BUILDING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS
Engineering assessments that measure how a building is actually performing against how it was designed to perform.
A building’s design intent and its operating reality are often two different things. Equipment ages, controls drift out of calibration, occupancy patterns change, and systems that once worked well together stop doing so.
LPG Consulting’s Building Performance Assessments give owners and operators a clear, engineering-based picture of where a facility stands today, and where the gap between design and performance is costing money, comfort, or reliability.
What We Evaluate
Operational & Building Data
Building performance evaluated from site data, operating records, and occupancy patterns, including whether equipment is adequate for the current occupancy schedule and the building's heating and cooling profile.
Where direct testing is impractical (such as building air-tightness), performance is estimated from measured heating and airflow data rather than intrusive testing.
Electrical Systems & Loads
Electrical distribution, lighting performance, and load characteristics evaluated against original design intent, current operating conditions, and the organization's projected plans.
How This Differs from an Energy Feasibility Study
Performance vs. Feasibility
An Energy Study identifies savings opportunities and evaluates project viability, it specializes in finding continuous improvement and efficiency projects.
A Building Performance Assessment asks a narrower, more diagnostic question: is the building or process operating the way it was designed, and meeting its expected KPIs? And if not — where, and why. It specializes in finding errors and deviations in a specific process or system.
When This Service Applies
Any commercial or industrial facility can benefit, energy management improvements apply to consumers of every size. The larger a facility's consumption, the more costly inefficient energy management becomes.
Our Assessment Process
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STEP 1Initial Review
Review of design documents, drawings, and as-built records where available.
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STEP 2Site Assessment
On-site inspection and measurement of system performance under real operating conditions.
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STEP 3Gap Analysis
Comparison of measured performance against design intent and expected KPIs.
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STEP 4Findings & Recommendations
A stamped P.Eng. report detailing findings, performance gaps, and recommended next steps.
Who This Service Is For
- Commercial property owners and energy managers, with or without a known problem
- Facilities managers preparing for a retrofit
- Organizations needing a performance baseline before capital investment
- Buyers conducting pre-acquisition due diligence on a building
- Decision-makers seeking a formal, data-driven report to support confident capital planning and long-term investment decisions