Consulting

ASSET ANALYSIS

Utility systems are the heart of every building. Without heat, cooling, lighting, electricity, and water, a building is unusable. Productivity—and ultimately your revenue—are significantly influenced by optimal utility supply.

Through impartial inventory analyses, we find answers to crucial questions for you:

• What is the condition of your building’s utility systems?
• Does it still guarantee the critical supply reliability for your building and your production?
• How cost-effective are your utility systems?
• How can energy costs—and thus ongoing operating costs—be sustainably reduced?
• What about reinvestment costs?
• Are you aware of the sustainability of your systems? Would you like climate-neutral utility systems as an essential foundation for a "green building"?
• Does the level of comfort still meet current requirements for workplace design and occupational safety?

In addition, we’ll create a budget plan for you outlining when specific renovation measures are due (business plan), so you have a clear timeline for further planning and implementation.

The result of an asset analysis is always positive, as it provides clarity on the condition of your utility systems. Only then can you plan, optimize, and renovate in a targeted manner to safeguard your production and work processes.

ENERGY CONSULTING

Given the constantly rising energy costs, even small measures can yield significant savings and reduce ongoing operating costs. We’ll show you how to lower the ongoing energy costs for your property in an environmentally sustainable and economically sound manner. Every energy consultation is based on a detailed assessment of your building services systems and a related economic feasibility study. Based on this property analysis, we can then develop the optimal energy supply plan or renovation and optimization proposals to save on energy costs. This also allows you to make significant progress toward the sustainability and climate neutrality of your systems.

TECHNICAL DUE DILIGENCE FOR BUILDING SERVICES

Do you know the condition of your building services systems?

Do you need a technical assessment of your property, or are you planning a renovation or expansion? As part of a technical due diligence process, we will inspect your building services systems and the associated technical infrastructure and provide you with customized, impartial, and well-founded planning and decision-making support for your next steps. In doing so, we draw on our many years of experience and expertise and apply the necessary due diligence.

Our services:

• Review and evaluation of existing planning documents and records (permit documents, maintenance and inspection reports, records of maintenance measures, etc.)
• On-site inspection and assessment
• Condition assessment of technical systems
• (Photo) documentation of the technical systems, particularly of damage and defects
• Detailed description of the condition of the utility systems
• Listing and assessment of damage and defects
• Review of operating costs
• Economic feasibility analysis according to VDI
• Recommendations for action to aid decision-making

We would be happy to take over the planning of the selected solution immediately afterward and oversee your project until completion.

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH VDI 2067

Cost-effectiveness is a key decision-making criterion for your investment. Based on impartial and transparently presented cost-effectiveness calculations in accordance with VDI 2067, we develop comprehensive decision-making documents for you. This helps you choose the right supply concept for your building.

The economic feasibility calculations according to VDI 2067 include the following for the supply concepts:

• Detailed investment cost calculation
• Determination of capital costs using the annuity method
• Calculation of annual energy demand
• System simulations using computer software (CHP)
• Graphical analysis of energy flows
• Determination of annual operating costs
• Calculation of annual operating costs
• Graphical analysis of individual cost categories and various supply concepts
• Emissions comparison of the various supply concepts and graphical representation
• Coordination with energy suppliers

• Recording of current federal, state, and local funding opportunities

   

EXPERT OPINION

Making sound decisions with an
impartial opinion No one wants to—or can afford to—make the wrong decisions. Especially not when it comes to major investments. And that is usually the case with complex supply systems. An impartial expert opinion from independent engineers provides you with the foundation for sound decisions.

We assist with:

• Objective and independent assessment of the quality of your utility systems
• Conducting functional tests and performance measurements of your utility systems
• Objective and independent assessment of defects in utility systems
• Contractual review of required and owed services in the event of disagreements between contractor and client
• with trade-specific issues. You will have a dedicated specialist engineer as your point of contact.