Energy Auditing

The building sector must radically cut energy consumption – starting now – if countries are to achieve energy security and manage climate change.

These significant cuts are achievable. Much building energy is wasted due of poor design, inadequate technology and inappropriate behaviors.  Businesses need to apply expertise and finance to develop and promote new approaches to energy efficiency, but transformation will not be achieved through the market alone.

Unless people know about the energy consumption of the services they use in buildings they cannot make energy-related choices and cannot measure progress.

Both new and existing buildings can be made more energy-efficient using a combination of passive and active measures in design and operation. Incorporating the best design and technical solutions in new and existing buildings can cut energy use by about two-thirds, without considering improving the performance of small appliances and equipment used in the building. Some very low-energy new homes already exist in many countries, demonstrating that our energy targets are technically achievable (see sustainable design ). But these examples show little sign of being scaled up globally. Low-energy buildings must become the norm rather than the exception.

Internat Energy Solutions has developed an energy auditing tool that takes into account the following aspects:

Energy Audit Objectives

To quantify energy consumption and propose a calculated multi-year investment plan, in order to reduce energy consumption.  The energy audit is considered to be the first step to reduce energy demand.  The main objective is to measure and quantify, and make a prioritized investment plan from an independent energy expert.  

·         Detailed inventory of energy-consuming and water-consuming devices on site

·         Analysis of operating schedules currently in use

·         Three-year history of billing data taken from the gas, electricity and water invoices;

·         Weather-corrected monthly analysis of energy and water use to provide a performance baseline against which we track future utility performances;

·         List of realistic opportunities for sustainable cost reduction with financial analysis to support a business case; all proposed reduction actions are divided into three main categories;

1.       Immediate action

2.       Medium-term actions

3.       Long-term actions  

·         List of behavioral and organizational changes that will reduce consumption

·         Comprehensive readable report aimed at the operations and finance professional.