Prepare Your Building for Winter With These Energy Savings Tips!

Winter is Coming! Consider the below tips to help you prepare for the winter season, save energy and avoid complaints:

Have a qualified technician test, clean and adjust your heating equipment.
Perform routine maintenance recommended by the manufacturer in your owner’s manual. This typically includes replacing dirty air filters; cleaning blower coils and heat exchanger surfaces; and adjusting belt drives, dampers valves and linkages.
Check thermostat accuracy.
Identify and repair leaky or disconnected ducts.
Caulk cracks around windows, doors and other openings.
Use Building data to check if pre-heat is coming on too early (how much time does it take to reach set point?)
Track weather data as well as climate data to anticipate morning recovery time
Open shades and blinds to take advantage of solar heating
Use either your BAS or individual data loggers to check that thermostat set points meet the room requirements
Install occupancy sensors to turn off lights when room is not being used.
Consider using LED holiday lights only