Trend Sumo®
Intelligent Analytics + Expert Engineering = Results
Get the most out of your data
The Power of Fault Detection and Diagnostics
You need your building’s vital systems to function optimally. GBA’s Trend Sumo® FDD solution can help you save energy, fix problems, and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Save Energy and Improve Operations
- Identify energy savings opportunities
- Reduce your building’s carbon footprint
- Improve occupant comfort
- Prioritization based on energy and cost
- TMY3 energy savings estimates
Implement Advanced Fault Detection
Identify complex issues and opportunities for ventilation, hydronic, and energy systems using four key data perspectives across thousands of data points with 200+ algorithms.
Ensure Persistence
Leverage Your BAS
How It Works
Trend Sumo, GBA’s in-house FDD software application, is an advanced analytics platform focused on building automation system (BAS) trend data. Trend Sumo leverages the power of automation to clean, organize, and analyze large quantities of data. The platform ingests data from the BAS and conducts an in-depth review for each HVAC system to pinpoint operational inefficiencies that can lead to energy loss or occupant discomfort. Data perspectives include weekday bin data, time series, outside air temperature bin data, and fault algorithms. Data output and graphs highlight identified opportunities for improvements. Once changes have been implemented, the Trend Sumo Measurement and Verification Savings Dashboard uses machine learning and Retrofit Isolation (IPMPV Option B) to calculate savings for energy conservation measures and tracks the persistence and resulting growth of those savings over time. Results from several studies have shown that careful use of continuous data logging can yield 5% to 15% annual energy savings (Claridge et al. 1994, 1996; Haberl et al. 1995).
The Trend Sumo Advantage
Visualizations
- Custom visualizations based on site specific data
- Virtual energy metering
- View data from multiple perspectives
Faster Results, Fewer Headaches
- Fast onboarding process
- Faults deployed based on system configuration
- Key charts automatically generated
Energy Savings
- Quickly identify energy savings opportunities
- Maintain optimized operation
- Ongoing troubleshooting
technology meets expertise
Your Goals, Our Experience
High-quality data is just the first step. Our engineers will help you take productive action based on Trend Sumo’s findings, from small adjustments to capital projects.
Issues identified through Trend Sumo may be as simple to fix as releasing a BAS override. Sometimes, however, the issue is more complicated, requiring knowledge of complex steam, district chilled water, or custom air-handling units. The GBA engineering team has a wealth of mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering expertise and is ready to support your project, including full design services.
Trend Sumo is ComEd Approved, ConEd RTEM Compliant, and qualifies as a IECC 2021 Compliant Fault Detection and Diagnostics System (C406.11).
maintenance and operations
More Than Energy Savings
Typically, fault detection and diagnostics efforts are focused on building energy optimization. But Trend Sumo is more than FDD. In addition to identifying energy savings opportunities, Trend Sumo collects equipment performance data, streamlining future troubleshooting. Rather than having maintenance triggered by hot and cold calls or large-scale degradation of system operations over time, monitoring system data with analytics can help the facility team identify issues earlier. A faster response can prevent significant issues with occupant comfort, as well as unduly high operating costs. Our team of professional engineers is prepared to investigate tough questions, such as: “Why is a critical space is no longer maintaining correct pressurization?” or “Why is the building stack effect worse this winter than in previous years?” We’ll help you find the best solution for your most puzzling problems.
Trend Sumo In Action
Analytics and engineering expertise yield powerful results.
Museum of Modern Art
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville
University of Michigan, Coleman Hall
A multi-phase assessment, including retro-commissioning of equipment and systems; an ASHRAE Level 3 audit; and a Smart Labs Assessment were perfomed at the 296,000-square-foot laboratory building.
Effective Data. Efficient Designs. Sustainable Engineering Expertise.
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