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Continuous Commissioning (CCx)
John A Herbert | Director
Kelcroft
conducts energy audits to lower your building
operating cost, without sacrificing occupational comfort. Commissions
are undertaken range from the small energy assessments to major
projects.
Surveys indicate that more than seventy five percent (75%) of buildings
are operating incorrectly, have inappropriate operating and maintenance
contracts or are waste money through inefficient energy usage. And all
too often the energy management systems installed to reduce operating
costs, don't function as intended adding to further wasted energy.
You wouldn't operate your business without an accountant to oversee your finances would you? Likewise an annual energy audit ensures that your energy cheque book is balanced too.
Energy costs rise every year, tariffs increases are threatened, and oil
prices are soaring, these effect your bottom line - Kelcroft energy
audit helps identify waste and reduce your energy bills.
Approach
Kelcroft's approach takes a holistic view, a total energy
approach. Our
energy audit considers the total picture, not just the low hanging
fruit - an overall energy cost in use perspective.
The goal is management of resources without sacrificing end-user
comfort. Our energy audits are conducted in accordance with
international standards, and local EMSD guidelines as required. Energy
auditing needs to be conducted on the ground, energy can't be saved
without inspecting the nuts and bolts on site.
Energy Losses
Finding and identifying energy waste, energy auditing reveals
the
underlying losses, don't be left in the dark.
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Energy Auditing
An energy audit is the systematic review of each fuel, and
energy
consuming system in your building.
It commences with the collection, and analysis of all information
that may effect your buildings energy consumption. Reviewing, and
analyzing the condition and performance of existing systems,
installations, existing management techniques, and utility bills.
We compare your facilities energy performance with published standards
(benchmarks) for your premises and activities of a similar nature and
provide proposals. An energy audit is not an excuse for cutting energy
consumption, rather managing the usage to maintain and or improve
occupant comfort.
An annual energy audit is
much like your annual accountant review,
stating the past and current energy balance.
Energy Report
The Kelcroft energy audit report summarises our findings, and is sub-divided into three energy management sections, namely:
Within these three sectors, we explain energy saving options and
opportunities for your review and implementation.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping measures are improvements involving virtually no
cost, and
involve relatively simple steps to start achieving energy savings. For
example training courses to increase energy consumption awareness
amongst your staff.
Operation measures
These improvements necessitate some change within your
existing regime
or maintenance strategy.
For example lighting modifications, improved the switching arrangement
or implementing a new lamp replacement strategy benefiting from the
efficacy of the latest technology.
In the majority of cases, the working environment for your
customers is
improved.
Capital works
Capital works would be major improvements to your premises or
systems
that will require significant expenditure.
Examining your installation, analyzing your operating and maintenance
costs, and evaluating possible options for energy conservation. Viable
proposals that will benefit you financially are offered for appraisal.
For example
switching to water
cooled air conditioning (cooling towers) under the Hong Kong pilot
programme or
consideration of cost effective cogeneration solutions.
Energy Audit Financial Analysis
The energy analysis would comprise a practical and economic
evaluation
of viable energy saving options. This evaluation would include an
investigation of all the various elements that contribute to your
owning and operating costs.
Typically these would comprise:
Each of the elements would be analyzed to gauge the overall economic
viability of a particular energy-saving strategy or programme.
Initial expenditure
Defines the money required to purchase the plant or equipment
(CAPex).
Cost in use
Cost in use is the operating and running costs for the
installation
based on the data retrieved during the energy audit (OPex.)
Investment analysis
Investment analysis comprising fiscal, payback and net present
value
calculations, these tools are primarily used to establish if a proposal
would recoup your investment during a specific period.
Payback hurdles would be established to meet the needs of the
organisation.
Experience
Kelcroft's long standing building expertise help designer, owners and managers implement lower energy costs , particularly our experience providing E&M capital works projects.
We have unique knowledge, gained across three continents, backed up
with our experience from many years of building services design and
operation. We help organisations lower operating cost to leverage a
competitive advantage.
Further Information
For further information regarding Kelcroft's services, call today, our Hong Kong office telephone: +(852) 2335 9830, send us a fax +(852) 2335 9862, or send us an email message
Keywords: Energy audit, auditing, energy efficiency, energy conservation, Auditing Energy Bills, Hong Kong, China, Asia.
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