Executives at Company XYZ want
to understand the total
monthly electricity use for each of their facilities to consider actions
that can reduce energy expenses.
Environmental manager Gary
Green plans to use TRIRIGA® Real Estate
Environmental Sustainability to
examine the energy consumption of each facility in the real estate
portfolio.
Step 1: Analyzing the data
Gary
uses the energy
log data that is in TRIRIGA to
view information about the energy use of each facility. The climate
logs help to better understand the expenses for heating or cooling
in each location.
Step 2: Analyzing options
Gary
considers options,
such as upgrading energy-consuming assets or changing the working
schedule of employees.
Step 3: Proposing
solutions
Gary proposes a
shortened workweek and a shutdown of the facilities during the three
non-working days of each week.
Result: Changing
the workweek to lower energy costs
The
CFO approves the proposal to change the workweek from eight hours
on five days of each week to ten hours on four days each week. Energy
expenses from heating, cooling, lighting, and other uses of electricity
are nearly eliminated during the three days that employees are not
at work. Gary uses TRIRIGA to
track the results and reports the success to the CFO.