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Once every five years, perform an energy audit that complies with ASHRAE Level I Walkthrough audit guidelines to understand your building’s energy consumption profile and opportunities for conservation. The energy audit can be done in-house or through a contracted third party. Meet with the energy auditor to review building performance and to plan improvements, and finalize the plan at the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting. During years when a new audit is not performed, consider the plan’s implementation status, most recent energy performance, and if any new conservation measures should be considered and/or planned for.
Implementation Requirements
Perform a Level I Walkthrough energy audit once every five years, per the guidance provided by the ASHRAE “Procedures for Commercial Buildings Energy Audits” document, as summarized below. This audit can be performed by a third-party provider or by in-house engineering staff trained in audit procedures. There are no specific criteria regarding who performs the audit.
BIT Building:
Minimum requirements for the ASHRAE Level I Walkthrough audit:
- Complete a preliminary energy use analysis and generate an annual energy use breakdown for the building by end-use, typically through a combination of general estimates for your building type, utility consumption analysis, spot metering, and calculated loads.
- Perform a walk-through survey of the facility.
- Meet with key building operation personnel to discuss consumption patterns or operations issues that may be affecting efficiency.
- Identify potential low- or no-cost changes to the facility or to operations and maintenance procedures, and estimate the energy and costs savings from each prospective energy conservation measure.
- Note any larger capital improvements that may be beneficial to study further, or if retrocommissioning activities are likely to lead to a significant improvement in the building’s performance.
- Summarize the results of the audit and opportunities for improvement in a report.
BIT for Tenants:
- Same as BIT Building for areas within tenant space and/or under tenant control.
- Management Engagement: make a formal request to Ownership/Management to conduct a building energy audit consistent with ASHRAE Level 1 requirements and share the findings.
BIT Building:
- In advance of the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting, meet with the auditor to review performance and identify energy conservation measures that can be considered.
BIT for Tenants:
- Same as BIT Building.
BIT Building:
- In years when a new audit is not performed, prepare for the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting by updating the energy use analysis, documenting the implemented measures and outcomes, and identifying any new measures that should be evaluated and/or planned for.
BIT for Tenants:
- Same as BIT Building.
Submittal Requirements
BIT Building:
Energy audit report
Summary of the current-year energy conservation measures considered and the implementation plan for feasible improvements (this may be an excerpt from the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting Report).
BIT for Tenants:
Provide both of the following:
- A completed BIT for Tenant Energy Audit Report for areas within tenant space and/or under tenant control OR an ASHRAE Level I building energy audit (or a local equivalent for participants outside of the U.S.*); AND
- Documentation of implementing any 1) short-term (one year or less) AND/OR 2) long-term (more than one year) energy saving initiatives outlined in Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting.
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Once every five years, perform an energy audit that complies with ASHRAE Level I Walkthrough audit guidelines to understand your building’s energy consumption profile and opportunities for conservation. The energy audit can be done in-house or through a contracted third party. Meet with the energy auditor to review building performance and to plan improvements, and finalize the plan at the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting. During years when a new audit is not performed, consider the plan’s implementation status, most recent energy performance, and if any new conservation measures should be considered and/or planned for.
Implementation Requirements
Perform a Level I Walkthrough energy audit once every five years, per the guidance provided by the ASHRAE “Procedures for Commercial Buildings Energy Audits” document, as summarized below. This audit can be performed by a third-party provider or by in-house engineering staff trained in audit procedures. There are no specific criteria regarding who performs the audit.
BIT Building:
Minimum requirements for the ASHRAE Level I Walkthrough audit:
- Complete a preliminary energy use analysis and generate an annual energy use breakdown for the building by end-use, typically through a combination of general estimates for your building type, utility consumption analysis, spot metering, and calculated loads.
- Perform a walk-through survey of the facility.
- Meet with key building operation personnel to discuss consumption patterns or operations issues that may be affecting efficiency.
- Identify potential low- or no-cost changes to the facility or to operations and maintenance procedures, and estimate the energy and costs savings from each prospective energy conservation measure.
- Note any larger capital improvements that may be beneficial to study further, or if retrocommissioning activities are likely to lead to a significant improvement in the building’s performance.
- Summarize the results of the audit and opportunities for improvement in a report.
BIT for Tenants:
- Same as BIT Building for areas within tenant space and/or under tenant control.
- Management Engagement: make a formal request to Ownership/Management to conduct a building energy audit consistent with ASHRAE Level 1 requirements and share the findings.
BIT Building:
- In advance of the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting, meet with the auditor to review performance and identify energy conservation measures that can be considered.
BIT for Tenants:
- Same as BIT Building.
BIT Building:
- In years when a new audit is not performed, prepare for the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting by updating the energy use analysis, documenting the implemented measures and outcomes, and identifying any new measures that should be evaluated and/or planned for.
BIT for Tenants:
- Same as BIT Building.
Submittal Requirements
BIT Building:
Energy audit report
Summary of the current-year energy conservation measures considered and the implementation plan for feasible improvements (this may be an excerpt from the Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting Report).
BIT for Tenants:
Provide both of the following:
- A completed BIT for Tenant Energy Audit Report for areas within tenant space and/or under tenant control OR an ASHRAE Level I building energy audit (or a local equivalent for participants outside of the U.S.*); AND
- Documentation of implementing any 1) short-term (one year or less) AND/OR 2) long-term (more than one year) energy saving initiatives outlined in Annual Sustainability Planning Meeting.
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