Description
Agencies are required under Executive Order (EO) 13514 to ensure 15 percent of existing buildings over 5,000 square feet meet particular sustainability principles. These sustainability principles are concerned with improving energy efficiency, water conservation, and providing safe, healthy, and productive built environments. Hitachi Consulting's Environmental Sustainability Solutions developed a customizable Green Building data management tool and investment strategy that can help federal agencies identify buildings for optimum investment to reach sustainability goals.
Environmental Management
Agencies are required under Executive Order
(EO) 13514 to ensure 15 percent of existing
buildings over 5,000 square feet meet
particular sustainability principles. These
sustainability principles are concerned with
improving energy efficiency, water
conservation, and providing safe, healthy,
and productive built environments. Hitachi
Consulting’s Environmental Sustainability
Solutions developed a customizable Green
Building data management tool and
investment strategy that can help federal
agencies identify buildings for optimum
investment to reach sustainability goals.
Business Challenges
A federal law enforcement agency faced
significant challenges in achieving its 15
percent sustainable buildings goals. Prior to
engaging Hitachi Consulting, the agency had
not completed an initial assessment of its
facility portfolio to determine compliance
status. This was due to many factors,
including:
n A lack of an existing data management
tool that integrated facility management
data with environmental and energy data;
n Unavailability of certain
environmental and energy data;
n Inadequate personnel and specialized
knowledge to assess sustainability; and
n Budgetary constraints.
In addition, the agency managed a diverse
facility portfolio throughout the United
States to support mission-critical field
operations. These facilities consist of a wide
variety of building types, sizes, functions,
ages, and conditions, and are located in
distinct environments and climates. These
differences make comparisons and
investment decisions difficult, especially
without a clearly defined process that
normalizes data.
As a result of these business challenges, the
agency needed to improve its departmental
rating, which tracked their progress and
compliance toward the 15 percent
sustainable existing buildings mandate. To
improve its rating, the agency needed to
develop a strategy to meet the mandate. A
defined methodology was required for the
agency to demonstrate a systematic
sustainability investment strategy that
identified investment opportunities with
high rates of return.
Solution and approach
The Hitachi Consulting team worked with the
client to develop a methodology and tool to
identify buildings that were good candidates
for sustainability investment to achieve the
goals of EO 13514. The consultants created
the investment strategy to focus on each
building’s current condition and mission
necessity, current level of compliance with
sustainability principles, and the potential for
investment to improve performance.
Case Study
Assessing and Prioritizing Sustainability
Investment in Facility Management
Overview
n Identified building suitable
for investment analysis
n Assembled and integrated
distinct data sources
n Developed sustainability
evaluation criteria
n Weighted criteria to tailor
analysis to agency’s mission
priorities and its importance
in achieving sustainability
n Created a data management
tool to aggregate and analyze
data for each building
n Created a building investment
strategy report identifying and
prioritizing a list of buildings as
candidates for sustainable investment
Customized
Sustainability
Strategy
The consultants worked with the federal
client to identify necessary data points about
each building’s size, usage, and condition as
well as environmental and energy
performance data. Types of performance
data considered included energy usage,
energy metering, energy conservation
measures, water usage, water conservation
measures, environmental risks, and waste
generation. The consulting team was able to
leverage existing client management tools
and processes to collect data from these
discrete sources. The Hitachi Consulting team
developed and aggregated this data into a
Green Buildings data management tool.
The consultants then customized the tool to
analyze the data for investment potential
based on seven criteria related to building
condition, performance against
sustainability principles, and investment
readiness. The consultants developed an
additional layer of analysis by weighting the
seven criteria to prioritize each criterion’s
influence based on the client’s mission and its
importance to achieving sustainability
principles. The analysis tool generated an
automatic ranking of buildings for
sustainability investment based on the
weighted criteria. The Hitachi Consulting
team used the tool’s results to create a Green
Buildings Investment Strategy—a report
describing the buildings selected for
investment and the methodology for the
data collection and investment analysis.
Results
The Hitachi Consulting Green Buildings data
management tool and Green Buildings
Investment Strategy report provide a
systematic and defensible way for the
agency’s environmental and energy
personnel to select buildings for
sustainability investment opportunities. The
strategy is particularly useful as a basis for
discussion with management and facility
managers when investment resources are
limited.
Contact Us
Hitachi Consulting
Toll free 1.877.664.0010
[email protected]
Strategizing investments
for sustainable
infrastructure.
Hitachi Consulting is the global management consulting and IT services business of Hitachi Ltd., a global technology leader and a catalyst of sustainable societal change. In that same spirit—and building on its technology
heritage—Hitachi Consulting is a catalyst of positive business change, propelling companies ahead by enabling superior operational performance. Working within their existing processes and focusing on targeted
functional challenges, we help our clients respond to dynamic global change with insight and agility. Our unique approach delivers measurable, sustainable business results and a better consulting experience.
www.hitachiconsulting.com
doc_910012686.pdf
Agencies are required under Executive Order (EO) 13514 to ensure 15 percent of existing buildings over 5,000 square feet meet particular sustainability principles. These sustainability principles are concerned with improving energy efficiency, water conservation, and providing safe, healthy, and productive built environments. Hitachi Consulting's Environmental Sustainability Solutions developed a customizable Green Building data management tool and investment strategy that can help federal agencies identify buildings for optimum investment to reach sustainability goals.
Environmental Management
Agencies are required under Executive Order
(EO) 13514 to ensure 15 percent of existing
buildings over 5,000 square feet meet
particular sustainability principles. These
sustainability principles are concerned with
improving energy efficiency, water
conservation, and providing safe, healthy,
and productive built environments. Hitachi
Consulting’s Environmental Sustainability
Solutions developed a customizable Green
Building data management tool and
investment strategy that can help federal
agencies identify buildings for optimum
investment to reach sustainability goals.
Business Challenges
A federal law enforcement agency faced
significant challenges in achieving its 15
percent sustainable buildings goals. Prior to
engaging Hitachi Consulting, the agency had
not completed an initial assessment of its
facility portfolio to determine compliance
status. This was due to many factors,
including:
n A lack of an existing data management
tool that integrated facility management
data with environmental and energy data;
n Unavailability of certain
environmental and energy data;
n Inadequate personnel and specialized
knowledge to assess sustainability; and
n Budgetary constraints.
In addition, the agency managed a diverse
facility portfolio throughout the United
States to support mission-critical field
operations. These facilities consist of a wide
variety of building types, sizes, functions,
ages, and conditions, and are located in
distinct environments and climates. These
differences make comparisons and
investment decisions difficult, especially
without a clearly defined process that
normalizes data.
As a result of these business challenges, the
agency needed to improve its departmental
rating, which tracked their progress and
compliance toward the 15 percent
sustainable existing buildings mandate. To
improve its rating, the agency needed to
develop a strategy to meet the mandate. A
defined methodology was required for the
agency to demonstrate a systematic
sustainability investment strategy that
identified investment opportunities with
high rates of return.
Solution and approach
The Hitachi Consulting team worked with the
client to develop a methodology and tool to
identify buildings that were good candidates
for sustainability investment to achieve the
goals of EO 13514. The consultants created
the investment strategy to focus on each
building’s current condition and mission
necessity, current level of compliance with
sustainability principles, and the potential for
investment to improve performance.
Case Study
Assessing and Prioritizing Sustainability
Investment in Facility Management
Overview
n Identified building suitable
for investment analysis
n Assembled and integrated
distinct data sources
n Developed sustainability
evaluation criteria
n Weighted criteria to tailor
analysis to agency’s mission
priorities and its importance
in achieving sustainability
n Created a data management
tool to aggregate and analyze
data for each building
n Created a building investment
strategy report identifying and
prioritizing a list of buildings as
candidates for sustainable investment
Customized
Sustainability
Strategy
The consultants worked with the federal
client to identify necessary data points about
each building’s size, usage, and condition as
well as environmental and energy
performance data. Types of performance
data considered included energy usage,
energy metering, energy conservation
measures, water usage, water conservation
measures, environmental risks, and waste
generation. The consulting team was able to
leverage existing client management tools
and processes to collect data from these
discrete sources. The Hitachi Consulting team
developed and aggregated this data into a
Green Buildings data management tool.
The consultants then customized the tool to
analyze the data for investment potential
based on seven criteria related to building
condition, performance against
sustainability principles, and investment
readiness. The consultants developed an
additional layer of analysis by weighting the
seven criteria to prioritize each criterion’s
influence based on the client’s mission and its
importance to achieving sustainability
principles. The analysis tool generated an
automatic ranking of buildings for
sustainability investment based on the
weighted criteria. The Hitachi Consulting
team used the tool’s results to create a Green
Buildings Investment Strategy—a report
describing the buildings selected for
investment and the methodology for the
data collection and investment analysis.
Results
The Hitachi Consulting Green Buildings data
management tool and Green Buildings
Investment Strategy report provide a
systematic and defensible way for the
agency’s environmental and energy
personnel to select buildings for
sustainability investment opportunities. The
strategy is particularly useful as a basis for
discussion with management and facility
managers when investment resources are
limited.
Contact Us
Hitachi Consulting
Toll free 1.877.664.0010
[email protected]
Strategizing investments
for sustainable
infrastructure.
Hitachi Consulting is the global management consulting and IT services business of Hitachi Ltd., a global technology leader and a catalyst of sustainable societal change. In that same spirit—and building on its technology
heritage—Hitachi Consulting is a catalyst of positive business change, propelling companies ahead by enabling superior operational performance. Working within their existing processes and focusing on targeted
functional challenges, we help our clients respond to dynamic global change with insight and agility. Our unique approach delivers measurable, sustainable business results and a better consulting experience.
www.hitachiconsulting.com
doc_910012686.pdf