Utilize reports like Energy Consumption by Degree Day and the Building Balance report to correct uneven temperatures. An infrared survey of your building can help you to spot heat waste.
2. Optimize
Take what you’ve got and make it work the way it was designed to work. Fix what’s broken and apply fundamentals of fuel conservation: Clean it, Test it, and Adjust it with digital instruments. Apply new technology to your existing heating plant to make it work better and more efficiently. Finally, enhance heating plant operations by applying proven technology.
3. Maintain
Regularly replace worn parts, dirty filters, and loose belts. Inspect and adjust with digital test equipment and instruments. Lubricate it, Clean it, Test it, Treat it. Then, do it again next month!
4. Improve
Inspect and improve the insulation for piping and boiler, controls and zoning, air venting and heat distribution. Upgrade your fuel and equipment or consider replacement.
5. Monitor
Use a computerized monitoring system for boiler operations, 24/7. This will help to catch problems at their earliest stages. Make repairs before the problems become sources for fuel waste. Monitor your boiler operating time, domestic hot water temperatures and real-time fuel consumption. Program alarms to immediately notify your service technicians of shut downs and fuel consumption by degree day.