by Brianna Crandall — August 22, 2012—Building performance analytics provider WegoWise is tackling energy usage and costs in the sometimes-overlooked area of multifamily apartment buildings and other residential structures. WegoWise announced it will provide developers and owners of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes projects with complimentary yearlong access to its WegoPro platform.
The online platform will now be available to help developers and owners benchmark the energy and water performance and minimize operating costs for nearly 23,000 certified LEED for Homes residential units, with an additional 86,000 registered projects in the pipeline. WegoWise will validate that participating LEED-certified homes projects, including single family, multifamily and mid-rise projects, meet high-performance metrics set out under the LEED for Homes rating system.
The company’s platform taps big data to automatically update with current utility information and provide clear, actionable comparisons that help users to improve the building’s operational efficiency and compare actual usage against projections to determine where behavior change will maximize energy savings. Under the arrangement, WegoWise will support the program’s goals to ensure that homes are functioning as energy- and resource-efficient.
“WegoWise’s solution for benchmarking and measuring building performance is fundamental to the success of our program,” said Courtney Baker, Residential Operations Manager at USGBC. “Homeowners and developers who invest in LEED for Homes certification have a powerful energy efficiency foundation, but need a reliable tool to track the long-term performance of their properties. This program offers actionable information on actual energy and water savings, ensuring customers can get the most out of their LEED-certified project.”
WegoWise provides a Web-based utility analytics platform for the building-performance industry. Bridging big data and energy efficiency, WegoWise distills large aggregations of energy and water data into useful, actionable information for building owners, managers, energy auditors and building efficiency programs, enabling them to automatically track, understand and benchmark building performance, and make better efficiency investment decisions. WegoWise says its platform regularly identifies impressive opportunities for cost savings, as inefficient buildings typically pay four times the utility costs of efficient buildings.
