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Performance Tuning Creates Harmony

Before a musician plays a note, they tune ... listening closely ... making adjustments ... bringing each string into harmony with the others.  When in tune, their instrument responds as intended and produces its best sound.


Buildings are no different.  Mechanical, plumbing, electrical, lighting, controls, and envelope systems benefit from regular, purposeful realignment ... bringing each into harmony with the others.  When in tune, systems respond as intended, energy is conserved, comfort is sustained, occupants are confident, operations benefit, and buildings operate at their best.

FD+D Delivers Actional Insight

Navigation devices replaced folded maps.  Cloud-connected, GPS-enabled navigation services streaming information to our phones or car dashboards have replaced navigation devices.  Maps and navigation devices were useful ... but the addition of real-time traffic, coupled with route analytics, packaged in an intuitive interface, has made navigation services exponentially more beneficial and powerful.  They provide early insights into travel pitfalls ahead, reducing stress, saving time and money, and building confidence in our day-to-day movements.  


Fault Detection + Diagnostics Analytics are no different.  They provide early insights into building performance pitfalls ahead, reducing stress, saving time and money, and building confidence in our day-to-day operations. 

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Maximizing Systems Impact

We help Owner and Operations Teams define key building performance parameters across each automated system, leverage existing building automation systems, and optimize operating parameters under real-world conditions.


Our engineering-driven tuning approach balances field observations, data analytics, system diagnostics, and control refinements to maximize overall building systems performance - without requiring large capital investments. 

Creating space

Whether your goal is a system refresh, energy savings, improved occupant comfort, enhanced system reliability, or reduced maintenance costs - our tuning process reinforces operating conditions that allow your building to perform as it was originally intended - often better.


Tuning establishes the foundation for optimal building systems performance, allowing Owners and Operations Teams to breathe easier - creating space to focus efforts on more critical initiatives and forward-thinking pursuits. 

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Performance Benchmarking & Assessment

Performance Benchmarking & Assessment

Performance Benchmarking & Assessment

  • Baseline performance evaluation of existing MEP systems
     
  • Building automation system diagnostic review


  • Review of operating sequences, schedules, and setpoints
     
  • Analysis of BAS trend data and equipment runtime patterns
     
  • Identification of performance gaps, operational inefficiencies, and failure points

Building Automation & Controls Tuning

Performance Benchmarking & Assessment

Performance Benchmarking & Assessment

  • Refinement of control logic and operating sequences
     
  • Optimization of temperature, pressure, and flow reset strategies
     
  • Scheduling optimization and setpoint rationalization


  • Correcting improper equipment staging or cycling


  • Alarm logic optimization to reduce nuisance alarms

HVAC System Optimization

Performance Benchmarking & Assessment

Energy & Cost Reduction Measures

  • Optimization of ventilation rates, terminal devices, and supply/exhaust systems
     
  • Performance review and tuning for chillers, boilers, pumps, cooling towers, and central plant operations
     
  • Heat pump, VRF/VRV, and DOAS system performance tuning
     
  • Economizer and heat recovery system optimization

Energy & Cost Reduction Measures

Comfort & Indoor Air Quality Improvements

Energy & Cost Reduction Measures

  • Low-cost/no-cost Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs)
     
  • Load reduction strategies and performance curves optimization
     
  • Occupancy-based control and demand reduction strategies
     
  • Utility cost reduction through improved operating profiles

Data-Driven Performance Analysis

Comfort & Indoor Air Quality Improvements

Comfort & Indoor Air Quality Improvements

  • Development of performance metrics and KPIs
     
  • Trend-based diagnostics and system analytics
     
  • Integration or enhancement of fault detection and diagnostics (FDD)
     
  • Ongoing monitoring to ensure sustained performance

Comfort & Indoor Air Quality Improvements

Comfort & Indoor Air Quality Improvements

Comfort & Indoor Air Quality Improvements

  • Stabilizing space temperatures and humidity levels
     
  • Reducing occupant complaints through targeted system adjustments
     
  • Improving ventilation effectiveness and compliance with ASHRAE standards
     
  • Balancing equipment performance with overall building comfort

Implementation & Verification

Implementation & Verification

Implementation & Verification

  • Quantification of tuning impacts (energy, comfort, reliability)
     
  • Post-tuning verification and performance testing
     
  • Documentation of measurable improvements
     
  • Continuous commissioning strategies


  • Staff training on new operating strategies

Typical Deliverables

Implementation & Verification

Implementation & Verification

  • Tuning report with prioritized recommendations
     
  • Updated sequences of operation and control logic
     
  • Trend reports, diagnostics, and performance dashboards
     
  • Verification of energy or comfort improvements
     
  • Ongoing performance monitoring plans

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Harnessing FDD Insights

 We help Owners and Operations Teams harness the power of advanced Fault Detection + Diagnostics (FDD) Analytics solutions, identifying hidden inefficiencies, reducing energy waste, and gaining insight into costly equipment failures before they happen.


Our team provides tailored guidance—from selecting the right FDD platform to interpreting complex data and implementing corrective actions—ensuring you get real, measurable value.  

Comprehensive FDD Support

Our FDD Analytics Services provide continuous, data-driven insight into how building systems actually perform.  By leveraging automated analytics - either through your existing FDD platform or our integrated solution - equipment faults, inefficiencies, control issues, and comfort problems are identified early.


Our team not only helps Owners and Operations Teams review and interpret FDD alerts but also provides actionable recommendations and engineering support to resolve complex root causes uncovered, improving long-term building performance.

Clarity Creates Momentum

FDD Analytics transforms building data into clear and actionable insights, streamlining and bringing clarity to operations and maintenance efforts.


Through supporting robust maintenance efforts, our FDD Analytics services help lower operating costs and enhancing occupant comfort - creating a positive momentum in operations and maintenance - empowering Owner and Operations Teams to move from reactive to proactive - potentially predictive - maintenance processes. 

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Interpretation of Client-Owned FDD Systems

Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Guidance

Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Guidance

  • Review and validation of FDD-generated alarms and alerts
     
  • Prioritization of faults based on energy, comfort, cost, and reliability impact
     
  • Identification of false positives, sensor errors, and configuration issues
     
  • Translation of complex analytics into clear, actionable insights
     
  • Collaboration with facility staff to plan corrective actions

Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Guidance

Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Guidance

Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Guidance

  • Engineering-driven diagnosis of HVAC and mechanical system issues
     
  • Recommendations for control adjustments, maintenance actions, or repairs
     
  • Identification of recurring issues and systemic operational patterns
     
  • Support for implementing and verifying fixes
     
  • Development of follow-up tuning or commissioning strategies

FDD Software as a Service (FDD-aaS)

Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action Guidance

FDD Software as a Service (FDD-aaS)

  • Deployment of our cloud-based or on-premise FDD platform
     
  • Custom rule creation tailored to your building systems and sequences
     
  • Automated detection of energy waste, comfort deviations, and equipment faults
     
  • Integration with BAS/BMS data sources and existing controls
     
  • Continuous monitoring with scheduled reports and performance dashboards

Data & Performance Analytics

Data & Performance Analytics

FDD Software as a Service (FDD-aaS)

  • Trend analysis and equipment performance benchmarking
     
  • KPI development for energy, comfort, and reliability
     
  • Equipment performance drift detection and seasonal analysis
     
  • Reporting of energy impacts and cost-saving opportunities

System Optimization Support

Data & Performance Analytics

System Optimization Support

  • Guidance on control logic and sequence improvements
     
  • Recommendations for re-commissioning or performance-based tuning
     
  • Validation of adjustments through trend data and measurement
     
  • Strategies to reduce downtime, extend equipment life, and improve IAQ

Typical Deliverables

Data & Performance Analytics

System Optimization Support

  • Monthly or quarterly FDD analytics reports
     
  • Prioritized fault lists with recommended corrective actions
     
  • Root cause analysis documentation
     
  • Energy and cost impact summaries
     
  • Performance dashboards and KPI tracking
     
  • Updated tuning, sequence, or maintenance recommendations


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