It’s 10 p.m. What's your building up to?

We work a lot in energy efficiency. In our experience, we’ve found the biggest challenge is making energy, and the waste of it, visible. So when NEEA’s BetterBricks asked us to develop a video series on building Night Walks, we saw an opportunity to put energy in plain sight and in relatable terms. Looking at buildings at night allows you to diagnose energy issues that would have gone unseen during occupied hours. With the Night Walk video series, our aim was to show how energy was being wasted and arm building engineers and property managers with the tools needed to fix these issues.

We enlisted the help of an energy engineer whose expertise and personality made him the perfect host for the video series. Over multiple Night Walks, we filmed our host as he uncovered hidden energy wasters using visual cues, such as a sheet of paper sucked into an elevator shaft to show air leaks in a building. Each video in the 7-part series focused on a single topic to keep the content bite-sized and relevant for management and technical audiences alike.

The final video series provides real-world examples of common issues found during a Night Walk. What’s more, we took an inherently complex topic like building engineering and made it fun, engaging and most importantly, educational.

Watch the video series here.