Ranking locations by intensity

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The Ranking Locations by Intensity dashboard compares performance across peer locations by intensity.

About this task

You can select a unit of measure for the dashboard in the View drop-down list. Examples of units of measure include emissions (t CO2e), energy (GJ), cost (USD), mass (kg), and volume (m3).

Locations are ranked on the dashboard based on an intensity measure that you select in the By drop-down list, such as energy production, production units, and floor area.

The By drop-down list is populated with KPIs that your system administrator created to use as intensity measures. For more information, see Setting up KPIs.

Examples:
  • Rank locations on emissions performance by floor area.
  • Rank locations on energy produced by head count.
Important: Intensity figures are calculated in two different ways depending on whether the selected KPI is an accumulative measure that sums data over time, such as production volume, or an instantaneous measure that doesn't sum data over time, such as floor area:
  • For accumulative KPIs, the intensity calculation for each month is: Consumption/KPI.
  • For instantaneous KPIs, the intensity calculation for each month is annualized: (Consumption/KPI)/number of days within the period * 365

Intensity calculations for instantaneous KPIs are annualized so that periods can be compared in true like-for-like fashion. If the intensity is not annualized, the intensity value fluctuates depending on the selected period. For example, months that have different numbers of days, compare January with 31 days to February with 28 days, but with identical daily rates of consumption would have different monthly intensity values.

See the following worked example:

January consumption = 31,000 kWh

Floor area = 50 m2

Non-annualized intensity = 31,000/50 = 620 kWh/m2

Annualized intensity = (31,000/50)/31 * 365 = 7,300 kWh/m2

February consumption = 28,000 kWh

Floor area = 50 m2

Non-annualized intensity = 28,000/50 = 560 kWh/m2

Annualized intensity = (28,000/50)/28 *365 = 7,300 kWh/m2

Both months have the same daily rate of consumption (1000 kWh/day). However, if the intensity calculation is not annualized, the months would have different intensities because of the different number of days in each period.

Procedure

  1. From the main menu, click Monitor > Ranking Locations by Intensity.
  2. Select a comparison period for the ranking chart.
  3. Select a unit of measure in the View drop-down list.
  4. Select a KPI to use as an intensity in the By drop-down list.
  5. Select the time range of the dashboard. Data is aggregated by month.
  6. Review the ranking of locations by the intensity.
  7. Review detailed information about each location in the ranking from the Locations grid. The grid includes charts that display trend information for each location over the selected period.

What to do next

For more information about calculating intensity measures, see Calculating intensity measures in Performance dashboards.

Note: Only data types that are associated with the unit of measure or intensity are included on the dashboard.