Nanyang

Polytechnic

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Diploma in Electrical Engineering with Eco-Design (EGDF16)

Green Design Practices & Technologies (EG3975)

Laboratory : Energy Audit

Objectives:

1) To understand the purpose of energy audit and how energy audit can influence
towards energy conservation.
2) To understand the structures or parameters that is required for a detailed
energy audit.
3) To submit a detailed energy audit on a case study on a building.

Introduction:

An energy audit is a periodic inspection of energy conservation in a building, process

or system so as to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without
negatively affecting the output. The purpose of energy audit is it helps us to make a
better recommendation using factual data.

Although there are many variations, energy audit can broadly be classified as
• phase I – preliminary audit
• phase II - standard / target audit
• phase III - detail / comprehensive audit

Each energy audit types are distinguished by the level of detail involved and the depth
of the analysis undertaken. It is clear that a considerable amount of useful information
can be obtained from a preliminary energy audit. However, without further
investigation it is not possible to determine where in the office building the energy is
being consumed. The analysis technique used for detailed audit is essentially much
the same as those used for preliminary audit but the level of detail is much greater.
Comprehensive audits require detailed energy surveys to be undertaken and they often
require the installation of additionally sub-metering in order to determine accurately
component energy flows.

Part 1

Student will form in a group of 3 and will perform a detailed energy audit on a case
study on a building. Students need to identify those issues which need immediate direct
action as well as those which required further detailed investigation. Students need to
propose a solution to improve the energy efficiency of the building through detail
analysis and calculation. A written audit report will be submitted and the following
parameters are required.
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Template of a detailed energy audit

1. Cover Page

 Report title
 Name of client (company for which facility or building has been audited)
 Location of facility or building
 Date of report
 Members of energy audit
 Signature of company’s representative

2. Executive Summary

 Name of client, location of facility or building audited

 Objectives of audit
 Key systems and equipment analysed
 Dates of audit
 Summary of recommended energy conservation measures, annual energy
savings and cost savings

3. Table of Contents

 Introduction
 Methodology and instrumentation
 Data analysis and findings including graphs and plots
 Identified saving measures
 Summary of recommendations and the associated costs and savings
 Conclusion
 Appendices
 CD containing raw measurement data collected during the audit, in a readable
file format

4. Introduction

 Objectives of audit
 The financial criteria and technical/operational limitations
 Brief description of facility or building audited – number of floors, air-
conditioned areas, type of usage, occupancy, hours of operation, year built,
etc.
 Information on tenants in facility or building audited (If applicable) – whether
they are paying their own energy bills, what floor area (sq meter) they occupy,
etc.
 Past year’s energy consumption and costs, including tariff rates used for
financial calculations
 Breakdown of energy (electricity and fuel) consumption

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5. Methodology and Instrumentation

 Detailed instrument installation and measurement procedure

 Pictures and maps showing the locations of the installed instruments and
sensors

6. Data Analysis and Findings

 Date of audit
 Dates of data collection and logging
 Baseline energy consumption and the methodology used to establish it
 The energy efficiency index (kWh/m2/year) of buildings, defined as the
amount of energy consumed annually per Gross Floor Area of the building.
 Description of systems or equipment audited their capacities and ratings,
design and operating conditions, equipment schedules, etc, including
information such as the type of systems, controls, type and number of
auxiliary equipment, etc.
 Performance of systems or equipment audited
 Heat and mass balance where applicable
 Findings and observations

7. Identified Energy Saving Measures

 Brief description of the present situation and shortcomings identified

 Recommended energy saving measures with detailed and clear calculations of
the predicted annual energy and cost savings, investment cost and payback
period for each measure. All numbers should be supported by data and
assumptions must be stated.

8. Conclusions

 Summary of recommendations, projected annual kWh savings, estimated cost

savings, projected investment cost and payback in table format
 Recommend action plan and implementation schedule
 Statement by the company on which recommendations will be implemented
and timeframe for implementation

9. Appendices

Information of significant importance, which cannot be presented as a part of the

text report (because of number of pages, quality of presentation, etc.) should be
presented in appendices.

The appendices should include:

 Schematics and layout drawings of facility or building audited

 Details of instrumentation used – parameters monitored and duration of
monitoring for each parameter
 Data plots of performance of systems or equipment audited
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 Energy efficiency of major equipment compared against industrial
benchmarks
 Measurement and verification (M&V) plan for monitoring and verifying
energy savings for each of the recommendations
 CD-ROM containing the raw measurement data

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