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Energy Audit
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 the advice of 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 expertise can help design, auditing and implementation of energy audit recommendations, 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