Hi Lucy, This may not fit your need, but our Facilities division has given me read access to their Building Automation System (BAS), the system controlling our HVAC system. I find it really helpful. With it, I can see real time readings from the building's temperature and RH sensors on a building floor plan, and check in on areas that concern me. For sensors programmed to save data (not all are), I can plot out the trend lines over time through an easy feature of the Siemens interface. My laptop is set up to connect remotely, and I've used that over weekends and holidays when we've experienced HVAC issues.
Access to the BAS also provides me with an unanticipated benefit: I can use BAS data when I talk with the Facilities engineers. We've developed an extremely good relationship with our HVAC engineers, but they have to act on the data they can see. By being able to point to BAS data, I'm dealing with data they work with daily. We also use HOBO dataloggers (MX1101, primarily). They're easy to work with, and staff are used to the reports. We've set them up to log at the same times as the BAS, and having this second system has provided the HVAC engineers with backup when they're trying to determine whether a problem comes from a room sensor going bad, or a misadjustment in the HVAC system itself. Happy to talk further with you, if you'd like. Best, Winston Winston Atkins Preservation Officer Duke University Libraries Campus Box 90191 Durham, NC 27708-0191 winston.atkins (at) duke.edu 919-660-5843 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
