Energy performance measurement, monitoring and control for buildings of public organizations: Standardized practises compliant with the ISO 50001 and ISO 50006. (November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fichera, Alberto; Volpe, Rosaria; Cutore, Emanuele
• Is Part Of: Developments in the built environment. Volume 4(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-11
• Subjects: Energy performance index -- Cumulative sum chart -- Control charts -- Monitoring -- Public organizations; Civil engineering -- Periodicals; Sustainable construction -- Periodicals; 624.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dibe.2020.100024
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2666-1659

Abstract

Abstract: The International Standards ISO 50001 and ISO 50006 can be easily transferred to organizations, which outputs consist of tangible products. However, it is equally important to build an energy management system tailored to public organizations, whose outputs are often immaterial goods and in which buildings highly affect the overall energy performances. Commonly, energy performances of buildings are assessed by comparison with sector-based benchmarks, whilst monitoring and control practises are often overlooked. Under these premises, this paper aims at proposing a common framework for an energy management system tailored to public organizations in which buildings play a pivotal role in targeting energy performance improvement. The proposed energy management system also relies on the effective exploitation of monitoring and control tools to promptly identify deviations from the expected energy performance values and to evaluate improvements over time. Highlights: Buildings of public organizations are a lever to energy performance improvement. Standardized practises compliant with International Regulations should be developed. Tailored energy performance indexes are defined and validated. The energy management system has to include monitoring and control processes.