Here you can see the course of the consumptions of the building (parts) over time. Not only consumptions, but also other types of data like temperatures, costs, and CO2 emissions. All this data can be visualized in many different forms for different analysis purposes.
The following chart/plot types will be explained below:
Optional series: For some charts/plots optional series may be available. Optional series are series that can be interesting to compare with the primary series. For example, outside temperature and degree days are optional series for the electricity consumption chart (if this data is available). You cannot configure in the Setup which series you want to make available as optional series; it is predefined which series are relevant as optional series.
Consumption
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What does it show?
In this chart, the consumption is plotted against time. It is easy to interpret, but for analysis purposes, the load duration curve is more appropriate.
Load duration curve
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What does it show?
This curve is similar to the consumption chart, but the data is ordered in descending order of magnitude of consumption, rather than chronologically. To be precise: it shows the amount of time (x-axis, cumulative) there is a certain amount of consumption (y-axis).
Base load: minimum required load
What do you use it for?
This curve is an easy way of visualizing how consistently a building is using the energy they consume. For facilities billed on demand, the more consistent a building consumes energy, the lower their costs will be.
For example, the curve shows for how many hours there is a peak consumption. From this, you can conclude what the maximum required load is that you need at any time in the year.
Heatmap
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What does it show?
It shows the consumption throughout the day/month/year (depending on the chosen period). The darker the color, the higher the consumption.
What do you use it for?
For example, it can be used to check whether consumption actually decreases after closing time, or to check whether the weekend does not show a remarkably high consumption.
Weekdays
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What does it show?
The weekday profile shows consumption throughout the day for all days of the week in separate plots. Holidays are filtered out.
What do you use it for?
To discover a (recurring) remarkable consumption on a certain day of the week.
Scatterplot
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What does it show?
In this plot, the consumption is plotted against the outside temperature.
Heating threshold: above this outside temperature of 18 °C, no heating is usually required.
What do you use it for?
Determine the impact of the outside temperature on the consumption.
Comfort
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What does it show?
It shows whether the indoor temperatures feel comfortable, based on the idea that outdoor climate influences indoor comfort because humans can adapt to different temperatures during different times of the year. This is called the adaptive comfort model. Calculation method according to ISSO 74.
What do you use it for?
Determine if the climate in your building feels comfortable.