This is a real problem when you are tracking utility bills.
Suppose you installed a lighting retrofit, and it looked as if you were
saving the energy you expected to save, and then the building added a new wing.
Now, the extra energy consumed by the new wing will make your savings
disappear.
To correct for this, Metrix allows you to enter the
increase in usage associated with the new wing.
This increase is then added to the Baseline amount, as the graph below
shows.
Yes. Metrix can perform the weather regression shown above for your own variables that you insert into the program. Some common examples are “number of school days”, “hospital patient-days” and “number of widgets produced.” Square footage is typically not used to adjust the baseline. If there is a change in square footage, then a baseline modification is made.