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Energy Audit Code
John Herbert
REA (Registered Energy Assessor) Hong Kong Registered Energy Assessor
A Kelcroft energy audit finds the ways to cut your costs, lower your
building operating costs, without sacrificing occupational comfort.
Commissions are undertaken range from the small energy assessments to major
projects.
More than seventy five percent (75%) of buildings are operating incorrectly,
have inappropriate maintenance contracts or waste money through inefficient
energy usage. And all too often the energy management systems installed to
reduce operating costs, don't function as intended, and actually waste energy.
You wouldn't operate your business without the advice of an accountant to oversee
your finances. Likewise an annual energy audit ensures that your energy cheque
book is balanced too.
Energy costs tend to rise every year, tariff increases are threatened, increasing
energy costs impact your bottom line, Kelcroft's cost cutting energy audit helps
reduce your energy bills.
Why Should I Get an Energy Audit?
Most of us know about low flow shower heads, CFLs and unplugging our cell phone
chargers when not in use, but there is so much more. Real savings need
a professional REA Energy auditor.
An energy audit is also an appropriate tool if you are considering an
energy efficiency or renewable energy project. The energy audit can help you
decide whether or not the project is truly worthwhile.
Approach
Kelcroft's approach is a holistic, total energy approach, it considers
the total picture, not just the low hanging fruit providing an overall
energy cost in use perspective.
The goal is management of resources without sacrificing end-user comfort.
Our energy audits are conducted in accordance with international standards,
and local EMSD guidelines as required.
One thing I have learned over the years is that energy
auditing is not a desk job, it needs boots on ground, the site
inspection of equipment actually operating is important,
and very revealing.
If your energy auditor is not challenging and questioning your team,
something is must be wrong. We ask thousands of questions about
the operation of your building, and you will not be surprized to learn we get
different answers to the same question, confusion over operations is a
leading cause of energy waste.
Success Stories
Finding and identifying energy waste, energy auditing reveals the
underlying losses you can only imagine, don't be left in the dark.
It commences with the collection, and analysis of all information that may impact the building
energy consumption. That data is analyzed, the performance of existing systems examined, and
existing management techniques reviewed.
Then we compare your facilities energy performance with published standards (benchmarks)
for your premises and activities of a similar nature and provide proposals that are financially
viable to lower energy costs.
Energy Audit Standards
Guidebooks for energy auditing, including ASHRAE,
EMSD energy audit code provide the standard for conducting
energy audits.
For Hong Kong BEEO energy audit, the standard is provided by the
latest version of of the EMSD Energy Audit Code (EAC).
Energy Audit Report
The result of the energy audit is the audit report, Kelcroft's energy audit report includes our findings, and is sub-divided into three energy management sections, namely:
Within these three sectors, we explain energy saving options and
opportunities for your review and implementation.
The energy audit is really only the first step, implementing
the findings to lower costs is the ultimate goal.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping measures are low cost / no cost measures improvements involving relatively simple steps to start
achieving energy savings. For example signage, and or training courses to increase energy consumption awareness amongst your staff.
Operation Measures
Operating and Maintenance measures are recommended improvements that necessitate some change within your
existing regime or maintenance strategy.
For example lighting modifications, improved the switching arrangement or implementing a new lamp replacement strategy
benefiting from the efficacy of the latest technology. Or perhaps re-commissioning to recover lost capacity.
In the majority of cases, the working environment for your customers is improved..
Capital Works
Capital works are major improvements to your premises or systems that will require significant expenditure.
Examining your installation, analyzing your operating and maintenance costs, and evaluating possible options for energy
conservation.
Financially viable proposals that will benefit you! are offered for appraisal.
There is not one correct answer for each client, each has different needs and goals.
For example switching to water cooled air conditioning (cooling towers), fuel switching,
or cogeneration or
perhaps waste to energysystem.
Energy Audit Experience
Kelcroft's long standing expertise can help implementation of
energy audit recommendations, particularly our
experience providing E&M capital works projects.
We have conducted EMSD audits, ASHRAE, CIBSE audits, in fact the
requirements are similar.
Because our knowledge, gained across three continents, is
backed up with our experience from nearly thirty years building services
design and operation we help organisations lower their operating
cost so they can leverage that competitive advantage in the market place.
Our experience includes commercial buildings, shopping centres, clubs,
offices, retail, recreation clubs, hotels, retail, data
centres, and factories in Hong Kong and China.
Call Kelcroft to order your EMSD energy audit today!