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Ten tips for managing your school's facilities

Facilities
Facilities management expert Wayne Calland offers 10 tips to help secondary schools reduce their operational costs.

One of a school’s biggest costs is energy and, while your school’s energy bills will give you an indication of how much energy you are using and whether consumption is going up or down, bills alone will not give you a clear picture of why consumption is fluctuating or where energy is being wasted. That knowledge can be gained by installing monitoring and targeting software, which will provide real-time information on any spikes in energy consumption along with regular performance reports detailing any patterns in energy usage. From here, analysis of energy consumption data will provide an overview of where energy – and money – can be saved.

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