The goal of the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is to facilitate the adoption of analytics and ongoing monitoring to help owners and managers find and fix building performance issues. The Campaign aims to broaden the base of early adopters and help speed future market uptake.

The Campaign is now closed to new applications to join. Information and background on the operation of the Campaign can be found in the Synthesis of Year Three Outcomes report.

The benefits of joining the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign include:

• Achieve cost-effective energy savings
• Get technical assistance from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Learn how to make best use of data
• Gain recognition for your organization’s participation
• Win a national award from the U.S. Department of Energy

Owners of both new and existing buildings can participate in the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign.

The annual recognition categories for the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign include:

• Best Practice & Innovation  
• Energy Performance  
• Largest Portfolio  
• New Installation & Expansion of an Existing EMIS
• Monitoring-based commissioning (MCBx) Provider 

Click here for more information on the details of the various awards categories and timeline for submitting an application.

Yes, all data shared with the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign will be kept confidential. Data of the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign is protected against unintended or unauthorized access.

Organizers will use data shared with the Campaign to gauge Campaign effectiveness, select awards, and analyze the overall costs and benefits of EMIS and ongoing monitoring.

​If you already implement EMIS technologies and have an MBCx process for buildings in your portfolio, you can still be a part of the Campaign. You can use your tools, save energy, and get recognized for your efforts. You will also be a part of a large network of organizations trying to do the same and can share knowledge and learn from peers.

The U.S. Department of Energy is sponsoring the Smart Energy Analytics Campaign. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is responsible for the design and delivery of the Campaign with support from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Organizations with a vested interest in EMIS and/or commissioning (Cx) adoption play a role as organizing partners. Organizing partners play an active role in Campaign design and recruitment, and regularly engage with the LBNL team.

To make your Campaign pledge, a participant may install a new EMIS, upgrade an existing EMIS, or continue using an existing EMIS. At a minimum level, to participate in the Campaign you must make a pledge, which can be changed over time, to implement at least one of the following:

1. Use of an energy information system (EIS) with hourly (or more frequent) interval data from the whole building meter, or
2. Use of a fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) system or automated system optimization (ASO) for at least one HVAC system

Any energy management process is eligible as long as participants use their EMIS to analyze data to identify energy-saving opportunities and implement at least one of these energy-savings opportunities during the Campaign.

To achieve a best practice level, the EMIS installation should include at least one of the following:

1. EIS with whole building interval meter data, with sub-metering of major end-uses and embedded M&V
2. FDD or ASO software with BAS data for all HVAC systems.

As long as energy-saving measures are found and implemented through analyzing EMIS data during the campaign, any investigative process may be used. However, an ongoing process such as monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) is highly encouraged.