Abstract
Many details are available describing technical feasibility, third party financing, performance contracts, or the savings potential of various energy conservation opportunities. The organization and implementation of a do-it-yourself program is what I will present. Having completed 73 in-house energy audits of industrial facilities I have developed a checklist approach to planning an energy audit, preparing the documents, details, schedule, and personnel necessary to perform the audit. In past presentations I have shown the how-to of an audit and the details of tracking the “finished product”, the findings. The methods I have developed have allowed me to maintain an 11% of energy spending annual savings average with one-year payback opportunities. The audience will be shown the details of planning prior to an audit, scheduling during an audit, the common low/no cost items of recent audits along with a review of how to track implementation afterwards.
Theising, T. (2007). Creating and Organizing an Energy Program. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /87932.