One eye-opening finding from the author’s survey of 168 professionals: only 40% of their facilities even monitor building performance. How much money does that waste? Read on for the flaws and opportunities found in these buildings’ O&M and in how expertise is deployed from design through occupancy.
The building industry is in the early stages of a dramatic shift. HVAC design engineers, contractors, facility managers, and building operators are being asked to embrace the concepts of sustainable, high-performance buildings. These buildings require successful utilization of advanced control sequences, integration of O&M management decisions starting with the design process, and implementation of processes that will help energy-efficiency goals continually penetrate the entire building lifecycle, from design into operations.