by Brianna Crandall — December 1, 2010—The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Lucid Design Group have announced a collaboration to bring Lucid’s real-time energy and water use tracking software to LEED building owners. The participating buildings are part of USGBC’s Building Performance Partnership and will continuously report on their building’s energy and water use. The Building Performance Partnership (BPP) is a program engaging LEED building owners and managers to optimize the performance of buildings through data collection, analysis and action.
Building Dashboard tracks real-time energy and water use in buildings and displays this information on the Web with an intuitive interface. Already hundreds of building owners are using Lucid’s software, including several dozen LEED-certified buildings, said Michael Murray, Lucid’s chief executive.
USGBC’s goals for BPP are to build a comprehensive green building performance database, enable standardization of reporting metrics and analytics, and establish new performance benchmarks.
As a pilot project within BPP, Lucid’s Building Dashboard software will be used to test and develop the Internet-based reporting system. USGBC currently provides LEED Online, a comprehensive Web site for building owners to manage the LEED documentation and certification process. LEED Online will be expanded to include actual performance data from buildings.
Energy and water data are interpreted and displayed on graphs and animated gauges—showing kilowatt-hours, cost and carbon dioxide emissions—on the Web, or on touch screen displays in buildings. Other applications of Lucid’s software include energy conservation competitions at colleges and universities.
