NAU ENERGY DASHBOARD

For the last several years, Northern Arizona University (NAU) has been collecting a trove of raw data related to the operation and energy consumption of its buildings. Until now, NAU has not had a proper tool to display and analyze the data efficiently. Current methods are cumbersome, time consuming, and require a great deal of technical expertise. The NAU Energy Dashboard is a comprehensive web-based application which is able to retrieve, graphically display, export, and run basic analytics on NAU’s collected data. This software will have a huge impact on campus operation, leading to significant improvements in energy usage, cost reduction, waste minimization, campus sustainability, and research. Not only will the dashboard make the existing NAU building data useful, it will also aid NAU Facility Services in monitoring, understanding, and making well-informed decisions regarding energy efficiency.

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