It’s time to rethink your facility management strategy and abandon the status quo. The engineering days of Duct Tape and WD40 have passed, and the trend of only looking at lighting savings is nearing its end.
Discover the three strategies that Performance Solutions recommends to companies preparing their facilities for the future.
Strategy #1: Make Data Your Friend
Benchmark your facilities against themselves. We recommend that our clients check the past few years of their utility bills and look for anything that stands out.
By looking at utility bills, the State of Missouri noticed one prison with astronomical natural gas costs. The culprit: a steam leak. This steam leak was not causing any harm, but was wasting resources. What costed the state 300k upfront to fix, resulted in 400k in annual savings.
You might not uncover savings this large at your facility, but without collecting and examining the data, how do you really know?
Strategy #2: Harness the Power of Technology
The advent of advanced building technologies enable building owners and managers to see significantly more data than in the past. Most facilities have controls that pull information from multiple points but who reviews the data?
Implementing a Building Intelligence Program, allows you to monitor your facility in real time. Seeing real-time interval energy data overlaid on BAS operating data not only helps you understand how your facility is performing, but also enables you to make informed short and long term decisions to get the most out of every dollar spent.
Strategy #3: Use a Holistic Approach
Asset management is crucial, dollars aren’t always everything. You simply can’t optimize your facility management if you haven’t determined the assets you own, their current condition and impact on the rest of your building systems. Without this valuable information, you could be putting yourself in a risky situation.
After a tragic incident in one facility, a building owner decided to do a full audit of their asset database. In reviewing their assets they discovered only 19 of their 21 buildings had sprinkler systems. By reviewing their facilities and all their assets they were able to take preventative measures to avoid another tragedy.
To learn about other building owners experiences, check out our case studies and read about the organizations that partnered with us to build a data-driven building optimization plan.
