{"id":999,"date":"2022-09-22T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/?p=999"},"modified":"2024-08-16T17:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T17:44:04","slug":"facility-management-building-energy-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/facility-management-building-energy-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"How Facility Management Boosts Your Building’s Energy Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"
A facility manager\u2019s job is to find ways to save on a commercial or industrial building\u2019s operational costs. Optimizing a facility\u2019s energy efficiency is the first step.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facility management companies like <\/span>Omnia360 in Cincinnati, Ohio<\/span><\/a>, achieve this through accurate data-based asset management and maintenance, managing everything from HVAC to plumbing and electrical.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to <\/span>Energy.gov<\/span><\/a>, 35% of electricity in the U.S. is consumed by commercial buildings. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says that \u201c30% of the energy used in commercial buildings is wasted.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wasting energy means wasting money, dollars that could otherwise be put back into your facility management budget or dedicated towards another growth opportunity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Not only that \u2014 implementing facility maintenance strategies to reduce energy consumption can:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you\u2019re saving on energy bills due to modern light fixtures or a well-optimized commercial HVAC system, those cost savings can be reinvested into your business. In fact, our experts at Omnia360 help with capital asset management.<\/span><\/p>\n Related Post<\/strong>: 6 Ways Facility Management Can Lower Your Bill<\/a><\/p>\n We work with your building\u2019s unique architectural and <\/span>energy system design<\/span><\/a> in mind to create an effective maintenance plan that can greatly reduce your monthly energy consumption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n First<\/b>: <\/span>We assess <\/b>all levels of your building\u2019s equipment and controls: checking pressures, temps, power settings, flows, and lighting use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n From there, we <\/span>create strategies<\/b> that are implemented by priority to improve energy efficiency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then, to ensure accuracy and continuity, we <\/span>document operations<\/b>: changing control strategies, sensor set-point, or sensor locations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lastly, we<\/span> track the savings<\/b>. By doing this, any savings can be reinvested towards your facility\u2019s operation and maintenance efforts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Related Post:<\/strong> How to Create an Energy-Efficient Building<\/a><\/p>\n Maintaining your building\u2019s HVAC system is the number one way to save on your monthly utility bill. Your potential cost savings are enormous. According to the DOE, HVAC systems use nearly 35% of a building\u2019s energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our HVAC technicians arrive on-site and perform an inspection of your building\u2019s HVAC unit, identifying areas of concern and improvement that will maximize energy efficiency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facility managers look to analyze a building\u2019s infrastructure from the ground up, identifying cost-saving opportunities in all facets of a building, everything from lighting and water usage to the type of on-site materials and equipment used by a facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s one of the best ways to ensure your building saves operational costs. Updating lighting systems with energy-efficient LED lighting from various sources.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Using eco-friendly materials with energy-efficient devices (along with constant checks and evaluations), ensure maximum energy efficiency.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The goal is to reduce the monthly or annual water bill by assessing and fixing existing plumbing structures: showers, sinks, taps, pipes, and toilets. There\u2019s also the use of rain sensors to irrigate the plants and fields on your property.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Power submetering is a method that accurately monitors a facility\u2019s energy output. A tracking system also allows technicians and facility managers to be alerted to any impending component failures and initiate proactive repairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FM companies typically utilize <\/span>computer-aided facility management software<\/span><\/a> (CAFM) and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) technologies to identify areas, processes, and people that consume substantial energy and set a baseline energy usage by installing power metering devices in the facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leveraging automated solutions through detailed and data-driven analysis of a building\u2019s functionality and energy consumption, on the whole, facility managers can create an energy management plan that sustains cost and energy savings over time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n An FM company can perform an energy audit as part of the run-of-the-mill asset assessment. Energy audits let you know where you stand. They also help FM professionals identify ways to lower monthly demand charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s a fee that applies to electrical bills during \u201cpeak usage.\u201d Here\u2019s how it works…<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just like a bank<\/b> that needs to ensure there are <\/span>enough dollars<\/b> in the vault for people that want to withdraw their money, a <\/span>utility company <\/b>has to make sure they have <\/span>enough energy<\/b> available to give to commercial buildings during any unexpected, high-energy use periods: \u201cpeak use periods.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your monthly demand charge fee acts as a type of insurance fee of sorts in order to cover this. It\u2019s based on the highest energy consumption during a given time period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Let\u2019s say your commercial or industrial building had a particularly hot summer month and spent an enormous amount of money on AC. Your <\/span>demand charge<\/span><\/a> will go up, as it is calculated based on the highest spend period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many people don\u2019t know this. But you can dispute a demand charge! <\/strong>That’s money back in your pocket. But here\u2019s the catch: you’ll need quite a bit of paperwork and energy auditing (tracking your building’s usage). To dispute the charge, you have to present several months or years of energy use data to the utility company to prove your threshold is low.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Long story short, it\u2019s easier to let a skilled facility management company perform an audit of your building\u2019s energy infrastructure and develop a comprehensive maintenance plan that takes into account cost-saving initiatives that can lower your demand charge:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to save on your building\u2019s monthly costs? Get comprehensive, integrated facility <\/span>maintenance services 24\/7<\/span><\/a> by teaming up with a leading FM company in Cincinnati, Ohio. <\/span>Contact us<\/span><\/a> today for a free assessment at (833) 360-6642.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A facility manager\u2019s job is to find ways to save on a commercial or industrial building\u2019s operational costs. Optimizing a facility\u2019s energy efficiency is the first step. Facility management companies like Omnia360 in Cincinnati, Ohio, achieve this through accurate data-based asset management and maintenance, managing everything from HVAC to plumbing and electrical.\u00a0 Why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facility-management","category-hvac"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=999"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1275,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/999\/revisions\/1275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omnia360fs.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why Does Your Building\u2019s Energy Efficiency Matter?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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How Omnia360 Checks Your Building’s Energy-Efficiency<\/span><\/h2>\n
Commercial HVAC Repair and Maintenance\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Upgrading and Managing Your Facility’s Infrastructure & Energy Assets\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
Lighting.\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
Sustainable Materials.\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
Water.<\/b><\/h4>\n
Sub-metering.<\/b><\/h4>\n
Asset Monitoring Technologies Measure Your Building\u2019s Total Energy Use<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Lower Your Demand Charge with Better Energy Audits\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
What\u2019s a demand charge?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
How does the cost go up?\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n
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Assess Your Building\u2019s Energy Efficiency with Omnia360<\/span><\/h2>\n