SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS

Asset Classes

Focus Area

Energy and Carbon

Topic

O&M Optimization

Question #

E6.2 — Fault Detection

Question

Is Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) in place?

Applicability

All asset classes
Owner/landlord occupied building
Tenant occupied building – all systems managed by the owner/landlord

Answer & Scoring

  • Yes = 3 points
  • No = 0 points
  • Not Applicable – Tenant occupied building: Some or no systems managed by the owner/landlord = 0/0

Max of 3 points

Requirements

Demonstrate the ability of the technology to provide:

  1. Root cause analysis and functional testing
  2. Fault detection autonomous system adjustment. System has the ability to auto-adjust operations to alleviate potential issues
  3. Prevent recurrences of false or non-critical alarms

Documentation

Any combination of the following that demonstrates requirements have been met:

  • Digital Enablement Specifications (BMS, Lighting, EV Charging, Electrical, Fire, Vertical Transportation)
  • Vendor Documentation (specifications, commissioning report, technical reports, functionality design reports)
  • Compliance Registers
  • Use Case – Benefits realization report
  • Integrations Report

OR

  • Documentation demonstrating that no systems are under the building owner/landlord’s control (e.g. lease agreement)

Suggested Lead

In-house

Value

  • Fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) is a component in some building automation systems (BAS) that identifies potential operational errors and endeavors to adjust operations to prevent these errors from occurring. This system is autonomous and requires no manual intervention
  • An FDD system can help optimize operations which can lead to cost savings, energy savings, and reduce carbon emissions

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Description

Pre-empt building system faults based on machine learned behavior. Recognize patterns that resulted in faults and send alerts when the same pattern recurs. Optimize maintenance processes. Reduce building system fault occurrences and increase building up time.

References

None

Adapted BB 3.0 Question

New in BOMA BEST 4.0