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Article: Benchmarking building performance: portfolio manager from Energy Star streamlines building performance assessment.
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- Sustainable Facility
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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You've cut your electricity bills by 10 percent. The chiller is operating smoothly, lights are off after hours, the building automation system is working on schedule--overall, you have a pretty efficient building. Compared to what? That is the ultimate question. While your utility bills may be lower this year, how do you know what an ideal target is? How are other buildings your size, occupancy and location operating?
One way to fred out is to call up facility managers in your area, compare file scope of your buildings, and analyze your utility data together. But tiffs is a burdensome, time-consuming endeavor--if the other facility managers are wilting to share ...