Should the Level-2 Audit reveal necessary system upgrades or retrofits, the Level-3 audit will provide clients a thorough and detailed understanding of the benefits, costs and performance expectations prior to making significant investments of capital and personnel.
The Level-3 audit focuses on a “whole-building computer simulation”, where a computer program is used to accurately model the way the brick-and-mortar building would respond to changes in the energy systems and whether those are major HVAC retrofits or architectural modifications to walls, windows, and roof.