Dewick & Associates provide specialist Building Tuning Plan (BTP) services as part of our building services engineering and technical documentation offering.
We support clients in preparing structured post-occupancy tuning frameworks that ensure building systems are reviewed, adjusted, and optimised based on real operational conditions.
Our in-house Chartered Engineers and Technical Writing team prepare Building Tuning Plans that define how performance will be monitored, assessed, and optimised during the operational phase of a building. This supports improved energy efficiency, system performance, and occupant comfort, while maintaining alignment with design intent and sustainability objectives.
A Building Tuning Plan (BTP) is a post-occupancy building performance optimisation framework used to systematically review, adjust, and refine building systems once a facility is in use.
Unlike commissioning, which confirms systems are installed and functioning as designed, building tuning focuses on actual operational performance, including occupant behaviour, seasonal variation, and variable system loads across HVAC, lighting, controls, and energy management systems.
The tuning plan typically covers the first 12 to 24 months of building occupation and provides a structured approach to monitoring and improving performance. Its core objectives are to:
Without structured tuning, buildings commonly experience performance drift, leading to increased energy use, reduced comfort, and failure to achieve design or sustainability targets across BREEAM, Green Star and LEED. The Building Tuning Plan helps ensure ongoing operational performance remains aligned with design intent, regulatory expectations, and sustainability outcomes.
Building Tuning Plans are developed in alignment with:
These frameworks reflect a shift toward performance-based outcomes, where building operation is measured and optimised beyond practical completion.
A Building Tuning Plan is typically developed as a live, post-occupancy operational document that is updated throughout the tuning period to reflect observed building performance and system adjustments.
While the structure may vary depending on building type, scale, and complexity, most building tuning plans include the following core components:
This structure supports ongoing building performance optimisation, energy efficiency improvement, and operational alignment with design intent.
Building Tuning Plans form a critical bridge between construction completion and long-term building operation.
They are typically implemented and maintained by:
The BTP ensures that building performance is actively managed, rather than assumed at handover.
Across modern construction standards, there is a clear shift toward performance-based compliance, where operational outcomes are assessed alongside design intent. This is increasingly reflected in green building rating tools that require or encourage post-occupancy optimisation through Building Tuning Plans (BTPs).
BREEAM, LEED and Green Star frameworks reinforce that building performance continues beyond handover, with tuning playing a key role in achieving energy efficiency, carbon reduction, and occupant comfort targets.
Services: Mech, Elec, Fire, Hyd, MEP
Format: Digital, online, D&A standard, QR code, client specific
Drafting: As Installed / As Built Drawings
Services: Mechanical, Electrical, MEP
Includes processes and procedures
Inspection Test Plans (ITP)
Building Tuning Plans
Contractor support for BREEAM / Green Star / LEED submissions
Evidence Reports
Drawings Mark Ups
Content: Details the building facilities and amenities
Format: Digital, online, D&A standard
Technical authoring by Chartered Engineers
Services: Mechanical, Electrical, Fire and Hydraulic
Detailed processes and procedures
Project specific
