Existing-building commissioning
Median primary-energy savings by programme type: 5% utility programmes; 9% monitoring-based utility programmes; 14% outside utility programmes.
Commissioning costs and savings — LBNL, 2020 ↗UNDERSTAND · STRENGTHEN · MODERNISE
Understand the whole facility.
Unlock its potential.
Connect asset knowledge, engineering assessment and operating information to improve reliability, investigate waste and plan the next investment.
POWER · ASSETS · INTELLIGENCE
One facility.
One connected picture.
THE COMPLETE OPERATING ENVIRONMENTFrom the source of power.
From the source of power.
To the systems it serves.
Grid. Solar. Generation. UPS. Distribution. Building services. Production.
FACILITY SYSTEM MAPConcept topology · Select a system
Normal supply paths – – Standby connection Illustrative architecture; configuration varies by site.
FACILITY ENERGY PICTUREIllustrative operating day · No live connection
Facility demand420 kW
Grid import300 kW
Solar contribution120 kW
● Facility demand● Solar output
Generator StandbyUPS output 24 kWBackup status Requires test evidence
FROM SIGNAL TO INVESTIGATIONIllustrative findings
CLOSE THE LOOP
Make every improvement
traceable.
Connect the observed issue to its cause, the agreed work and a measured result.
01BaselineDefine the system and operating conditions
02InterventionRecord changes, responsibility and checks
03VerificationCompare adjusted baseline and actual use
04Follow-upTrack persistence and new exceptions
Illustrative experience, not a live monitoring service. Coverage is scoped to installed meters, available controls, protocols and data access. Existing specialist controls retain their role.
THE BUSINESS CASE & TECHNICAL SCOPEExplore opportunities, evidence and the cost scenario+
PUBLISHED EVIDENCE / CLEAR CONTEXT
There is a business case
for looking closer.
Fault detection & diagnostics
Median annual energy savings reported in the commercial-building analytics campaign. Analysis must lead to corrective action.
Proving the business case for building analytics — LBNL, 2020 ↗Compressed-air energy costs
Guide benchmark for routine maintenance: repair leaks, review pressure and maintain filters. Applies to compressed air, not the whole facility.
Compressed-air efficiency reference guide — Natural Resources Canada ↗Published benchmarks from different systems and populations. They are not additive, Voltanor project results or guaranteed savings. Site evidence determines the opportunity.
Recover the technical picture.
Survey assets and reconcile available drawings, equipment references and site observations. Build or update an asset register, single-line diagrams and digital representations suited to the facility.
- Identify gaps and conflicting records
- Link equipment to location, supply and documentation
- Establish a maintainable information baseline
Prioritise what keeps you running.
Review critical loads, distribution arrangements, backup supply and equipment condition in the context of business continuity. Define targeted investigations and a prioritised improvement plan.
- Critical equipment and supply dependencies
- Condition, maintenance history and operating evidence
- Backup readiness and functional verification needs
Understand where value is being lost.
Investigate resource use and equipment behaviour alongside production, occupancy and schedules. Explore avoidable consumption, operating mismatches and improvement opportunities.
- Electrical demand, load patterns and power factor
- Compressed air, water, cooling and pumping
- HVAC, lighting and out-of-hours operation
Plan change around the business.
Assess upgrades, additional loads and on-site energy options against existing constraints. Compare technical alternatives and sequence the work around operating requirements.
- Capacity review for expansion or new equipment
- Retrofit and equipment replacement priorities
- Solar, storage and backup integration studies where relevant
PUT THE OPPORTUNITY IN CONTEXT
What would an improvement
be worth to your facility?
Explore a simple energy-cost scenario. Choose a saving assumption for an agreed scope; this is a planning illustration, not an audit forecast.
Calculation: annual cost × selected reduction. Assumes unchanged unit energy cost. Excludes investment, financing, demand charges, tariff changes and interactions between measures.
ILLUSTRATIVE ANNUAL ENERGY-COST REDUCTION$10,000
$90,000 remaining annual energy cost
Make the estimate defensible.
Measure the baseline. Define the intervention. Price the work. Verify the effect under comparable conditions.
Explore the assessment journey ↗START SMALL. BUILD A USEFUL FOUNDATION.
Scope the first intervention around a decision.
A missing drawing, a repeated interruption or an unexplained load can provide a focused starting point. Agree the question first, then the evidence and work needed to answer it.