This book was written to give energy-involved professionals the tools they need to take their energy audits to the next level, and use them to accurately predict a building's future energy use and true savings potential. Going beyond the conventional energy audit, which can lead to projections which are frequently off by as much as 20%, this book provides detailed guidelines on how to use the new tool, the investment grade audit (IGA), which enables prediction of savings with much greater accuracy. Building on the traditional audit, the IGA requires the addition of a "risk assessment component" which evaluates conditions in a specific building and/or process and reduces the level of uncertainty as to how proposed energy efficiency measures will really behave over time. The authors have covered every aspect of the IGA, including risk management, the "people" factor, measurement and verification, financing issues, report presentation guidelines, and master planning strategies.
Foreword
Preface
HOW AUDITING EVOLVED
Early Auditing Struggles • Gaining Confidence in the ’80s • The Energy Audit • Cost-effectiveness • Auditing for Performance Contracting • Beyond Payback • The Auditor • The Owner’s Expectations
WHY THE TRADITIONAL AUDIT IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Life Ain’t What It Used to Be • Putting the Traditional Audit to Work • Predictive Consistency • Factors to Consider • Expanding Considerations
WEIGHING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
Judging Behavioral Impact • The People Factor
BUILDING THE M&V FOUNDATION
The Case for M&V • M&V Rules of the Road • M&V Guidance • Measurement Devices • Commissioning and the M&V Fit • When M&V Just Isn’t Working
THE IAQ FIT
IAQ Fundamentals • IAQ and Energy Efficiency
FINANCING ISSUES AND THE IGA
Basic Money Concepts • Finding the Money to Implement an IGA • IGAs for ESPs and ESCOs • Creating a Bankable Project
WORKING RISK INTO THE MIX
The Nature of Risk • Fitting the Pieces Together
POTENTIAL MITIGATING STRATEGIES.
Mitigating People Risks • Mitigating Facility Risks • Mitigating Technical Risks • Calculating the Cost
THE IGA REPORT
Auditing Has Come a Long Way • Where Have We Gone Wrong? • The Traditional Audit Report • IGA Report Preparation
ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLANNING: THE NEXT LEVEL
Developing the Master Plan • Common Components of an EMP
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A M&V OPTIONS
APPENDIX B SAMPLE ENERGY POLICY
