Use an energy management assessment to evaluate current practices at your facility, create benchmarks to measure future energy savings, and guide near-term energy management decisions and actions.
1.1 Assess Your Energy Management Practices
What
Identify and document your organization’s current energy management practices. A variety of energy management assessment tools can help you get started. Links to two such tools, one facilitator-led, and one self-led, are included in the tools section.
Why
Evaluating what you do today will reveal actionable energy savings opportunities.
Expected Outcome
You have enough information to create a realistic 90-day energy management action plan.
Measurement, Organizational Structure
Tools
Link to an overview of One-to-Five Energy®, a facilitated energy management assessment from EnVINTA™1.2 Develop a 90-day action plan
What
Use a 90-day action plan to create a time line that maps your plans and activities with roles and responsibilities.
Why
This action plan gives you a method of capturing short-term progress and can motivate your organization’s personnel by demonstrating tangible results.
Expected Outcome
A 90-day action plan initiates your organization into energy management.
Organizational Structure
90-Day Action Plan