Energy Performance Benchmarking Project
LAS is pleased to present the final aggregate-level report for the
Energy Performance Benchmarking Project entitled Energy
Performance Benchmarking of Ontario’s Municipal
Sector (7MB - Please right click to download, and
save target on your local drive).
Energy Performance Benchmarking is a proven technique for helping
organizations understand how their staff and their buildings perform
relative to similar buildings and staff. The knowledge and experience
gained from a benchmarking exercise can identify the next logical steps
to realize energy savings and the related cost savings in the buildings
studied. LAS developed this project to enable municipalities such as
yours to answer the following questions:
- How energy-efficient are our facilities?
- Can we improve the performance of our facilities by using more
efficient technologies?
- Are there operational ways in which we can improve energy
efficiency?
- Do our corporate policies and organizational structure support
effective energy management?
- What are some of the differences between our facilities and
top-performing similar facilities in Ontario? (e.g. types of technology,
policies and practices)
- Which of our facilities, if any, need further investigation?
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In general, the results show a low-level of energy performance in
Ontario’s municipal sector relative to best practices. The
benchmarking analysis of OBP, MBP, TBP and energy-use performance
clearly shows considerable room for improved performance in
Ontario’s municipal sector, and that there is a significant gap
between the predominant current performance and the benchmarked best
performance. This performance gap cuts across all four dimensions of
energy performance (OBP, MBP, TBP and energy use) and, for the most
part, shows a high degree of correlation among the results in each of
these areas of performance. The results show the need for programming
and other support from senior orders of government. Very few of
Ontario’s larger municipalities, let alone smaller ones, currently
have the capacity to accommodate the wide-ranging needs for information,
evaluation, and technical and project implementation support necessary
to establish meaningful conservation measures. Energy management is
excellent public policy as it is the most cost-effective method of
lowering operating costs and reducing greenhouse gases.
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