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Example Charts and Reports: Utilities
Next we will cover the Utilities input screens. For most facilities, Utilities represent the largest component of operating expenses, so you will want to collect as much information as you can for this section and verify that it is accurate. One does not have to input any of the detailed breakdowns of data, but the more detail one feeds into the system, the more useful information the system will be able to provide back to you.
The first section covers costs and consumption quantities...
We have provided input options if you are unable to determine the individual costs of water and sewer. There also is a listing of various alternative energy sources. For many participants, these line items may not apply at this time, but it is an input option for those who have these types of energy sources.
A useful output from this data is the cost of electricity per gross square foot for facilities of a similar size. In the example below, we filtered for all facilities between 250,000 and 600,000 square feet. The sample chart is shown below...
Note in the above chart that the sample building (shown in yellow) is in the fourth quartile (shown in green). This information will be used in the next example to identify best practices.
In the next example, you will see one of the most interesting aspects of FM BENCHMARKING — the linking of Costs and Best Practices. Each participant will be asked to answer YES or NO to a list of 31 BEST PRACTICES for the Utilities section of the survey (there are Best Practices provided for each section of the survey). A few of the questions are shown below...
In the output section of FM BENCHMARKING, we will use this information to compare the responses.
In the above example, the sample site indicated it was not implementing best practices for questions LU03 and LU04. When we look one column to the right, we see how others in the same (second) quartile responded. The percentage responding yes for all these questions from the second quartile is above 80 percent, which indicates this site should consider them. There may be technical reasons why these Best Practices cannot be implemented, but we now know what others are doing and to what degree. This information could also be used as part of the justification needed to obtain funding to implement these best practices. To carry this analysis one step further, we look in the last column, where we see the percentages of those in the next better performing quartile who have implemented each Best Practice. Usually, but not always, these numbers will be higher. This column shows what your company can strive to reach.
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