The Value Proposition of IWMS - AssetWorks

e established for each site. This will result in the building managers
making the reduction of energy use a high visibility effort. IWMS kiosks
placed in the common areas of a facility can help drive behavioral
change with the tenants/users of the facility. Managers can expect an
additional 15% energy reduction from the use of IWMS behavioral and
continuous retro-commission strategies. Those stakeholders who
control funding want simple and accurate performance measures that
demonstrate that the facilities portfolio is being managed well. IWMS
provides real-time access to predetermined KPIs based on role and
security through any web browser.
Tactical planning—within the budget year
Facilities operations are dynamic and the ability to respond
appropriately is based on proper risk assessment. In an ideal world, the
situation decision-makers would have access to all possible
information—all of it accurate—and a list of every possible alternative.
However, both information and alternatives are constrained because of
time limits imposed by the situation. In setting up IWMS, great care is
taken in the development of analytics. KPIs and information are
reported such that risk and uncertainty are minimized. For example,
staff discovers that an underground fuel tank that supports an
emergency generator for a data center is leaking at a rate of 100 gallons
of diesel fuel each week. The executive team is faced with a myriad of
questions:
1. Is this an emergency
2. What are the environmental reporting requirements
3. Can this be fixed with in-house staff or will it need to be
contracted
4. Are funds available to fix this
5. What is the available history of this problem
6. How to approach the IT department
7. Is there a public relations problem How is this managed
8. How many underground fuel tanks are there
9. How many are currently leaking
10. Do they have leak detection devices in place Why not
11. Is there a plan
12. What is the first step
To the extent we have planned ahead when we set-up the IWMS
system, we can answer many of these questions. IWMS can provide
answers to numbers, types and condition while the executive team
develops a strategy to handle the political aspects of the problem. In
this example information allows the team to be proactive vs. reactive.
Again, “knowledge is power.”
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