MEBS6016 Energy Performance of Buildings

MEBS6016 Energy Performance of Buildings

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Energy Auditing of Buildings

1. Basic Concepts

2. Types of Energy Audits

3. Planning of Energy Audits

4. Energy Audit Process

5. Energy Audit Report

6. Energy Management Opportunities

7. Implementation Issues

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

Video Presentation:

How to make *Energy Audits* work for your Building (3:34) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V6FF3pN8Pg
ASHRAE Procedures for Commerical Building Energy Audit (14:17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mXLJzF2nfc

Further Reading:

EMSD, 2012. Code of Practice for Building Energy Audit, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong. [PDF]
EMSD, 2007. Guidelines on Energy Audit, 2007 Edition, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, Hong Kong. [PDF]
Energy audit and related forms, http://www.beeo.emsd.gov.hk/en/mibec_forms.html
Energy audit (HK EE Net), http://ee.emsd.gov.hk/english/general/gen_energy/gen_en_energy.html

Web Links:

Energy audit -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_audit
Energy Savings Calculator (TCP lighting), http://www.tcpi.com/commercial/energy_savings_calculator.aspx
Energy Savings Calculator (CREE), http://www.creeledlighting.com/Resources/Energy-Savings-Calculator.aspx
Energy-saving Calculator (OptiLED), http://www.optiled.com/HowMuchWillYouSave.aspx
Examples of building energy audit reports:

Chvála, W. D. Jr., Dixon, D. R., De La Rosa, M. I. and Brown, D. R., 2010. Building Energy Audit Report for Hickam AFB, HI, PNNL-19633, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington. [PDF]
Harvard Green Building Services and Harvard Facilities Maintenance Operations, 2011. ASHRAE Level II Energy Audit - 74 Mount Auburn Street, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Campus Services, Cambridge, MA. [PDF]
SWA, 2010. Energy Audit Final Report: Town of Essex, Town Hall, 29 West Avenue, Essex, CT 06426, Project Number: ESSEX1A, Steven Winter Associates, Inc. (SWA), Norwalk, CT. [PDF]

References:

ASHRAE, 2011. Procedures for Commercial Building Energy Audits, 2nd ed., American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA. [696 P963 A]
CIBSE, 1991. Energy Audits and Surveys: CIBSE Applications Manual AM5: 1991, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [LB 658.26 E5]
Doty, S., 2008. Commercial Energy Auditing Reference Handbook, Fairmont Press, Lilburn, GA. [658.26 D72]
Hansen, S. J. and Brown, J. W., 2004. Investment Grade Energy Audit: Making Smart Energy Choices, Fairmont Press, Lilburn, GA. [658.26 H249 i][ebook EBSCOhost]
Krarti, M., 2011. Energy Audit of Building Systems: An Engineering Approach, 2nd ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. [696 K898 e56]
Thumann, A., and Younger, W. J., 2003. Handbook of Energy Audits, 6th ed., Fairmont Press, Lilburn, Georgia. [696 T5][ebook via ENGnetBASE and EBSCOhost]

| Created: Jan 2013 | Update: 13 Jul 2015 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |