Facility Assessments, Capital Planning & Energy Audits
Building improvements are easier to budget for, and less disruptive, when they are planned ahead of an equipment failure. R.E. Dimond and Associates offers energy evaluation services, feasibility studies, and facility assessments that help owners prioritize what to replace first and plan multi-year capital improvements.
Building improvements can be prioritized based on life safety, code compliance, equipment condition, risk of failure, impact on operations, maintenance costs, energy use, and remaining useful life. A facility assessment can organize these needs into short- and long-term priorities.
A facility assessment can document major equipment, approximate age and condition, remaining useful life, and anticipated replacement needs. This information can be used to develop a multi-year capital improvement plan rather than waiting for equipment to fail.
An energy audit may be useful when a building has high or increasing utility costs, aging equipment, planned capital improvements, comfort problems, or an owner who wants to identify opportunities to reduce energy consumption. It can also help prioritize improvements based on anticipated cost and savings.
For projects involving significant building-system changes, an engineering study can help establish the condition and capacity of existing systems and identify likely infrastructure improvements. This provides better information for early project budgeting and can reduce surprises as design progresses.