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Building Energy Management  »  Building Energy Management systems

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Energy consumption in a building through BMS can be optimized only if it is measured effectively. Monitoring, measurement and optimization represents a very important function of the BEM system and is done through advanced metering techniques using appropriate sub meters and smart meters. Sophisticated facility monitoring and control systems allow monitoring of various end uses in real time. The Efficiency Valuation Organization (EVO) publishes the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP) to increase investment in energy and water efficiency, demand management and renewable energy projects around the world. It lays special emphasis on the use of Energy Management Systems and allows building owners, energy service companies, and financiers of energy efficiency projects to quantify the energy savings performance of energy conservation measures (ECMs).