Energy Survey
An energy survey is an inspection, audit and analysis of energy flows for energy conservation in a building, process or system. An energy survey is often referred to as an energy audit. It is used to determine how to improve the energy efficiency of a building or system. Energy surveys have an important role for building projects. Today, the vast majority of existing buildings do not currently meet the emerging standards for energy efficient construction (i.e. EIA 1991). Therefore, energy retrofits of existing buildings will be require for the decades to come if the overall energy efficiency of buildings are to be required to meet every increasingly strict standards.
Investing in improving the energy efficiency of buildings is immediately translatable into relatively predictable positive cash-flow via lowered energy costs. Current trends indicate that emerging technologies combined with the rising costs of conventional energy sources will make energy retrofit more and more economically attractive. An energy survey is the first order of business when you begin planning an energy retrofit for any building.
iConsortium engineers perform energy surveys that cover all aspects of energy consumption and energy-savings, including:
Walk-Through – a short on-site tour of a building or facility where the auditor identifies areas in which immediate simple and inexpensive measures can be taken to improve energy efficiency. These can include:
- Optimizing heating/cooling temperature settings
- Replacing or reinforcing window and door insulation
- Replacing broken windows
- Adjusting the boiler fuel-air ratio
- Insulating hot water pipes
Utility Cost Analysis – a careful analysis of the operating costs of utilities of the building or facility. Consumption data over a few years is evaluated and patterns of energy usage is identified. This includes peak periodic demand and seasonal influences.
Development of a Baseline for Energy Use – a rigorous evaluation of the energy savings and cost-effectiveness of selected energy conservation measures based pm ;ofe-cycle cost (LCC) analysis. This includes a step-by-step approach using modeling tools, such as degree-day methods, linear regression modules and payback analysis tools, to predict energy savings for the various suggested energy conservation options.
Detailed Energy Survey – a comprehensive audit that includes energy-measurement instrumentation for different aspects of energy consumption, including the indoor and outdoor lighting system, equipment and devices, etc. Sensors may be setup to acquire and measure data, as well as inexpensive non-intrusive load-monitoring (NILM) techniques determine the real-time energy usage of significant electrical loads in a building complex or facility. Computer simulations provide projections about usage.
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