Strategically prioritizing and timing your building investments is the best way to improve the value of your building’s energy performance over time. By thoughtfully sequencing your upgrades, you can:

• Reduce the building’s energy load for the long-term.
• Enable scaling to meet future needs.
• Create opportunities for integrated energy efficiency and building-performance strategies.

When your approach to building renewal encompasses the entire building as part of a much larger strategy, your efficiency investments will reinforce and build upon each other. Begin planning your building renewal sequence strategy by considering the following:

• Building systems nearing their end-of-service life.
• Ongoing building issues, such as low occupancy, indoor air quality, and occupant comfort.
• Overall organizational goals, including those relating to energy efficiency, planned renovations, and tenant retention.

Whether you’re seeking long-term, energy-efficient, high-value operations, or attempting to meet a demanding energy performance standard, your building renewal project must account for a variety of potential risks. By removing barriers that introduce these risks, you’ll guide your project through every important milestone while avoiding cost overruns and extended timelines.

Creating an in-depth, informed roadmap detailing all project stages and components—including potential obstacles and the ways to address and resolve them—will help you preemptively alleviate the snares that can lead to missed milestones, extended or expedited timelines, overspent budgets, and unexpected additional costs.