Adjudication Process 

The process

Participants’ energy bills for a particular year are assessed and normalised in relation to key parameters. The process is based on state-of-the-art scientific normalisation techniques on par with international standards.

The Energy Barometer calculates the average of the normalised annual energy consumption for all the categories of buildings that participate.  This average becomes the benchmark and is assigned a value of 100 on the Barometer. A rating of 120 therefore implies that the building in question uses, on average, 20% more energy than other buildings of a similar type. Similarly, a rating of 70 would imply that the building in question uses on average, 30% less than the industry average for buildings of a similar type. Using this data, each participant can benchmark him/herself against the industry average.

Furthermore, participants and can track their progress on a year-to-year basis with regard to the industry average.
This way, organisations can establish a foundation on which to base their energy optimisation projects and monitor their improvement going forward.

From 2010, we may consider a special award recognising the biggest energy-saving improvement. Visit us regularly for updates! 

Categories

2009 categories include Head Offices and Shopping Centres.

In 2010 the catagories will be expanded to include General Offices, Hotels and Hospitals. 

To register and take part in the 2010 Barometer,  simply email us at   confirming that you would like to take part.

We will send you the registration forms and will guide you through the simple process. 

National average

A national average is derived per category and type of building taking into account key parameters to ensure that participants are measured on an ‘apples-to-apples’-basis. Each participant is certified, rated and ranked in relation to this average.

This allows corporate participants with a range of facilities (for example a national chain of stores) to compare their individual stores to each other as well against the national average.

Each participant gets a certificate that indicates the rating of the participant against the average rating of all the facilities in the same category.