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Assessment & Goal Setting

Set big-picture goals.

- Site goals: Determine if energy efficiency, resiliency, or energy policy compliance is your facility's goal

- Agency goals: Determine if agency goals match your site goals

- Energy Use Index (EUI): Determine where your site scores within your agency's EUI

Macro Facility Needs

From a macro viewpoint, it is important to determine what information you already have, such as:

- Information from past energy and facility audits

- Mission-related resilience studies (e.g., IEWP, IEP, etc.)

- Current and planned construction projects

Micro Facility Needs

From a micro viewpoint, understand how your building operates, including:

- Basic facility use and square footage

- An accurate building baseline

- Systems level condition assessment

- Building network status

- Future planned and funded upgrades or renovations

The Right Team

Build a high-functioning, multi-divisional team made up of contributors from key departments, including:

- Engineering

- Planning

- Maintenance

- Information technology

- Environmental

- Finance department

Project Funding

To fund your project, leverage performance contracting to identify savings from ECMs to pay for project design, construction, and maintenance. 

The Energy Act of 2020 (EA20) requires at least 50% of energy and water conservation measures to be done with performance contracting.

Executive Order 13834 requires a performance contract to achieve energy, water, building modernization, and infrastructure goals.