BUILDING PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST

You Don't Need Every Answer. Start With the Questions That Matter.

Use the checklist to organize what is known, what is uncertain, and what deserves a closer look before making a building decision.

Framework

  1. Property
  2. Lighting
  3. Controls
  4. Maintenance
  5. Energy
  6. Project Context
  7. Documentation

What the Checklist Does Not Do

The checklist does not produce a building grade, risk score, proprietary priority score, AI diagnosis, or automated recommendation. It organizes questions.

The Checklist

Mark each question with what you currently know. Where it is useful, note whether the information is observed, customer provided, documented, assumed, estimated, or verified.

Property
Do we know how the property is primarily used?
Do we know which spaces or zones operate differently from one another?
Do we know the normal operating schedule for the major spaces?
Do we know when occupancy differs from the posted or expected operating schedule?
Do we know whether upcoming renovations, tenant changes, capital projects, or other property plans could affect a lighting decision?
Do we know who is responsible for approving building improvements and related capital decisions?
Lighting
Do we know the major existing lighting types used across the property?
Do we know approximately how many fixtures are in the areas being considered?
Do we know the existing system wattage, or have documentation that can support it?
Do we know whether different areas require different lighting approaches rather than one property-wide solution?
Do we know whether lighting quality concerns—such as distribution, glare, color appearance, or light levels—need closer review?
Do we know whether any spaces have specialized lighting requirements that fall outside a general commercial review?
Controls
Do we know which areas currently have lighting controls?
Do we know what types of controls are currently installed in those areas?
Do we know whether the existing controls are being used as intended?
Do we know which spaces have predictable occupancy patterns that may affect the controls decision?
Do we know which spaces have irregular occupancy or operating patterns that deserve closer review?
Do we know whether existing control equipment, zoning, or system compatibility could affect the available options?
Maintenance
Do we know which lighting areas create recurring maintenance attention?
Do we know whether access conditions make some lighting difficult to inspect, service, or replace?
Do we know whether failures or replacements tend to occur in particular areas or fixture types?
Do we have maintenance records, work-order history, or other documentation that could help describe existing conditions?
Do we know whether replacement lamps, drivers, ballasts, fixtures, or other relevant components remain readily available?
Do we know whether maintenance considerations should influence the timing or scope of a potential project?
Energy
Do we know the property's current electricity rate, or where to obtain it?
Do we know the annual operating hours needed to evaluate the lighting areas being considered?
Do we have enough information to estimate existing connected lighting load without relying on a square-foot shortcut?
Do we have enough information to estimate a proposed connected lighting load for a defined option?
Do we know whether any incentive is merely potential or has actually been confirmed by the applicable program?
Do we know which energy-related inputs are documented and which are still assumptions or estimates?
Project Context
Do we know what question or problem is causing the property to consider a lighting change now?
Do we know whether the current objective is to replace equipment, retrofit existing equipment, add or change controls, investigate further, or potentially leave the system alone?
Do we know which areas of the property are actually in scope for the current decision?
Do we know whether occupancy, access, operating schedules, or other site conditions could affect project planning?
Do we know whether project cost information is available or still needs to be developed?
Do we know whether the property has a target timing, capital-planning window, or other decision constraint that should be considered?
Documentation
Do we have current fixture counts or a reliable source for developing them?
Do we have product, wattage, control, or other existing-system documentation where it is needed?
Do we have utility information sufficient to support the assumptions being used?
Do we know which information was observed, customer provided, documented, assumed, estimated, or verified?
Do we have records of prior lighting improvements or relevant building changes that could affect the current review?
Do we have a place to retain the conditions, decisions, improvements, documentation, and learnings from this building for future reference?

Output

Three lists, in the order a building conversation actually uses them.

  1. What We Know
  2. What We Don't Know Yet
  3. What Deserves a Closer Look

How Your Answers Are Handled

  • Stays in Your Browser

    No account and no lead gate. The checklist works without submitting anything.

  • No Silent Transfer

    Answers are never copied into a Building Performance Review or a CRM behind your back.

  • Analytics

    Broad interaction only. Your answers, notes, and property labels are not sent to analytics.

Where Unresolved Questions Can Go

  • Building Performance Review

    A low-friction first step for the questions you could not resolve.

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  • Commercial Lighting Assessment

    A deeper investigation when a question needs more evidence.

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