Battle of the Buildings

Battle of the Buildings aims to make students more aware of campus buildings' energy use and encourage energy-efficient behaviour through collegial competition.

The Energy team meeting regularly to review the Building Performance Energy usage based on  KWH readings for previous 12 months.

The tables list the following information:

1. The Building Name.
2. The twelve month Yearly Comparison.
3. Monthly comparison between this year and the month from the previous year.
4. A cumulative result for the year and the percentage reduction or increase.
5. The results are colour code and represent the following.

• White - no change in the consumption.
• Yellow- increase between 5-10% - the energy team will review and ascertain what the increase means.
• Red - increase greater than 10% - the energy team will open an action file and investigate why the increase has happened, report back to the auditor.
• Green - decrease from 5-10% - the energy team will review and ascertain why the decrease happened ie project, campaign or equipment shut down.
• Purple - decrease greater than 10% - the energy team will open an action file and investigate why the decrease has happened, report back to the auditor.