance for credits in the Indoor Air Quality and Human Experience categories.听In addition, there are wider benefits from this data-led approach. For the phased re-occupation of the facility听during听the COVID-19 lockdown, the policy of measuring air quality (and CO2听as an indicator of ventilation) enables the building management to demonstrate confidence in the workplace as a healthy and attractive environment using outcome-based, best-practice monitoring.听

Facts and Figures

10-40 %

Typical carbon reduction scope for UK properties.

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