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Qualitative Reviews
Qualitative reviews are fuzzier than quantitative reviews. Whereas quantitative reviews
focus on cold, hard numbers, qualitative reviews try to put numbers in a context to explain
them. Such data can include the following:
• Interviews Talk to colleagues and employees to seek informed opinions, anecdotal
information, lessons learned, and in-house audits.
• Review policies Look at your organizational policies and procedures to figure out
what impact they are having on your energy use.

Conduct Audits
Baselining and assessing your performance are great to do, but these tasks are only part of
the story. You should also periodically assess and audit the performance of equipment,
processes, and systems to help identify opportunities for improvement.
First quarter audit Second quarter audit Third quarter audit Fourth quarter audit

Frequent audits can help keep track of data, plus they can help you
find problems as they arise.

An energy audit is not something you can likely assign someone to conduct. It’s usually
done by energy professionals. In order to conduct an energy audit, you need to follow
these steps: PART V
• Assemble your team You need to bring together a team with experience and
knowledge of all energy-using systems, processes, and equipment. You can use your
system specialists and facilities engineers, but you may discover that you need to
hire an outside expert for objectivity and expertise.
• Plan and develop a strategy Figure out which systems you are going to evaluate
and then assign team members to perform those tasks. Use benchmarking
information to identify facilities and systems that aren’t performing properly.
• Generate a report Based on your audit results, write a detailed summary of steps
that can be taken to reduce energy use. The report should also recommend actions
that should be implemented.