A Guide to Energy Audits
This online engineering CPD course examines the principles and practices associated with building energy audits.
Energy audits are systematic evaluations of building energy consumption, systems, and operating practices designed to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improving energy performance.
Building energy use is influenced by equipment efficiency, operating schedules, controls, occupancy, and environmental conditions, requiring careful data analysis and system evaluation to establish energy baselines and identify potential energy conservation measures.
This course covers energy audit fundamentals, audit types, data collection, site assessments, energy benchmarking, Energy Use Intensity (EUI), load profiles, energy conservation measures (ECMs), savings calculations, and economic evaluation methods. It also emphasizes using audit findings to support energy management, capital prioritization, and informed efficiency decisions.
This 1 CPD online course is applicable to mechanical and electrical engineers, as well as other technical professionals who are interested in learning more about building energy audits and energy performance improvement.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding the fundamentals of energy auditing and its role in improving building energy performance
- Learning how to distinguish between preliminary, detailed, and investment-grade energy audits
- Understanding utility data, energy baselines, EUI, load profiles, and peak demand characteristics
- Learning how HVAC, lighting, electrical systems, and controls affect building energy performance
- Familiarizing with common sources of energy waste and operational inefficiencies in existing buildings
- Learning how to develop energy conservation measures (ECMs) from site observations and operational data
- Understanding the effects of operational and capital ECMs on energy use, demand, and costs
- Learning how to estimate energy, cost, and demand savings from proposed ECMs
- Understanding economic evaluation methods, including simple payback and life-cycle cost considerations
- Familiarizing with benchmarking and normalization methods for comparing building energy performance
- Learning how to structure energy audit reports, including findings, assumptions, limitations, and recommendations
- Understanding how energy audit findings support energy management and capital planning
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