Week 1 Intro To Course and Residential1a

Introduction to Energy
Auditing
Major Topics in Introduction to Energy Auditing Course
•Introduction to energy auditing

•Residential energy auditing
•Calculators and spreadsheets
•Domestic utility use and instruments
•Commercial energy audits
•Energy walk through
•Utility data analysis
•End use breakdown and by facility type
•Common commercial energy efficiency measures
•Commercial data collection and instruments
•Compiling an energy efficiency audit report and writing the utility analysis section
•Writing the energy conservation measures summaries, and overview of state and national
energy audit standards for commercial and industrial buildings
• Writing the Executive Summary of the audit report and compiling all components
•Handing in final EA report and making an EA presentation
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Introduction to the Class
• What is an audit?
• Review syllabus
• Introduce students
• Why is energy auditing such an important
occupation?
Open Discussion
• What do your utility bills look like?
• What are the measures on the bill?
• What do these measure mean?
• How can we reduce the usage and costs?
• Most of the utility measures are are the same in a
building but, systems and equipment are different.
• What is Hawaii’s residential energy pricing
structure?
Hawaii Power – mostly fossil fuel
85.0% petroleum, down from 99.7% in 1960
• 7.1% coal
• 0.1% natural gas
• 7.8% renewable energy
• In 2008, sources of renewable power were:
• 4.0% biomass, down from 8.7 in 1989
• 1.7% geothermal
• 0.3% hydropower
• 0.9% solar power
• 0.8% wind
• Renewable sources provided 10.5% of total electric power in 2010. [2] Hawaii ranked
third among U.S. states in geothermal energy and seventh in distributed solar
power.
• Hawaii
Gas would bring liquefied natural gas in container-sized loads in 2015 and by ship-lo
ads by 2019
. This gas would be used for Hawaii Gas's
synthetic natural gas operation and could also be used for electrical
generation better than coal or petrolium but still a fossil fuel.
Energy Costs in Hawaii
• Hawaii has by far the most expensive
electricity prices in the United States. The
average cost of electricity in the first nine
months of 2012 was $0.34 per kilowatt-hour,
more than double the cost in the next-highest
state (New York: $0.16) and more than triple
the US average of $0.10 per kilowatt-hour.[1]
Topics to be covered this session
 Energy use statistics & standards
 Home energy saving opportunities
 Home Energy Auditing
 Saving energy by conservation, efficiency,
Renewable generation
Energy Basics
Energy is the ability to do work
There are different forms of energy:

• Heat (thermal)
• Light (radiant)
• Motion (kinetic)
• Electrical
• Chemical
• Nuclear energy
• Gravitational
Review of Energy Units
• BTU stands for British Thermal Unit, which
is a unit of energy consumed by or
delivered to a building. A BTU is defined
as the amount of energy required to raise
the temperature of 1 pound of water by 1
degree Fahrenheit, at normal atmospheric
pressure.
• 1 wooden match = 1 BTU
Energy conversions
• 1 kilowatt-hour(KWH)= 3412 BTU
• 1 therm of natural gas=100000 BTU
• 1 gallon of propane= 91300 BTU
• 1 cu. ft of natural gas= 1027 BTU
• 1 gallon of #2 fuel oil= 138700 BTU
Power
• Power is the time rate at which work is
done or energy is transferred.
• Units of power:
• 1 horsepower= 760 watts
• 1 kilowatt= 1000 watts
• 1 watt = 1 joule/second
• 1 watt= 3.412 btu/hr
Power examples
• A 100000 BTU/hr propane furnace
consumes a little more than 1 gallon of
propane/hr.
• A 100000 BTU/hr natural gas furnace
consumes about 100 cubic ft of natural
gas/hr.
Week 4 through 16 preview
While there are many levels of energy auditing here is an example of the key steps in a
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commercial energy audit:
Conduct a condition survey – Assess the general Profile energy use patterns – Determine the
level of repair, housekeeping and operational time relationships of energy use, such as the
practices that have a bearing on energy efficiency electricity demand profile.
and flag situations that warrant further assessment Inventory energy use – Prepare a list of all
as the audit progresses. energy-Inventory
Establish the audit mandate – Obtain commitment consuming loads in the audit area and
from management and define the expectations and measure their
outcomes of the audit.
Establish the audit scope – Define the energy-
consumption and demand characteristics.
consuming system to be audited. Identify Energy Management Opportunities
Analyze energy consumption and costs – Collect, (EMOs) – Include operational and
organize, summarize and analyze historical energy technological measures to reduce energy
billings and the tariffs that apply to them. waste.
Compare energy performance – Determine energy Assess the benefits – Measure potential
use to another, from one facility to a similar one
energy and cost savings, along with any co-
within your organization, from one system to a
similar one, or externally to best practices available
benefits.
within your industry. Report for action – Report the audit findings
Analyze Energy Consumption and Costs - Collect, and communicate them as needed for
organize, summarize and analyze historical energy successful implementation.
billings and the tariffs that apply to them.
Next session we will dig deeper into a residential energy audit.
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There are different forms of energy:

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