Sunday 29 January 2012

Business Energy Audit is the top kept secret to make the most of your industrial energy savings...and your profits!



Why Should I Worry About energy saving audit?

I know, I know, you already have so many things to be concerned about. Your competition is gunning for your best customer. The biggest project in your shop is behind schedule. You are anxious about the economy and anxious we are heading into another downturn. Costs are rising but you can't raise your prices without loosing business so profit margins are non-existent. How are you going to deal with growing energy costs?

And that doesn't even take into consideration troubles in your private life (we all have them).

Why should you add something in addition to your list? Since industrial energy efficiency is a low risk way to solve some of your major problems.

Think about it. Energy costs are a key expense. If you could slash your energy spending by 25%, how much would that help your business? What would that do for your profit margins? How much more competitive will you be if your expenses are lower?

How Can energy efficient audit Assist Me?

If done right, a business energy audit will show you how to slash your expenses. A good quality consultant will examine your utility bills searching for billing mistakes, unnecessary charges, and better rates. A excellent energy auditor can show you ways to help reduce your energy consumption (and your energy spending), and many of his suggestions will cost you little to execute. And these suggestions are low risk because the consultant quantifies the savings and cost to put into operation. You know ahead of time what to expect, and get to reap the reward of the energy savings year after year.

So What Is a energy efficient audit?

A ashrae energy audit is merely a review of your company, building, as well as utility bills by a consultant who is a specialist in energy conservation. There are various tiers of commercial energy audits. The most common designations are:

**Preliminary Audit: A high level look at your energy use. Your energy consumption is compared to other corporations in your industry. This gives you an idea of the amount of energy you can save, but doesn't make any suggestions. **Scoping Audit: Scoping audits include an analysis of your utility bills and a brief walk through of your facility to understand your process, maintenance procedures, equipment, and energy consumption. There is enough data to find the low hanging fruit, but not adequate to find every savings possible or to give you a high level of precision. **Comprehensive Audit: Also know as an ASHRAE Level 2 audit, a comprehensive audit picks up where a scoping audit stops. A more thorough walk through and examination of your facility allows the consultant to completely check all energy conservation potential. More importantly, because there is sufficient data to accurately analyze your energy consumption, the energy consultant is able to tell you how much energy your will save with a high level of accuracy. This enables you to prioritize energy conservation measures as well as greatly reduces risk. **Engineering or Investment Grade Audit: These are the most complex (i.e....costly) audits. They are frequently used by major corporations with intensive project approval procedures, or by companies looking to implement major (and expensive) technology. These include wind, solar PV (photo-voltaic), hot water heating, solar heating (passive & active), CHP (Combined Heat Power), CHCP (Combined Heat Cool Power), refrigeration (mechanical & absorption), heat pumps, HVAC, high performance electric motors, biomass, and small hydro-electric....Most businesses don't need an audit at this level. The cost and time just are too costly to justify the small improvement in accuracy.


Industrial Energy Audit Services are industry leaders in industrial energy efficiency. Our decades of experience will make your ashrae energy audits fast, effective, and affordable. We are so confident that we will save you money, that we guarantee that we will save you 15% or more on your energy bills. If you would like more information on business energy audits or would like a quote please contact us at www.industrialenergyaudit.com.

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