Establish baselines Clause Samples
The "Establish baselines" clause defines the initial standards or reference points against which future performance, progress, or changes will be measured in a contract or project. Typically, this involves setting specific metrics, timelines, or quality levels at the outset, such as agreed-upon delivery dates, budget limits, or technical specifications. By clearly identifying these baselines, the clause ensures that all parties have a common understanding of expectations and provides a concrete basis for evaluating compliance, managing changes, and resolving disputes.
Establish baselines i. Field baseline: Digitized annotations of collected data will form the field ii. baseline to measure performance of the current manual system
Establish baselines i. Field baseline: Digitized annotations of collected data will form the field baseline to measure performance of the current manual system
ii. Ground truth: An expert panel of microbiologists will annotate a subset of data collected to be used as the ground truth for comparison
Establish baselines a. Estimate Baseline Loads
(i) Estimate loads, usage and/or hours of operation for applicable major end uses of total facility consumption including: lighting, heating, cooling, motors (fans and pumps), plug loads, kitchen equipment, and other major energy using equipment.
(ii) Where loading or usage are highly uncertain (including variable loads such as cooling), NORESCO will use its best judgment, use of existing emergency management control system capabilities for trend data, or measurements from data loggers. NORESCO should not assume that equipment run hours equal the operating hours of the building(s) or facility staff estimates.
Establish baselines. An important step is to establish the baselines for each of the areas to be assessed and evaluated. This will be a moving target, since the APD has and will continue to change and this should be encouraged.