IBM: Better analytics can cut university energy use

IBM is collaborating with McMaster University to improve the energy uses and supplies in the Canadian college’s buildings campus-wide.

The new technology, which will debut at McMaster University, will assess, simulate and forecast energy consumption from 60 campus buildings and a university hospital using the latest modeling techniques in physics, mathematics and statistics. According to IBM, the technology will help McMaster save on its operating costs and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

IBM claims that traditional energy analytics under-utilise all the data available from building operations and energy uses, and lack comprehensive modeling capability that can help building managers and occupants understand how energy is consumed. The new analytics capability from IBM Research will help McMaster analyse the information from a variety of activities in its buildings (heating, cooling, hot water, lighting, running equipment etc.) as well as factors contributing to the inefficiency in energy consumption.

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