The Operations Report Card (ORC)

About

The CHPS Operations Report Card (ORC) is an online tool that helps schools and districts to benchmark the current performance of existing schools, provides a report card of results and makes suggestions for improvement. The ORC program advances the standard for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of all school buildings – high performance and otherwise. The ORC is an interactive online tool that can be used for district-wide deployment over multiple school sites or in single public, charter and private schools. The ORC provides schools with a simple, understandable score to communicate where their school currently stands on the spectrum of performance.

These assessments take place in five categories: energy efficiency, thermal comfort, visual comfort, indoor air quality, and acoustics. Schools complete several steps as they work through the ORC program, including data-gathering through facilities measurements and occupant surveys. After entering all of the requested information, the school is provided with its Report Card. This summary document provides the school with the numeric score it has achieved in each category, along with brief comments about why that is the case. In addition to the Report Card, each school receives a customized list of suggested improvements based on their site information.

Because of the unique nature of the ORC, it is useful to schools at all levels of performance. It is important to note that there are no minimum requirements to participate, so the program may be most helpful to schools currently at lower levels of performance that are seeking to improve. Scores are simply a benchmark of current performance.

Program Fees

The ORC is priced to minimize the financial impact on schools. All of the measurements needed to complete the ORC can be taken by existing school or district staff -- no outside consultants are needed. The cost to utilize the ORC decreases as a district enrolls more schools. See the table below for the current fee structure.

Number of Schools Registered	Incremental Cost per School
1 - 2	$900
3 - 4	$700
5+	$500

As an example, if a district registered five schools, the cost would be 2 x $900 + 2 x $700 + $500 = $3700.

Registration

In order for you to register for the Operations Report Card, CHPS must first confirm that you have the necessary privileges at your district or independent school in order to commit to the program. Please complete the form here.

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