Bethesda, Md. — FMLink, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE), and the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International have launched what purports to be the largest-ever survey to study what energy-savings measures companies have undertaken. The goal is to leverage the results of the survey to help companies identify their “best bets” for energy efficiency—which strategies worked well, which didn’t, and why. 

The survey is open to those who own or manage their facilities, focusing on commercial, industrial, government, academic, medical, and other types of non-residential facilities. To ensure meaningful data, it will apply only to those facilities that have been occupied prior to January 1, 2007. The survey was launched online on August 28, 2008, and may be taken by going to: survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2cp8tkifkg32rm8/start  

Each participating organization will invite its members to participate in the survey, in an effort to attract the largest number of responses for this important topic. As incentives to increase the number of respondents, FMLink will send all respondents a copy of the interpreted results and BOMA’s white paper, “30 Ways to Save Energy.” Respondents also will receive the USGBC report, “Energy Performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings.”

The first part of the in-depth survey focuses on the energy consumption of the participants’ buildings; this information will be used to identify the most effective energy-savings strategies. The remainder of the survey goes into detail on the buildings’ HVAC, lighting, roofing and window systems. The survey allows respondents to share their knowledge, while omitting the portions where they do not have expertise. The results will be announced at Greenbuild in Boston on November 19, 2008.

The survey is being co-sponsored by McQuay International, Performance Roof Systems and Philips Lighting—three companies that have made a commitment to reducing our carbon footprint.

For more information about FMLink, visit www.fmlink.com.

For more information about USGBC, visit www.usgbc.org.

For more information about the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE), visit www.afe.org.

For more information about the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International , visit www.boma.org.

For more information about McQuay International, visit www.go.mcquay.com/ads/FMLinkSurvey.

For more information about Performance Roof Systems (DERBIGUM), visit www.derbigum.com.

For more information on Philips Lighting's family of brands and full line of lighting solutions, visit www.nam.lighting.philips.com.

For more information about LEED, visit www.usgbc.org/LEED.