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Editorial Standards
FractionalBAS.com is a vendor-neutral educational publisher covering building monitoring, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency for small commercial buildings. This page explains how we produce, source, and maintain our content.
Vendor-Neutral by Design
FractionalBAS.com exists to give building owners and facilities managers access to honest, research-backed guidance on building monitoring and automation. The building controls industry is complex, and most of the content available online is produced by vendors with products to sell.
This site takes a different approach. Our editorial content does not endorse specific products, mention proprietary brand names, or publish sponsored articles. When we link to external products or services, we say so. Our goal is to help you make better decisions, not to make them for you.
The site is operated by Nicholas Napp, founder of Xmark Labs, LLC, a company that builds building monitoring technology. The FractionalBAS.com site is intentionally kept separate from Xmark’s product marketing. Some pages include a clearly labeled link to Nosy, Xmark’s building monitoring platform, as a “recommended solution” reference. That disclosure appears in a labeled section, not within article content.
What We Cite and Why
Every statistical claim on this site is sourced from published, publicly available research. We prioritize the following source types, roughly in this order of preference:
- Peer-reviewed academic research
- Government agency reports (DOE, EPA, NIOSH, ASHRAE, OSHA)
- National laboratory research (PNNL, NREL, LBNL)
- Industry surveys from established research organizations (McGraw-Hill Construction, BOMA, CBRE)
- Standards bodies (ASHRAE, WELL, RESET, ANSI)
We do not cite vendor white papers, product brochures, or press releases as primary sources. When a vendor-produced report is the only available source for a statistic, we note this and treat the figure with appropriate caution.
All sources are linked directly in the article where the claim appears. If you believe a citation is inaccurate, outdated, or misleading, please contact us.
How We Handle Errors and Updates
Building science standards, energy codes, and market data change. We review articles when underlying source material is updated and revise claims that are no longer accurate. Articles display a “last reviewed” date so you can assess how current the content is.
When we identify a factual error in a published article, we correct it promptly and note the correction at the bottom of the page. We do not quietly edit errors without acknowledgment. Our corrections policy explains this in more detail.
If you find an error, a broken citation, or content that appears to conflict with current standards, please use the contact page to let us know. We read every submission.
Our Approach to AI-Assisted Writing
Some content on this site is drafted with AI assistance. All published content is reviewed, edited, and approved by Nicholas Napp before publication. AI-generated drafts are not published without human review. Statistical claims are verified against primary sources regardless of how the draft was produced.
We do not use AI to fabricate quotes, generate fictional citations, or produce content we cannot stand behind. If a source is cited, it exists and says what we say it says.
Editorial Inquiries
For questions about our editorial standards, source methodology, or content policies, use the contact page. For corrections to specific articles, please include the article URL and the specific claim you believe is inaccurate.
We do not accept sponsored content, guest posts, or paid placement of any kind.