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Resources

The resources below outline best practices for Federal facility operations and maintenance (O&M). These resources include:

Publications

The following publications provide in-depth information on O&M best practices for Federal facilities. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

  • Advanced Utility Metering: Provides options in metering technology, system architecture, implementation, and relative costs for Federal agencies (PDF 753 KB)

  • Operations and Maintenance Best Practices Guide: Highlights O&M programs targeting energy efficiency estimated to save 5% to 20% on energy bills without significant capital investment.

  • Commissioning for Federal Facilities: Comprehensive information on ongoing commissioning processes to resolve operating problems, improve comfort, optimize energy use, and identify retrofits for commercial and institutional buildings and central plant facilities (PDF 3.3 MB)

  • Continuous Commissioning Guidebook for Federal Energy Managers: Presents a comprehensive process to resolve operating problems, improve comfort, optimize energy use, and identify retrofits for existing commercial buildings.

  • Contracting for a Resource Efficiency Manager: Outlines practical information and step-by-step guidance on working with a resource efficiency manager (REM), including hiring a REM, drafting a contract, and gauging the REM's performance (PDF 2.7 MB)

  • Guidance for Electric Metering in Federal Buildings: Provides Federal energy managers with information and recommendations for meeting Energy Policy Act of 2005 requirements (PDF 3 MB)

  • Metering Best Practices: A Guide to Achieving Utility Resource Efficiency: Features information about energy and resource metering at Federal facilities, including metering requirements under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PDF 2.6 MB)

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Fact Sheets

O&M fact sheets introduce Federal facility managers to important concepts across O&M. These fact sheets cover a range of O&M topics and provide readers a starting point from which additional information can be obtained.

  • Maintaining Effective and Efficient Lighting Can Help Save Energy and Reduce Costs: Overview of O&M opportunities for lighting to save energy and reduce costs, intended to introduce Federal energy managers to important concepts within O&M (PDF 658 KB)

  • Actions You Can Take Now to Save Water and Reduce Costs: Overview of O&M opportunities for water to save energy and reduce costs, intended to introduce Federal energy managers to important concepts within O&M (PDF 1 MB)

  • Actions You Can Take to Reduce Cooling Costs: Overview of O&M opportunities for cooling to save energy and reduce costs, intended to introduce Federal energy managers to important concepts within O&M (PDF 580 KB)

  • Actions You Can Take to Reduce Heating Costs: Overview of O&M opportunities for heating to save energy and reduce costs, intended to introduce Federal energy managers to important concepts within O&M (PDF 1 MB)

  • Facility Metering for Improved Operations, Maintenance, and Efficiency: Introduction to facility metering for improved operations, maintenance, and efficiency (PDF 606 KB)

  • In-house Retro-commissioning—A Case Study: Case study covering in-house retro-commissioning at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, intended to introduce Federal energy managers to important concepts within O&M (PDF 281 KB)

  • O&M Tips to Save Money NOW!!: Tutorial containing five ideas to save money on facility operations and maintenance (PDF 514 KB)

  • Resource Efficiency Managers (REMs)—What They Are and What They Do: Overview of REM roles and responsibilities, and how REMs offer an alternative approach to realizing energy efficiency (PDF 562 KB)

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Training

The following O&M training is available online for Federal employees and contractors.

  • Commissioning for Federal Facilities Online Training: Interactive training for the Commissioning for Federal Facilities guidebook covering ongoing commissioning processes to resolve operating problems, improve comfort, optimize energy use, and identify retrofits for commercial and institutional buildings and central plant facilities.

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