🎧 #197: Brendan Robinson on Chasing the Lowest Energy Use Intensity of Any Art Museum in the World

This episode explores how Glenstone Museum is pursuing one of the lowest energy use intensities of any art museum in the world—without compromising the strict environmental conditions required to preserve artwork. Brendan Robinson shares how the team reduced the museum’s EUI from 85 to 42 through HVAC sequence optimization, floating setpoints, water-side efficiency improvements, and deep operational discipline. The conversation also dives into fault detection, advanced supervisory control, and why empowering multiple team members to edit BAS sequences has been critical to their success. Along the way, they reveal how energy efficiency and occupant/art preservation can work together instead of competing priorities. It’s a fascinating look at what’s possible when operational excellence, controls expertise, and sustainability goals all align.