Energy Auditing

An energy audit can clarify your company’s energy consumption and identify areas for potential savings. It can lead to reduced energy use, improved productivity and opportunities to innovate. Choose the right type of audit

Standard energy audits fall into 1 of 3 categories:

Basic energy audit:

A basic overview of your company’s energy consumption, and a broad estimate of energy savings with relatively short payback periods. These audits are useful for smaller businesses. Larger businesses can also benefit if energy efficiency has not been previously assessed.

Detailed energy audits

A more rigorous analysis of your company’s energy consumption. It will quantify potential energy savings based on detailed data and analysis of the specific equipment and operating conditions applying to each site.

Also includes financial evaluation of opportunities based on agreed criteria that will help business owners prioritise the opportunities shown in the audit. Installation of additional measurement equipment is not generally required.

Precision subsystem audits

Focuses on a major subsystem, such as boilers or compressed air systems. It involves additional measurements to quantify opportunities to a higher level of accuracy.

Useful for larger businesses with specialist equipment or major production facilities.

The International standards specify the kinds of skills, knowledge and experience auditors need to do their job well. These requirements can vary across industry depending on the audit required and the equipment used by the business.

Questions to ask when selecting an energy auditor include: