Ranking Locations by Intensity
The Ranking Locations by Intensity dashboard allows you to compare intensity performance across a list of peer Locations.
The dashboard is available through Monitor → Benchmarks → Ranking Locations by Intensity
or from the Organization and Group level Benchmark sub-menu.
You will need to choose your preferred KPI metric to define the intensity and then the dashboard will rank and sort Locations based on their intensity values.
To select a KPI use the By option and select from the KPIs set up for your Organization.
The dashboard also includes a grid view of the ranked Locations which includes a trend of each Location's intensity over the period selected.
Important Note on Intensity Calculations
Please note that the Intensity figures are calculated in two different ways depending on whether the KPI selected is an Accumulative measure (one that sums over time) like Production Volume or an Instantaneous measure (ie one that doesn't sum over time) like Floor Area.
For accumulative KPIs the intensity calculation for each month is simply: Consumption / KPI.
For instantaneous KPIs the intensity calculation for each month is annualized: Consumption / KPI / number of days within the period * 365
The reason we annualise intensity figures when the KPI is instantaneous is so that periods can be compared in true like-for-like fashion. Unless the intensity is annualized the intensity value would fluctuate depending on the period selected. For example months with different numbers of days – eg. Jan (31) vs Feb (28) – but with identical daily rates of consumption would have different monthly intensity values.
See a worked example below:
January consumption = 31,000 kWh
Floor area = 50 m2
Non-annualised intensity = 31,000/50 = 620 kWh/m2
Annualised intensity = 31,000/50/31 *365 = 7300 kWh/m2
February consumption = 28,000 kWh
Floor area = 50 m2
Non-annualised intensity = 28,000/50 = 560 kWh/m2
Annualised intensity = 28,000/50/28 *365 = 7300 kWh/m2
Both months have the same daily rate of consumption (1000 kWh/day) but would have different intensities because of the days in the period if we didn't annualise the intensity.