Building tuning can provide significant economic and environmental benefits. Many energy-efficient buildings, once constructed, do not reach their design potential unless building tuning is carried out.

Building tuning usually commences post practical completion and handover. It involves monitoring and improving the performance of building services systems during operation. By ‘tuning’ the building services controls, for an improved level of energy efficiency throughout the seasons.

The process of building tuning is assisted by the use of a Building Management System (BMS), and an energy monitoring system. While a BMS is intended primarily to control building services, it can also store a large level of useful performance data. However, unless this data is interrogated with an understanding of the design intent (and an energy efficiency hat on), it will not be obvious how efficiently the building is operating or the opportunities to save energy.

Asset commissioning management will lead the building tuning process with the relevant parties to achieve the desired outcomes.