5. Analyze average energy consumption data for a workshop or building

The representation of data averaged over a day, a week or a month tends to erase consumption peculiarities as described in the load curve analysis stage. Daily peaks and slopes disappear in this new representation.

On the other hand, a representation over longer periods can highlight daily, weekly or even monthly fluctuations.

Choose this performance for :

• identify medium- and long-term consumption trends;

• correlate these trends with influencing factors that are themselves characteristic of a long period, such as the unified degree day (UDD) defined month by month for a given locality, monthly production, average monthly building occupancy.

The figure Monthly fuel consumption for heating purposes in a building illustrates...