Weather normalization is a process that adjusts actual energy consumption to what would have happened under normal weather conditions. The Weather normalization settings section of the Configuration page contains settings for two basic weather normalization methods - balance point method and accumulated weather method. For more information see Weather normalization.
To edit the weather normalization settings, select Edit and use the following options.
Only Advanced users are allowed to edit weather normalization settings. For more information, see Pre-defined user roles.
Weather station closest to the location of the selected site is selected by default.
- Balance point method: This setting is used for configuring the balance point method. Select your local weather station, reference weather station and year for comparison. With automatic setting, the closest weather station will be selected automatically.
- Heating degree days: This setting is used for configuring the accumulated weather method. Heating degree days measure how much and for how long the outside air temperature is below the base temperature (heating is required).
- Cooling degree days: This setting is used for configuring the accumulated weather method. Cooling degree days measure how much and for how long the outside air temperature is above the base temperature (cooling is required).
- Apply to all buildings on site: Select this checkbox to apply the settings to all buildings that are located in the same campus.
- Select Save to save the settings. Select Cancel to close without saving.