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. |
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 |
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. |