Metrics Topics & Opinions

Building EUIs are valuable energy performance metrics for the design, energy modeling and assessment of building energy performance.

Conceptually, the statement “getting energy performance data should be easy” is true. Virtually every building has electric, gas and other fuel revenue meters coming into the building, and summing whole building energy use for a year should not be rocket science.

Since 2008, High Performing Buildings magazine has publicized vital details about buildings that have performed well.

While counting energy (e.g., kWhs, therms) consumed on site may tell us how efficiently a building is running, it doesn’t tell us anything about the atmospheric carbon emissions that result from its operation.