Organizations are increasingly faced with mandates to reduce energy use, often without funding for energy-efficiency related improvements.  A VFA Energy Assessment evaluates potential energy conservation measures for a building or an entire portfolio, based on both energy savings and cost savings, and provides recommendations.

VFA provides Energy Assessment Services as a standalone service or as a part of a Green Building or Facility Condition Assessment enabling organizations to integrate energy savings initiatives into their capital and operating plans, and to understand how energy cost savings can be used to fund needed improvements and renewals over time.

This service addresses the following key questions:

• What energy efficiency updates will result in the greatest reduction in energy consumption and cost?
• What is the payback period on the potential energy efficiency investments that I could make?
• What progress am I making in reducing energy consumption and costs?  (baseline metrics)
• How can I fund energy programs to meet my mandates for energy or cost savings?
• How can I integrate energy efficiency programs into my overall capital plan?

In order to answer these questions, VFA provides:

• Evaluation of potential energy conservation measures to provide your organization with a short list of the key improvements to reduce consumption and increase savings.
• Options for reducing energy consumption and related operating costs, and the associated cost/benefit analysis, including payback periods
• Recommendations for integrating energy savings initiatives into your overall capital plan (when deployed as part of a comprehensive VFA capital planning solution)

The Energy Assessment Service delivers:

• Energy Assessment Report
• Baselines for energy use
• Overview of all Energy Conservation Measures (ECM’s)
• ECM breakdown for each facility