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Building Profile
Updated over 5 months ago

Update your buildings' profiles to include important building information and settings.

👍 This article will help you:

  • Edit building profile information, including type, location, area, and occupancy

  • Specify the building groups to which the building belongs

  • Change the building's status, or delete the building

To access Building Profile, go to Buildings on the left side menu, select a building, then select Profile from the tab menu.

Building Details

Field

Description

Building name

The building's name. Each name should be easily distinguishable from other buildings.

Building ID (optional)

Building ID can be a vendor ID or any unique identifier to help you organize your buildings.

If entered for at least one building, you will be able to organize your building by Building ID in addition to its display name.

Building type

The building's type, such as office, school, or government facility. See below for a full list of available building types.

Average occupancy

The building's average daily occupancy. Occupancy is used to calculate per person values and baseline models.

Building photo

The building's profile photo. At least 500x500 pixels is recommended.

Description (optional)

The building's description, or other notes for this building.

Default dashboard (optional)

The building's default selected dashboard as displayed on the Dashboards tab.

Status

The building's current display status. Historical buildings are still displayed in apps and dashboards. Inactive buildings are not displayed in apps and dashboards.

Address

The building's street, city, and state/territory.

Postal code

The building's postal code and country. Postal code is used to determine the nearest weather station.

Location

The building's real location on a map. Move the map marker to reposition it over the building.

Building Types

Building type

Academic
Administrative
Animal shelter
Area
Automated teller machine (ATM)
Automobile dealership
Bank branch
Barracks
Call center
Campus
Cell site
Civic
Community center
Convenience store with gas station
Convenience store without gas station
Convention center
Courthouse
Data center
Dining facility
Distribution center
Elementary and middle school
Elementary school
Enclosed mall
Energy star
Energy/power station
Exhibit hall
Fire station
Fitness center/health club/gym
Floor
Government
High school
Hospital (general medical & surgical)
Hotel
Ice/curling rink
Laboratory
Library
Mailing center/post office
Manufacturing/industrial plant
Medical office
Middle school
Movie theater
Multifamily housing
Municipal building
Museum
Non-refrigerated warehouse
Office
Other
Outpatient rehabilitation/physical therapy
Park
Parking
Performing arts
Police station
Pre-school/daycare
Prison/incarceration
Recreation center
Refrigerated warehouse
Renewable
Repurposed school
Residence
Residence hall/dormitory
Residential care facility
Restaurant
Retail store
Science facility
Self-storage facility
Senior care community
Single family home
Special education
Sports facility
Stadium (closed)
Stadium (open)
Strip mall
Student center
Supermarket/grocery store
Swimming pool
Switch
Transportation terminal/station
Urgent care/clinic/other outpatient
Veterinary office
Vocational school
Wastewater treatment plant
Whole campus (hidden)
Wholesale club/supercenter
Worship facility

Area

Field

Description

Total area

The total floor area inside the building envelope. Total area is used to calculate per square unit values. To help estimate: Small Office (1 floor) = 5,500 ft2, Medium Office (3 floors) = 54,000 ft2, Large Office (12 floors) = 500,000 ft2.

A sum of the total area of every building is displayed on the Homepage.

Top floor

The topmost floor in the building.

Ground floor

The ground floor in the building. Select '1st' for American buildings, '0' for European buildings.

Basement floor (optional)

The bottommost floor in the building, if below the level of ground floor.

Occupancy Schedule

Specify the average daily occupancy schedule for this building, from Monday to Sunday.

Building Groups

Based on the building groups defined for your organization, specify the group(s) to which the building belongs.

Additional Details

Field

Description

Manual building

If selected, users will only be able to create manual points and manual bill points for the building. It will count towards the number of manual buildings purchased on your Atrius license. If not selected, the building will count towards the number of real-time buildings purchased on your Atrius license.

Year built (optional)

The building's original construction date.

Year of last major renovation (optional)

The building's last major renovation date, based on the renovation's impact on building performance relative to other renovations.

Certification

The building's LEED certification level.

Cooling balance point

The outdoor temperature above which the building's cooling system begins to operate. Cooling balance point is used to calculate cooling degree days (CDD), a measure of the demand for energy to cool the building.

Heating balance point

The outdoor temperature below which the building's heating system begins to operate. Heating balance point is used to calculate heating degree days (HDD), a measure of the demand for energy to heat the building.

Vendor building ID (optional)

Vendor building ID is a unique identifier that links a building from a third-party system integration to a building in Atrius.

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