Request a proposal In the field. In the documents. On the record.Pre-development analysis
Early technical, performance, cost, and implementation analysis for owners comparing building upgrades before design or construction.
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A feasibility study tests a proposed investment against the building’s actual constraints. A promising efficiency measure may depend on electrical service, distribution temperatures, equipment space, structural capacity, tenant access, or a replacement project that has not yet been funded.
Scope, requirements & reporting
For a heating conversion, for example, compare continued operation, replacement, and electrification using the same occupancy and operating assumptions. Examine distribution, domestic hot water, utility capacity, and phasing. Record what has been verified and what still requires survey, engineering, or utility confirmation.
Energy savings, utility-cost savings, and emissions reductions are different measures. A project should be assessed against the owner’s objectives, applicable emissions requirements, capital budget, and operating constraints. The study should identify dependencies and decision points before detailed design or procurement.
NYSERDA’s FlexTech program can share eligible technical-study costs; it does not fund implementation of measures identified by the study. Eligibility, scope approval, and timing need to be checked before assuming reimbursement. KOW can coordinate the study scope and documentation with the owner’s program review.
A feasibility report should define the baseline and alternatives, identify capacity and space constraints, estimate capital and operating costs, explain savings and emissions assumptions, and set out unresolved investigations. Include implementation dependencies such as utility service, distribution changes, temporary systems, resident access, and equipment lead times.
Decisions supported
Is the proposed measure technically appropriate for the property?
What constraints, dependencies, or enabling work affect implementation?
What level of cost, disruption, and performance impact should be anticipated?
What design, testing, or funding steps are needed next?
Typical scope
The final scope follows the property, transaction, program, client requirements, and information available. Typical elements include:
Process
Confirm the property or project, intended use, reliance parties, schedule, available information, and required deliverable.
Review the documents, identify gaps, and coordinate the people and access needed to complete the scope.
Perform the observations, analysis, interviews, and specialist coordination called for by the assignment.
Separate material findings from background information and state the basis, limitations, open items, and follow-up clearly.
Common assignments
Early analysis of building systems, capacity, phasing, and supporting work.
Comparison of options before a planned capital event becomes a design commitment.
Technical basis for determining whether a proposed project should advance into a program application.
Frequently asked
No. It supports selection of a direction. Detailed engineering, utility approvals, permits, specifications, and contractor pricing may be needed next.
It should not. Document available service information and identify load analysis or utility confirmation needed before selecting equipment and finalizing cost.
Payback does not capture every constraint or objective. Condition, service life, financing, operating cost exposure, emissions obligations, and occupant impact can affect the decision.
Potentially, through an applicable technical-assistance program such as FlexTech. Eligibility, application timing, and approved scope must be confirmed; study support is not the same as construction funding.
It should define the existing condition, compare realistic options, identify dependencies and constraints, and provide enough cost, performance, and implementation context to decide whether to advance the work.
No. It is an early planning analysis. Selected measures normally require further engineering, design, permitting, procurement, and field verification before construction.
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