Common perception is that higher building performance is all about technology, retrofitting and capital expenditure. The new reality is that management and organizational alignment are at the heart of high energy and environmental performance. New approaches are needed to building management, direction of external resources, and developing internal capabilities.
We do it your way. Enerlife provides the individual services you need to move your green agenda forward. The key to success is alignment of top-down commitment with bottom-up strategies. We can help bring your policies, processes and people together under the common goal of high performance in individual buildings and across portfolios.
- Assessment
How do you compare? An Enerlife assessment provides unique insight into building performance drawn from our dynamic national database and experience with leading organizations. It is quick, reliable, and the first step in understanding and improving performance. It provides you with a clear understanding of where you stand relative to current practice.
Whether you wish to reduce operating costs, achieve an Energy Star score or green building certification, or simply be the best you can be, knowing your baseline allows setting of specific goals, targets and timelines for improvement.
- Improvement
How can you be better? We serve as expert, trusted advisors on buildings and sustainability, and as effective project managers ensuring that goals and targets are achieved. We help you with strategy, planning and budgeting for improvement. We work with your consultants and contractors to introduce new standards and best practices, and with your own staff to build knowledge and capacity for achieving and sustaining high building performance.
- Verification
How did it work? Performance feedback supports accountability and drives continuous improvement. Monitoring the actual performance of your individual buildings and portfolio through our online Green Building Performance System identifies good practices, helps validate and fine-tune improvements, and makes the business case for ongoing investment.
We help you stay on top of performance results and trends, incorporate performance standards in your specifications for external service providers, set goals for your employees, and report on the attainment of goals and targets.
The web-based system enables owners and managers to assess, improve and verify the energy and environmental performance of individual buildings and entire building portfolios. The system provides an integrated suite of tools, templates, performance standards and best practices, and contains the largest dynamic online building performance database in Canada. Workshops and other resources are provided to raise understanding and build capacity for effective energy and environmental management.
What can I do using the Building Performance System?
- Managing your Energy, Water and Emissions
Aggregate energy, water and carbon for buildingsTrack monthly savings for each buildingNormalize data for weather differences across the country and from year to year - Performance Benchmarking
Benchmark energy and water use against other comparable buildingsNormalize for significant variables between buildingsIdentify and recognize top performing buildingsUncover high conservation potential buildings
- Top-performing Buildings
Compare with top-performing buildingsSet targets for electricity, thermal and water useEstimate potential savings – energy, water, emissions and costsUse performance indicators to point to specific conservation actions
- Building Performance Audit
Compare system-level performance with other buildingsIdentify building system improvementsSet new building and retrofit design standards for whole portfolio
