What is the problem? What is the solution?
The electrical assets in a commercial / industrial building will “stress” the electrical energy system through their cumulative effects on overall “power quality” which, in turn, will create stresses on the very assets being powered by the system - compromising their performance and associated lifetimes.
The cumulative effects of the assets on overall “power quality” will in turn “stress” the energy system itself in relation to it’s own physical limits - the breaking of which will create potential business critical building downtime and asset degradation issues through, for example, fire risks, equipment lifetime reductions, nuisance tripping etc. |
Electrical assets that draw power can also provide electrical power quality data signatures that can be used to enhance the building’s overall whole life performance by pro-actively indicating the requirement for maintenance and / or possible near-failure. These data points are available to extract from most, if not all, commercial / industrial panel meters but are rarely used in systematic way.
The BARM Project aims to use these data in a user-friendly SaaS platform, allowing facilities managers to follow a predictive maintenance approach to their buildings' infrastructure. |