SAN FRANCISCO — BuildingIQ, a leading energy management software company, announced that its technology has been chosen by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for its Green Proving Ground Program. The Green Proving Ground Program aims to help government buildings move toward net-zero-energy classification and meet targeted sustainability goals. BuildingIQ was selected for its Predictive Energy Optimization™ software, which is designed to actively predict and manage HVAC loads in commercial buildings and reduce energy costs by as much as 25 percent.

GSA will implement BuildingIQ’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution at its Jacksonville, Florida, and Dayton, Ohio, host sites in order to evaluate the technology in a real-world context. For each building, the software will automatically create a customized thermal model that can predict HVAC energy consumption, cost, and comfort based on building characteristics, weather forecasts, energy pricing, tariffs, and demand response signals. The intelligent software will then minimize both peak and ongoing energy consumption in these buildings by making real-time adjustments to building controls.