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- Discuss the role of energy in our planet and its political, environmental, and economic effects.
- Who needs an energy audit, what are the benefits of conducting one? How is an energy audit conducted, and what skills are required to perform it effectively?
- what career paths are available for those interested in becoming energy auditors? Commissioning, Managing, and Reviewing an Energy Audit: To plan an energy audit, prepare your organization by understanding its needs, defining goals, and deciding if an audit is appropriate or if alternatives are needed.
- Effective preparation enhances the audit's value. During the audit, manage collaboration with the auditor and evaluate recommendations. Afterward, implement the suggestions and review the results.
- Process of Undertaking a Successful Energy Audit: To successfully conduct an energy audit, follow a comprehensive process that includes preparing your team, adhering to six key principles, and delivering a detailed Investment Grade Audit (IGA) or Feasibility Study (DFS).
- Ensure your savings estimates are realistic and present your findings effectively to maximize the likelihood of implementing your recommendations.
- Tools for Energy Audits: Choose measurement tools based on key features and practical use. Understand what each tool measures, potential issues, and how to avoid them.
- Learn to convert CSV data into insights, use free spreadsheet tools, and find effective presentation and communication tools. Basic Principles of Energy: Understand the different forms of energy and their properties.
- Accurately use and convert energy and power units. Learn the properties of steam and moist air, how heat is transferred, and the impact of insulation on heat transfer, including controlling radiative heat transfer.
- Historical Energy Assessment: Identify data sources for assessing a building's energy performance, describe the instrumentation used in energy audits, analyze applicable energy tariffs, and correlate energy consumption with building operations and weather conditions.
- Energy Assessment (EMOs): Systematically identify Energy Management Opportunities (EMOs) and describe the factors to consider when assessing their costs and benefits.
- Energy Efficiency in Building Electrical Systems: Describe building performance standards and identify and assess energy efficiency opportunities for lighting systems, plug loads, motors, drives, fans, and pumps.
- Energy Efficiency in Building Thermal Systems: Assess a building’s heating and cooling load, and identify and evaluate energy efficiency opportunities for the building envelope, HVAC systems (including boilers, steam, and hot water distribution systems), air distribution systems, and building control systems
