Building Performance
Understand what is driving performance.
A building can consume excessive energy, operate inefficiently or fail to achieve expected performance even when individual systems appear to be functioning.
BPS evaluates the building as an integrated operating system to identify where performance is being lost and what can be improved.
Performance is more than energy consumption
Building performance reflects the interaction between:
- Systems
- Controls
- Envelope
- Lighting
- Operating schedules
- Occupancy
- Maintenance
- Climate
- User behavior
- Capital condition
A meaningful assessment must consider how those factors work together.
What BPS helps you answer
- Is the building performing as expected?
- Where is unnecessary energy or resource use occurring?
- Are systems operating effectively?
- Are schedules and controls aligned with real occupancy?
- Which technical issues deserve attention first?
- Which improvements can be implemented operationally?
- Which require capital investment?
- How should improvement be measured?
Building Performance products
Building Performance Assessment
A focused evaluation designed to establish the building's performance context and identify priority improvement opportunities.
May include:
- Utility analysis
- Benchmarking
- System review
- Operational review
- Baseline development
- Priority findings
- Next-step recommendations
Deep Building Performance Diagnostic
A more detailed technical investigation designed to identify root causes and quantify improvement opportunities.
Depending on the building, the diagnostic may incorporate:
- Energy modeling
- HVAC analysis
- Controls
- Lighting
- Envelope
- Renewable energy
- Water
- Commissioning
- Measurement and verification
Performance Optimization and Commissioning Support
Support during implementation and operational improvement.
May include:
- Operational optimization
- Controls review
- Commissioning advisory
- Retro-commissioning support
- Issue tracking
- Implementation verification
- Performance comparison
- Measurement and verification
Where regulated professional services are required, BPS coordinates delivery according to applicable jurisdictional requirements and project scope.
Technical capabilities applied to the problem
BPS selects technical methods based on the performance question rather than applying the same analysis to every building.
Relevant capabilities may include:
- Energy auditing
- Energy modeling
- HVAC performance
- Passive design and envelope analysis
- Lighting
- Renewable energy
- Commissioning
- Measurement and verification
- Water performance
- Building certifications
Business value
- Lower operating cost Identify avoidable consumption and operational inefficiencies.
- Better system performance Improve how systems operate under real conditions.
- Clearer technical priorities Separate important performance issues from secondary findings.
- Better capital decisions Understand which opportunities require investment and which can be addressed operationally.
- Verified improvement Establish how performance should be measured after intervention.
From building diagnosis to action
Building Performance findings may lead directly to:
- Performance Optimization for operational interventions.
- Decarbonization and Capital Planning for investment decisions.
- Managed Performance for continuous monitoring.
Assess your building
If a building is consuming more than expected, experiencing recurring operational problems or approaching a major capital decision, a Building Performance Assessment can establish the right starting point.