The Leader - September/October 2008 - (Page 42) co N ser va tIoN a N D th e B ottom lI Ne : re DucI NG co s ts aND I mp ro v I NG Yo ur co rp o rate ImaG e people when smaller vehicles can be used instead. The same ply providing adequate lighting in all rooms is. Imagine the concept applies when it comes to maintenance. While a current potential savings not only with real estate costs but also with practice at some facilities is to change light bulbs and HVAC energy consumption. [heating, ventilation and Utilization reports can also air conditioning] filters on help management determine a regularly scheduled basis, when additional resources, facility managers can track such as A/V equipment, room utilization to reduce need to be purchased. For 20 waste and conserve energy example, one company found 200 by changing light bulbs and that its expensive testing filters only when needed. equipment, which cost more than $100,000 per unit, was Organizations can’t in constant demand. While a ignore the high costs of reasonable conclusion might underutilized assets or the be that the company needed soaring costs and impact of 20 to purchase additional equipenergy consumption. With 100 ment, the utilization reports today’s budget constraints contained in their resource and limited resources, it’s scheduling solution indicritical that organizations cated that many requests for are able to effectively man20 70 the equipment were coming age their resources and do in simultaneously, meaning more with less. at other times, the equipment was sitting idle. As coNservING eNerGY aND 20 50 a result, they were able to costs throuGh hvac # manage their resources more reGulatIoN efficiently, effectively negatAs most of us know, 20 ing the need to purchase energy consumption has 40 additional equipment. become a tremendous drain on our natural Similarly, by tracking 20 resources and, according vehicle usage, companies 30 to the U.S. Department of and universities can reduce Energy, HVAC accounts their carbon footprint. The 20 for 40 percent to 60 perutilization reports of their 20 cent of the energy used resource scheduling sysin U.S. commercial and tem can determine when a 20 www.manhattancenterstone.com 15 residential buildings. But, vehicle needs maintenance Boston . London . Sydney even the smallest changes such as an oil change based in an organization can on use instead of autohave a large impact. matically changing it every As Adria Vasil of New three months. Additionally, Toronto points out, “Just turning the thermostat up two facility managers can use the reports to identify the right vehidegrees in the summer can cut your greenhouse gas emiscle to transport the appropriate number of people. There is no sions by 30 tonnes a year!” need to waste gas by using buses or vans to transport one or two IS V 1 2 ION 1 Global Real Estate Software 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 0 0 8 the le aDe r 42 septemBer / octoBer http://www.manhattancenterstone.com http://www.manhattancenterstone.com
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