Operations and Maintenance Best Practices Guide

The Operations and Maintenance Best Practices Guide provides federal facility personnel with information on effective O&M practices for systems and equipment typically found at federal facilities. The recommendations in this guide supplement those of the manufacturer.

The guide highlights O&M practices that save an estimated 5% to 20% on energy bills without a significant capital investment. Depending on the facility, these savings can represent thousands to hundreds-of-thousands of dollars each year.

This guide is available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. You can download the whole document (PDF 3.3 MB, 215 pp) or by each section listed below. Download Adobe Reader

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Best Practices Guide, July 2004
Front Matter (PDF 194 KB, 12 pp)
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview (PDF 88 KB, 2 pp)
Chapter 2: Why O&M ((PDF 102 KB, 4 pp)
Chapter 3: O&M Management (PDF 139 KB, 9 pp)
Chapter 4: Computerized Maintenance Management System (PDF 88 KB, 2 pp)
Chapter 5: Types of Maintenance Programs (PDF 115 KB, 8 pp)
Chapter 6: Predictive Maintenance Technologies (PDF 721 KB, 33 pp)
Chapter 7: Commissioning Existing Buildings (PDF 200 KB, 8 pp)
Chapter 8: Metering for Operations and Maintenance (PDF 211 KB, 9 pp)
Chapter 9: O&M Ideas for Major Equipment Types (PDF 1.7 MB, 102 pp)
Chapter 10: O&M Frontiers (PDF 79 KB, 3 pp)
Chapter 11: Ten Steps to Operational Efficiency (PDF 72 KB, 2 pp)
Appendix A: Glossary of Common Terms (PDF 85 KB, 6 pp)
Appendix B: FEMP Staff Contact List (PDF 137 KB, 6 pp)
Appendix C: Resources (PDF 94 KB, 7 pp)
Appendix D: Suggestions for Additions or Revisions (PDF 50 KB, 2 pp)