facility optimization solutions brochure

FacilityOptimizationSolutions

Facility Optimization Solutions

helps clients manage their facilities

and operations more efficiently,

effectively and sustainably.

“ Working with Facility Optimization

Solutions has been a great experience.

One of the things that stands out is their

commitment to customer satisfaction.

They made a commitment to the city and

this project and they’ll do whatever it takes

to honor that commitment.”

Daniel Connors, Project Manager, City of Buffalo

2 FACILITY OPTIMIZATION SOLUTIONS

Equipped with a scope

of services and software

technology from facility

condition assessments,

commissioning and retro-

commissioning, to product

design, maintenance

planning and geographic

information systems (GIS),

our focus is delivering

assessments and plans

driven by data and results.

These efforts help our

clients manage their total

cost of ownership of their

facility inventory – from

conception to demolition

– and empower them

to “scenario plan” the

future of their buildings

rather than simply react

to circumstances and the

passage of time.

Our FOS team is backed

by Cannon Design’s long-

standing commitment

to excellence in design,

technological innovation

and project delivery. Each

day, our global network of

1,000 architects, engineers

and designers deliver best-

in-class work around the

world. This strong support

system empowers FOS to

help clients at any point

throughout a building’s life

cycle, translating data into

actions that create stronger

futures for our clients.

FACILITY OPTIMIZATION SOLUTIONS2

Cannon Design’s FOS team is a market responsive consultancy focused on advancing solutions to the greatest challenges faced by our clients and society. We enhance our clients’ capabilities in managing their existing facility assets and operations more efficiently and effectively.

SERVICES

Facility Condition Assessments

A building-by-building, room-by-room,

system-by-system evaluation of all your

facilities.

Commissioning and Retro-Commissioning

Ensuring buildings are optimized for

energy performance through new-

building and retro-commissioning,

LEED-specified studies and envelope

analysis.

Product Design

Responsive products and technologies

that empower clients to turn challenges

into opportunities.

Planning

Insightful master planning, emergency

management and maintenance

planning that creates a strategic road

map charting the future of your facility

inventory.

Services

SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY

Facility Condition Assessment Software

Proprietary FCA software creates a

database for real-time facility tracking,

budget development and future

planning across traditional and mobile

platforms.

Esri™ ArcGIS Software

Leading-edge Geographic Information

Systems (GIS) analytical and visualization

tools available via desktop and cloud-

based technology that empower facility

managers.

Software Technology

Strong urban futures rarely

develop on their own. Given

the complex challenges

of urban sprawl, shrinking

populations and aging

infrastructure, civic leaders

need to embrace a clear

vision for the future direction

of their cities and develop a

plan to navigate that path.

The historic City of Buffalo

once served as a major

railroad hub and the largest

grain-milling center in the

country. This heritage has

left the city with iconic

buildings and facility

resources developed

throughout the 19th and

20th centuries. The city

recognized the need to

develop a cutting-edge

facility management plan

to maximize resources and

create the strongest possible

future for its citizens.

The city engaged a team

of facility professionals to

undertake facility condition

assessments for more than

200 city-owned buildings.

Then, the FOS team

delivered short- and long-

term planning solutions for

more than 3.3 million sf of

civic space. The city then

began the implementation

of a multi-year, multi-phase

plan to evolve its facility

management systems into

a tool for informed asset

management decisions.

The effort is already bearing

fruit as the city experiences

a downtown renaissance

already profiled by The New

York Times and Architect’s

Newspaper.

City of Buffalo

Building a 21st Century Facility Management Program

GIS SOFTWARE

FCA SOFTWARE

COMMISSIONING

PLANNING

DESIGN


KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INCLUDE:

• Development of quick-

action emergency plans

for city police and fire

departments

• Establishment of the

AutoCAD layering

standards for drawings,

thereby eliminating the

department’s mechanical

drawing files and

preparing AutoCAD floor

plans of all buildings

• Creation of computerized

maintenance management

system to track system

repairs and costs and

provide budget numbers

to justify requests

• Implementation of

Geographic Information

Systems to create

enhanced mapping and

analysis of civic buildings

• Introduction of preventa-

tive maintenance program

and the creation of a new

call center and on-demand

work order system to track

requests from building

users, assign work and

identify systems and

equipment needing repair

Our team executed

short- and long-range

planning for more than

3.3 million sf of city-owned facilities.

“ Buffalo is better prepared

than ever to manage

its resources efficiently,

sustainably and successfully.”

Steve Stepniak, Director of Public Works, City of Buffalo


Buildings designed to be

remarkably sustainable

rarely fully realize their high

performance goals. Millions

of buildings fail to operate at

maximum efficiency due to

human error, simultaneous

heating and cooling cycles

or an overworked operations

schedule. Partners Healthcare

Systems recognized these

shortfalls, and teamed with

FOS to implement an energy

alarm system, ensuring the

Yawkey Center achieved its

high-performance potential.

Four years after its

implementation, the energy

alarm plan is realizing an

average savings of $2.77

utilities cost per sf across the

Partners Healthcare facility

portfolio. The team has

determined the introduction

of a single air-flow alarm

can translate to savings

exceeding $2,600, while one

heating coil alarm yields

$175 in annual savings and

occupancy alarms can create

$19,200 in savings.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Yawkey Center

Ensuring Buildings Achieve High Performance

To date, more than 400

validated corrections to

the energy operations have

been reported, realizing

$600,000 in savings for Partners

Healthcare Systems.

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Billions of gallons of water

are wasted every year as

laboratories are required

to cool equipment and

experiments, but lack

a sustainable method

to deliver this cooling.

This unfortunate reality

is compounded by the

fact that an ever-growing

percentage of energy

consumption in modern

laboratories stems from

the cooling needs of large

research equipment.

Determined to tackle these

challenges, the California

Institute of Technology

(Caltech) partnered with

FOS to develop a new

solution for the Linde +

Robinson Environmental

Institute that could serve

as a model for other

laboratories worldwide.

Caltech and FOS developed

a revolutionary cooling

approach reliant upon

evaporative cooling in

conjunction with Cannon

Design’s eVap 1500 cooling

system. The eVap 1500

allows equipment to be

cooled with a small closed

loop of coolant fluid while

leveraging the highly

efficient central building

evaporative cooling

water system to reject the

heat directly outside the

building. This system allows

Caltech to move away

from traditional cooling

approaches, including tap

water or unitary air-cooled

water chillers, and save

hundreds of thousands

of gallons of water while

realizing dramatic energy

and cost savings.

California Institute of Technology, Linde + Robinson Environmental Institute

Creating a Paragon for Water and Energy Conservation

DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

Integral Engineering Group

studied the replacement

of these traditional cooling

methods with the eVap

systems and projects an

87% increase in energy performance for these specific systems.


Camille Kendall Academic

Center, the first building

for the University System of

Maryland to achieve LEED

Gold, was the first of six

new buildings at the Shady

Grove campus to provide

educational opportunities

supporting the local

biomedical industry.

Building users noted the

center was consuming far

more energy than projected

during energy modeling and

sought to find a solution.

The school engaged

FOS in a post-occupancy

commissioning analysis

to identify operational

shortcomings impacting

building performance.

The FOS team reviewed

building operations,

interviewed facilities staff,

monitored the building

over a period of weeks

and delivered a report

identifying more than

$100,000 in annual energy

savings. This effort ensures

the academic center remains

a model for conservation

of resources incorporating

far-ranging operational

cost-saving initiatives, with

a commissioning report that

continues to benefit the

building and university.

University of Maryland, Shady Grove

Ensuring a Building Meets its Energy Model Goals

The FOS team

delivered a report

identifying more than

$100,000 in annual energy savings.

COMMISSIONING

DESIGN

“ The success of this building is the result of good planning and tremendous collaboration within the project team. The result is a great building we are proud of, appreciated by our faculty, students and staff.”

Scott Lupin, Director of Office of Sustainability

for the University of Maryland


Buffalo Public Schools, Building Condition Survey

One of the largest urban

school systems in New York

State, Buffalo Public Schools

(BPS) is responsible for

delivering quality education

to 34,000 students annually.

Such responsibility requires

the BPS to have a real-time,

exhaustive understanding

of its facility resources.

The foundation for this

understanding builds

upon the FOS team’s

comprehensive facility

assessment of 65 school

buildings encompassing

nine million sf of classroom,

lab space, indoor and

outdoor athletic facilities, as

well as building envelope,

code compliance and

infrastructure support

systems.

Assessing the Current State and Future Possibilities for a School System

The FOS team assessed

65 school buildings encompassing 9 million sf.

PLANNING

DESIGN

FCA SOFTWARE

ASSESSMENTS


In its more than 50 years

as a member of the State

University of New York

education system, Nassau

Community College (NCC)

has grown from 632 students

to more than 24,000 day and

evening students and 15,000

post-graduate students

occupying 225 acres and

47 buildings. With the goal

to best position itself for

future growth and success,

NCC worked with FOS to

assess the entire site and

every structure on campus.

Leveraging FCA proprietary

software, NCC is now

able to track, manage and

evaluate its entire facility

portfolio in real time.

Nassau Community College

Understanding a Valuable Community College Campus from all Perspectives

Campus Buildings By Age

DESIGN

PLANNING

FCA SOFTWARE

ASSESSMENTS

NCC has grown from

632 students to more than 24,000 day and evening students.


Since 40% of the students

at Eckerd College major

in the sciences, the James

Center for Molecular and

Life Sciences is a landmark

structure and catalyst that

strengthens the biology

and chemistry curriculum.

The building features

complex research spaces

and required an extensive

and atypical commissioning

effort to ensure the building

operates at maximum

efficiency.

Eckerd College, James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences

Creating a System for Complex Spaces to Operate Sustainably

“ FOS has been a tremendous partner. I think we’ve worked with 42 separate professionals from Cannon Design on this project – they bring a high level of expertise and the experience has been an absolute pleasure.”

Bill McKenna, Director of Planning, Eckerd College

DESIGN

PLANNING

COMMISSIONING

Whole Building Design

Guide states that

$1 invested in

commissioning yields

$4 operational savings

over the first five

years of occupancy.


Higher education systems

are only as successful as

their facility infrastructure

permits them to be.

Leaders at these institutions

need a plan to manage

existing buildings and

reach decisions related

to renovation, addition or

new build. The University

of Illinois teamed with FOS

to determine the current

condition of systems and

equipment in 151 buildings,

totaling 13 million sf across

its Urbana-Champaign and

Springfield campuses.

The end result is a living

database populated from

the assessment, with a

final report describing the

condition of major building

systems and subsystems

on a building-by-building

basis, specifying the type

of maintenance, repair, or

replacement required and a

conceptual budget outline

for these updates. Such a

database empowers UIUC to

make the strategic decisions

that ensure both short- and

long-term success.

University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignBuilding a Future for an Entire Campus System

FOS assessed

151 buildings totaling 13 million sf.

DESIGN

PLANNING

FCA SOFTWARE

ASSESSMENTS

This $12 billion global

healthcare products leader

chose the FOS team to lead

a comprehensive master

planning effort for its four

St. Louis locations. Given

Covidien’s commitment

to innovation and focus

upon medical device

and pharmaceutical

research, development and

production, these spaces

required highly technical

support areas. The FOS

platform provides the

master plan database and

management tool driving

the execution of facility

assessments for over 100

buildings and future needs

assessments.

Covidien / Mallinckrodt

Helping a Global Healthcare Leader Plan an Innovative Future

FOS drove the execution

of facility assessments for

over 100 buildings.


Looking to reduce cost and make strategic maintenance

and facility planning decisions, Chicago Public Schools’

Roberto Clemente Community Academy worked with

FOS to develop a retrocommissioning (RCx) program

encompassing 450,000 sf of high school space.

The RCx effort encompassed energy audits, energy

measure analysis, energy modeling, implementation

payback calculations, implementation assistance and

post-implementation verification. The project has

empowered the school with a road map and system for

informed decision making moving forward.

Building a Decision-Making Framework

Chicago Public Schools, Roberto Clemente Community Academy

PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

The FOS team identified

annual energy savings of $211,000 with a 1.4 year payback.

Creating a New Future in a Historic Home

Knox College

Nearing the 100th anniversary of its relocation to the

heart of Toronto and incorporation into the University

of Toronto system, Knox College needed to determine

if it could update its historic chapel or move to a less

advantageous area of the city in order to survive.

FOS assessed 83,000 sf of educational, common and

residential spaces, collecting data using its proprietary

software, to determine the college could remain in its

current location through investment and significant

renovation. The resulting plan will translate to long-term

cost savings and future growth.

Empowering Hospitals to Evolve Healthcare Delivery

Truman Medical Center

Emerging technologies, shifting healthcare legislation

and medical discoveries ensure healthcare is constantly

evolving. Recognizing the rapid changes in 21st century

healthcare, Truman Medical Center worked with FOS

to assess 1.7 million sf of hospital and medical spaces

across its Kansas City campus. The resulting data will

help Truman Medical make the strategic decisions

that will keep them at the forefront of innovation in

healthcare delivery.

Based on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Guiding

Principles of High Performance and Sustainable

Building, the Chemical and Materials Science Building

incorporates numerous features focused on achieving

energy efficiency and conservation. The project

includes multiple eVap Cooling System installations

throughout the facility that cool research applications

by connecting to the existing cold water system, saving

hundreds of thousands of gallons of water annually.

Leading the Way in Water Conservation

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical and Materials Science Building

A single eVap 1000 device can

save 250,000 gallons of water annually.

DESIGN

PLANNING

PRODUCT DESIGN

FCA SOFTWARE

COMMISSIONING

ASSESSMENTS


HIGHER EDUCATION

Adelphi University

Boston College

Boston University

California State University

California Institute of Technology

Canisius College

Cornell University

DePaul University

Dickinson College

Eckerd College

George Mason University

Harvard University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Knox College

Massasoit Community College

Missouri University of Science & Technology

Nassau Community College

Penn State University

Saint Bonaventure University

Saint Louis University

State University of New York at Oswego

State University of New York College at Buffalo

The University of Maryland at Shady Grove

Tufts University Medical Center

State University of New York at Buffalo

University of Illinois

University of Louisville

University of Victoria

Washington and Lee University

Wellesley College

K-12 EDUCATION

A.E. Stevenson High School

Addison Central School District

Albany City School District

Amherst Central School District

Buffalo Public Schools

Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District

Chicago Public Schools

David Mindess Elementary School

Depew Union Free School District

Dunkirk City School District

Elmira Heights Central School District

Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District

Frontier Central School District

Grand Island Central School District

Hempstead Union Free School District

Holland Central School District

Kingston City School District

Leslie Shankman School Corporation

Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103

Maryvale Central School District

Massachusetts School Building Authority

New York State Education Department

Newfane Central School District

Niagara Falls City School District

Niagara Wheatfield Central School District

Nippersink School District 2

North Shore Country Day School

Poughkeepsie City School District

Roosevelt Union Free School District

Schenectady City Schools

The Bullis School

West Seneca Central School District

Yonkers Public Schools

HEALTH

Advocate Health Care

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CharterCARE Health Partners

Christ Hospital

Codman Square Health and Education Center

Hospital for Special Surgery

Kaleida Health System

Massachusetts General Hospital

Niagara Health Systems

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Partners Healthcare

South Shore Hospital

Sunrise Health Systems

Truman Medical Center

University Hospitals

University of Colorado Hospital

CIVIC

Aquarium of Niagara Falls

Charlotte County, Florida

City of Buffalo

City of Chicago

City of Phoenix

City of Rochester Police Department

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts

Mercy Housing Lakefront

Oneida County, New York

Ontario County, New York

Schoharie County, New York

Seneca County, New York

St. John the Baptist Fruit Belt Community Development Corporation

Tioga County, New York

Town of Grand Island

Town of Yarmouth

CORPORATE

Clorox Company

Covidien/Mallinckrodt

Delaware North Companies

Forest City Development

Novartis

Turning Stone Resort and Casino

United Airlines

Veolia Environment

GOVERNMENT

General Services Administration

Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management

Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)

Naval Station Newport

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

AMONG OUR CLIENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: City of Buffalo; VFA, Inc. 11/2

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“ Cannon Design’s FOS team helped us to

advance our strategic planning process on

multiple levels. FOS helped us to assess

the viability of remaining in our current

location including our ability to allocate

the required capital resources. This level

of data and planning helped us make this

renewal project a reality.”

The Reverend Dr. Dorcas Gordon, Principal of Knox College

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