10 Steps

Energy
Audit
Procedure
Stage
1

Douglas Carroll Consulting

Engineers
1.st Floor, 2-3 Colbeck St.
Waterford.

Tel: 051:306
Fax: 051-854
670
755
Email: info@dceng.ie

Action

Purpose

Pre-Audit Phase
Phase I Pre-Audit
Plan and organize
Walk-through audit
Informal interviews with energy
manager production/plant
manager

Resource planning; establish/organize energy audit

team
Organize instrumentation & time frame
Macro data collection (suitable to type of industry)
Familiarization of process/plant activities
First-hand observation & assessment of current
level operation and practices

Conduct briefing/ awareness

session
with all relevant personnel
(23 hrs)
Audit Phase
Primary data gathering,
process flow diagrams, &
energy utility diagrams

Developing co-operation
Issue questionnaire for each department
Orientation, awareness creation

Conduct survey

Measurements:
- Motor survey, insulation, and lighting survey with
portable instruments to collect more and accurate
data.
- Confirm and compare actual operating data with
design data.

Conduct detailed monitoring for

biggest energy users /
equipment

Monitoring:
24-hr power monitoring (MD, PF, kWh, etc.).
Load variation trends in pumps, fans, compressors,
heaters,etc
Boiler efficiency trials (4 8 hrs)
Furnace efficiency trials
Equipment performance experiments, etc.

Analysis of energy use

Energy and fuel balance & energy loss/waste

analysis

Identification and development of

ECOs (Energy Conservation
Opportunities) & ECMs (Energy
Conservation Measures)

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)

Assess technical feasibility, economic viability, and

Historic data analysis; baseline data collection

Prepare process flowchart(s)/schematics
Prepare services/ utilities systems schematics
(Example: Single line power distribution diagram,
water, C.A. & steam)
Review Design data, operating data and schedule of
operation
Annual energy bill and energy
consumption pattern (refer to manuals, log sheets,
equipment spec sheets, interviews)

Identification & consolidation of ECOs

Conceive, develop, and refine ECM proposals
Review ideas suggested by client personnel
Review options suggested by preliminary energy
audit
Use brainstorming and value analysis techniques
Contact vendors for new/efficient technology

10 Steps
Energy
Audit
Procedure

Douglas Carroll Consulting

Engineers
1.st Floor, 2-3 Colbeck St.
Waterford.

Tel: 051:306
Fax: 051-854
670
755
Email: info@dceng.ie

prioritization of ECOs & ECM options for

implementation
Select the most promising projects
Prioritize by low-, medium-, long-term measures
Documentation, report presentation to top
management
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Reporting & presenting to Snr.

management
Post Audit Phase
Implementation and follow-up

Documentation, report presentation to top

management
Assist and implement ECMs & monitor performance
Action plan, schedule for implementation
Follow-up and periodic review