Assets in scope, and the obligations attaching to them.
Scope is defined per asset and written into the agreement. Each system in scope carries a service level, a measurement method, and a remedy attaching where the standard is not met.
Generation & central plant
High-efficiency chillers
Condensing & high-efficiency boilers
Heat recovery chillers
Cooling towers
Ground-source & water-source heat pumps
Thermal storage
Distribution & air
Primary & secondary pumping
Piping & hydronic distribution
Air handling units
Energy recovery ventilation
Terminal units & controls
Power
Service & distribution equipment
Switchgear
Emergency & standby generation
On-site solar
Battery storage where economics support it
Intelligence
Building automation & controls
Sub-metering & measurement
Fault detection & diagnostics
Continuous commissioning
Performance reporting
Scope discipline
Scope is limited to what can be measured.
Systems that cannot be instrumented are left out of scope, because a service level we cannot measure is one the owner cannot enforce.
Assessment
Start with what is in scope.
The assessment defines it, before either party is committed.