Tips and Tools

General Tips & Tools

• Conservation Management Guidebook – a guidebook from Oregon Department of Energy

Management Support and Commitment

• Sample resolution of commitment from management
• Sample memorandum of support from a school district superintendent

Policy & Mission Statements

• Sample program goal statement
• Sample shared savings agreement – allocating dollar savings to RCM salary, individual facilities, etc.

Facility Assessment and Report

• Pre-Assessment Data Request Form
• Pre-Site Visit Interview
• Building Operator Interview
• RCM Assessment Tool Kit
• RCM Facility Assessment Form
• RCM Facility Assessment Form
• Facility Assessment
• Facility Assessment Report & Action Plan
• Facility Assessment Report Format

Resource Accounting

• Baseline Data Form
• Facility Survey Form
• Waste Characterization Guide

Utilities and Billing

• Billing and Consumption Fundamentals
• Electric Rate Fundamentals
• Demand Charges
• Understanding Power Factor

Resources/Awards for Facility Staff

• Start-up memo from RCM to staff
• Food Service Guide (suggestions for kitchen staff)
• Grounds Guide (suggestions for grounds staff)
• Facilities Operations Guide
• Maintenance Guide
• Night Set Back Calculator
• Summer Break Shutdown
• Winter Break Shutdown
• Spring Break Shutdown
• RCM Activities Calendar
• Sample Maintenance Award

Building Commissioning

• Commissioning Checklist for items that will impact energy and water use
• Oregon Office of Energy, Commissioning for Better Buildings in Oregon

Tips for Communicating

• Sample PowerPoint presentation introducing an RCM program
• Tips on effective communication

Planning New/Remodeled Facilities

• Energy Management Control Systems
• Revised Code of Washington 39.35 – Energy conservation in design of public facilities
• Energy Life Cycle Cost Analysis: Guidelines for Public Agencies in Washington State

RCM Fact Sheets

• Looking for Lighting Opportunities
• Assessing Energy Savings of New Products
• Determining Energy Savings with Micro-Loggers
• Resource Accounting Key to Savings
• Performance Contracting for School Districts – an interview with Clint Lougheed, Washington Department of General Administration, 2005

Other Programs Providing Related Assistance

• King County Green Schools Program
• Washington Department of Enterprise Services
• Oregon Department of Energy RCM Support
• Federal Energy Management Program
• U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy