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Energy Savings Estimator

HVAC Checks built this energy savings estimator for practical BAS and HVAC opportunity screening. It is intended to help turn schedule cleanup, reset strategies, ventilation improvements, and tuning work into a planning-level savings story that can be discussed with facility teams and owners.

It does not replace formal measurement and verification, but it is a useful first step when you need to decide whether a BAS correction, controls tune-up, or recommissioning task is worth pursuing.

Build the estimate Enter annual usage, utility rate, and expected reduction.
Review the assumptions See how BAS optimization can influence energy and payback.
Need help validating it? Use the HVAC Checks CTA when the savings case needs a technical review.
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Optimization Inputs

Use annual utility and operating assumptions that match the system or site scope under review. This page is best used for planning-level BAS and HVAC optimization discussions, not guaranteed savings claims.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Enter current annual energy usage and a realistic blended utility rate.
  2. Select a percent reduction based on BAS optimization opportunities or a preset strategy.
  3. Optionally add demand reduction and implementation cost for a better planning snapshot.
  4. Use the outputs as a screening estimate before detailed M&V, utility analysis, or capital approval.

Optimization Notes

Calculated guidance and BAS optimization notes will appear here after you run the estimator.

Who This Tool Helps

  • Energy managers screening building automation improvements before utility review.
  • Facility managers prioritizing BAS changes, schedule cleanup, and controls tune-ups.
  • Controls technicians building rough savings narratives around optimization work.
  • Commissioning and retro-commissioning teams estimating the value of recommended corrections.

Why BAS Optimization Affects Energy Use

BAS optimization can reduce HVAC energy use by eliminating unnecessary runtime, trimming fan and pump pressure targets, adjusting reset logic, and improving the match between system output and actual load. The biggest savings often come from cleaning up schedules, correcting overrides, fixing sequences that run at worst-case values, and using trend data to verify that the control strategy holds under real operating conditions.

FAQ

It depends on the baseline. Schedule cleanup may be small on a well-managed site and very large on a site with heavy after-hours operation. Reset strategies and ventilation improvements often land in the single-digit range, but the right answer depends on current sequence quality and operating discipline.
Yes, if you have a reasonable estimate. Adding programming, testing, balancing, and field labor gives a better simple payback screen for deciding which opportunities move forward first.
No. This is a planning tool. Formal M&V still matters when savings need to be contractually defended, incentive-backed, or tied to major project approval.

Need help turning BAS issues into a savings plan?

If the estimate suggests real opportunity but the path forward is still fuzzy, HVAC Checks can help review schedules, resets, trend behavior, and controls issues so the savings story is tied to actual system behavior.

Ask HVAC Checks to review the opportunity Document BAS findings

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