1st Edition

Investment Grade Energy Audit

By Shirley J. Hansen, James W. Brown Copyright 2003
    204 Pages
    by River Publishers

    This book was written to give energy-involved professionals the tools they need to take their energy audits to the next level, and use them to accurately predict a building's future energy use and true savings potential. Going beyond the conventional energy audit, which can lead to projections which are frequently off by as much as 20%, this book provides detailed guidelines on how to use the new tool, the investment grade audit (IGA), which enables prediction of savings with much greater accuracy. Building on the traditional audit, the IGA requires the addition of a "risk assessment component" which evaluates conditions in a specific building and/or process and reduces the level of uncertainty as to how proposed energy efficiency measures will really behave over time. The authors have covered every aspect of the IGA, including risk management, the "people" factor, measurement and verification, financing issues, report presentation guidelines, and master planning strategies.

    Foreword

    Preface

    HOW AUDITING EVOLVED

    Early Auditing Struggles • Gaining Confidence in the ’80s • The Energy Audit • Cost-effectiveness • Auditing for Performance Contracting • Beyond Payback • The Auditor • The Owner’s Expectations

    WHY THE TRADITIONAL AUDIT IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH

    Life Ain’t What It Used to Be • Putting the Traditional Audit to Work • Predictive Consistency • Factors to Consider • Expanding Considerations

    WEIGHING HUMAN BEHAVIOR

    Judging Behavioral Impact • The People Factor

    BUILDING THE M&V FOUNDATION

    The Case for M&V • M&V Rules of the Road • M&V Guidance • Measurement Devices • Commissioning and the M&V Fit • When M&V Just Isn’t Working

    THE IAQ FIT

    IAQ Fundamentals • IAQ and Energy Efficiency

    FINANCING ISSUES AND THE IGA

    Basic Money Concepts • Finding the Money to Implement an IGA • IGAs for ESPs and ESCOs • Creating a Bankable Project

    WORKING RISK INTO THE MIX

    The Nature of Risk • Fitting the Pieces Together

    POTENTIAL MITIGATING STRATEGIES.

    Mitigating People Risks • Mitigating Facility Risks • Mitigating Technical Risks • Calculating the Cost

    THE IGA REPORT

    Auditing Has Come a Long Way • Where Have We Gone Wrong? • The Traditional Audit Report • IGA Report Preparation

    ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLANNING: THE NEXT LEVEL

    Developing the Master Plan • Common Components of an EMP

    APPENDICES

    APPENDIX A M&V OPTIONS

    APPENDIX B SAMPLE ENERGY POLICY

    Biography

    Shirley J. Hansen (Author) , James W. Brown (Author)