How can municipalities gain an overview of their buildings’ energy labels? And how can they improve their energy labels? Transition has helped Frederikshavn Municipality with these issues.
Many municipalities today lack a clear overview of which of their buildings have poor energy labels – and what it takes to improve the energy labels.
Frederikshavn Municipality wanted to visualize the energy labels for their buildings together with screening results and potentials from a previous collaboration with Transition.
In addition, Frederikshavn Municipality wanted to create an overview of the energy labeling of their buildings, especially due to the new upcoming EU directives, which are expected to impose requirements on the energy label.
Power BI Tool
Previously, Transition helped Frederikshavn Municipality develop and establish a Power BI tool that visualizes the results of our screenings of buildings in the municipality. The tool also provides insight into the potential if the municipality replaced windows, ventilation systems, etc. in specific buildings. With the tool, the municipality can easily follow their progress towards the annual savings targets. The municipality has thus gained an effective tool for presenting both improvement potentials, and the results achieved.
Transition has added an overview of the buildings’ energy labels in the system at the municipality’s request, to make it easy to make decisions about which buildings should be prioritized for energy improvements.
Dynamic Energy Labels
The project has focused on retrieving relevant energy label data directly from the energy label database and integrating it into the Excel sheets that the municipality already uses. We work with a calculation core that estimates the property’s dynamic and potential energy consumption – and thus the energy label. Transition has ensured that energy label data is updated automatically, so that the municipalities do not have to collect it manually themselves.
We have helped Frederikshavn Municipality build visualizations in Power BI that support the municipality’s strategic work with energy management, including compliance with current and future legal requirements. An overview of energy labels has been created at both portfolio and property level, as well as the extent of building automation in the municipality’s properties.
Future Strategy
Frederikshavn Municipality wants to use the knowledge about their buildings strategically so that they can better plan their future efforts for energy improvements.
The municipality has gained deeper insight into the distribution of energy labels and how they can potentially improve their energy labels.
Do you want to gain insight into how to improve the energy labels of your buildings or have a similar tool? Then contact Nicolaj Bøgh, Head of Energy & Indoor Climate, at nicolaj@transition.nu