Optimizing Capital Projects

Step 3 of 5: Optimizing Facility Performance

Facility managers, CEOs, and CFOs all face headwinds in managing their facility investments. Whether it be because of technological complexity or just a lack of time and funding, building owners struggle to operate their facilities at optimal levels. This means they are losing money they could be saving and energy they could be conserving. Below is Step Three of a five-step series on optimizing your facility performance and maximizing your return on investment. These optimization metrics include:

Energy Savings
Utility Incentives
Operation and Maintenance Savings
Increased Occupant Comfort, Health, and Productivity
Reduced Carbon Emissions

Step 3: Optimizing Capital Projects – Commissioning (Cx)
Why optimize your capital project investments? Because there’s never a better time to improve your facility performance than when you’re planning, designing, and constructing building systems.

How?

Create a master Cx scope that can be specifically tailored for each project.
Begin the planning phase of the Cx process with the owner’s project requirements (OPR) and basis of design (BOD), then continue the process through the warranty period.
Apply analytics software to automate and enhance the process.
Seek independent advice to select the software package that best fits your needs. Considerations include: packaged vs. customizable, ability to scale, independence from controls system(s), independence from engineering, etc.

What is Commissioning?
A quality-oriented process for verifying and documenting that the performance of facilities, systems, and assemblies meet defined objectives and criteria established during planning and design.

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Keep an eye on your email for Steps 4-5 of the Five-Step Process!

Step 1: Energy Benchmarking, Goals and Strategies
Step 2: Optimizing Existing Facilities

Step 3: Optimizing Capital Projects

Step 4: Sustaining Optimization

Step 5: Maximizing Building Controls