Benchmark Database
The systems have been developed to enable property owners to measure their building operating costs against comparative buildings. HFM has an extensive data base on operating costs for hotels & resorts, health care, aged care facilities, commercial buildings, shopping centres and leisure centres.
Conventional Key Performance Indicators are utilised to compare operating costs related to energy and water usage, air conditioning costs, lamp and tube expenditure and maintenance costs.
What are the benefits of benchmarking?
Prioritise investments in your building portfolio. Applied across a portfolio of buildings, benchmarking provides the foundation for superior management decisions, ranging from identifying the top performers to prioritising the best candidates for upgrades.
Determine potential savings. By comparing a benchmarking score to a "target score," benchmarking can suggest the savings potential of raising efficiency to, or above, average.
Monitor changes. Scoring a building over a period of time can help evaluate the effectiveness of changes in equipment or management.
Demonstrate proactive management of energy issues. Having a building's energy consumption data summarised and documented helps answer questions about energy use from upper management, outside vendors, investors, or local government agencies.