Energy Audit
Do you know where your energy dollars are being spent? If not, let The Troyer Group help you understand where and how your energy dollars are being spent. The goal of an energy audit is to identify economically justified, cost saving opportunities and to provide an action plan for implementation of equipment and operational changes.
The potential benefits will be a significant reduction in electrical, natural gas, water and sewer costs; a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution; and improve indoor air quality, lighting quality and building occupant satisfaction.
Pre-Audit
- Discussions with management to determine the extent of the audit
- Examine utility consumption levels and patterns over a three year period
- Collection and review of maintenance and repair records
Site Visit
- MUST meet with decision maker(s) and facility operator
- Educate the decision makers on the audit process
- Gather data, scope problems and assess the situation
- Being a forensic detective
- Inspect major energy end use systems
- Survey and monitoring – install test equipment / tools necessary for surveying
- Make use of information available from existing systems
- Do calculations
- Energy analysis and bench marking
- Is money being spent appropriately
- Confirm proper use of applicable utility rates
- Life Cycle Costing
- Tools such as computer analysis programs
- The MOST Important thing in an audit is the eye of a trained experienced auditor
Report
- Review with management findings and recommendations
- Areas of significant savings first
- How is it/should it be used
- Action plan (short and long term)
- Reference documentation (Local, State, Federal incentive programs)
- Organizational issues (implementation, follow thru and tracking)
