While it’s easy to be impressed by emerging technologies, many owners and operators overlook the fact that their buildings are operating well outside established industry benchmarks.  Mecsia’s energy and building performance teams simplify the journey to energy savings and carbon reduction, starting with a scorecard based on the four most frequent drivers of overconsumption.

In today’s climate of rising costs and environmental awareness, every building manager is under pressure to reduce energy consumption. The industry is saturated with promised solutions from countless devices and plant upgrades. Unfortunately, many of these only treat a symptom, not the root cause of inefficiency. Implementing new energy sources in a fundamentally inefficient building simply provides a new source of energy to waste. The real challenge for building managers is to gain a true understanding of the complex drivers behind their consumption.

Navigating this minefield is a near-impossible task. Decisions are frequently made based on capital-intensive interventions, overlooking simpler, operational changes that could deliver immediate and significant returns. This is where a strategic approach is essential – optimising what you already have and ensuring all systems operate in harmony.

Recognising this problem, Mecsia’s companies offer a unique, three-step programme designed to guide clients through their energy savings journey – Audit, Investigate, Manage (AIM) – a comprehensive delivery partnership that progresses from initial investigation to long-term management.

Step 1: Audit – See Your Building in a New Light

Any successful journey begins with a clear understanding of your starting point. The first step, Audit, involves a complete review of your entire building’s energy performance. Using our proprietary platform, we identify key areas of overconsumption and present your building’s data in a way you won’t have seen before.

The core of our audit is the Building Performance Scorecard, that provides an honest and unfiltered look at your consumption. The scorecard highlights often-overlooked factors, such as the impact of bank holidays and occupancy patterns. To ensure our analysis is robust and credible, we benchmark your building’s usage against industry-recognised standards like CIBSE TM46. We also normalise all data with local weather information, accounting for seasonal fluctuations. The goal of this phase is simple: to give you a clear, transparent report that benchmarks performance and reveals the true scale of your potential savings.

Step 2: Investigate – Unlocking Hidden Potential

With a clear audit complete, the next step is to Investigate. This is where the collective expertise of our group’s specialist companies truly sets us apart. We attend your site to conduct a thorough analysis, including of your existing BMS strategy. Our priority is to ensure your current plant is operating as efficiently as possible before any significant upgrades are considered. This BMS-first approach often uncovers low-cost, high-impact operational changes that deliver returns almost immediately.

Of course, larger plant upgrades may be necessary, and our recommendations are always backed by detailed data. We provide a comprehensive report that highlights each potential energy-saving opportunity, complete with transparent costs, projected ROI, and the anticipated energy-saving potential. Whether you choose to implement individual items or adopt the whole programme, you have all the information you need to make informed, effective decisions.

Step 3: Manage – Sustained Savings, Real-time Performance

The final step is crucial for ensuring the long-term success of your energy savings: Manage. This is where the AIM Software Management Suite takes over, providing continuous, real-time monitoring of your building’s performance and energy usage. The granular focus of our software allows us to identify even the smallest deviations from the norm—issues that may seem insignificant but can add up to the largest overall impact.

The system proactively directs resources to the most significant building performance issues, helping you grasp the financial and energy impact of faults as they occur. By continuously monitoring and fine-tuning your systems, we help you achieve a genuine, long-term reduction in consumption.

Proven Results

In a recent project, our integrated approach identified £185K in energy savings in the first year and delivered a 40% reduction in “too hot, too cold” calls, simultaneously enhancing occupant comfort and bottom-line performance.

At every stage of the AIM pathway, our clients are never left alone. We are a single delivery partner, sharing a common goal of maximising your energy savings and enhancing building performance.

Ready to start your journey to lasting energy savings? Contact us today to arrange a building performance audit and discover your potential.