Saving money with energy conservation

Saving money with energy conservation
Author: United States. Department of Energy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1980
Genre: Energy conservation
ISBN:

Energy conservation means saving money and energy. Profit minded managers everywhere are looking for ways to cut their utility bills. It's just good business. Would you like to save twenty percent of your annual utility bills? This booklet is filled with hints to help reduce energy waste and inefficiencies. Many of the suggestions are easy todo and involve no expense. Where else can you get hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a few hours work? Saving this money is a matter of correcting many small problems. It requires a greater awareness by everyone. Building managers and renters must share the responsibility and benefits of energy conservation. Part 1 of this booklet lists 14 ideas with high potential for savings. If you haven't already implemented these ideas, give them a try. When you finish these, read on; Part 2 is a list of ideas intended for the apartment renter. Cut it out and make copies for each tenant. Part 3contains more ideas for management which require little or no initial investment and offer significant savings. Part 4 has even more ways to save but with some investment. Following these idea sections, Part 5 contains four forms to help you manage your energy conservation program. Part 5 also has two examples to show how you can estimate the dollar savings potential of the various ideas. Read the introduction to Part 5 before going too far with your conservation program. This workbook provides a do-it-yourself, fill -in -the blanks approach to an energy conservation program for apartments. Of necessity, it is a generalized approach which cannot be as detailed as an energy audit conducted by an engineering team. If a particular suggestion does not apply to your building, read on; the next one probably will.

Energy Audit of Building Systems

Energy Audit of Building Systems
Author: Moncef Krarti
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1439828725

Buildings account for almost half of total primary energy use and related greenhouse emissions worldwide. Although current energy systems are improving, they still fall disappointingly short of meeting acceptable limits for efficiency. Well-trained energy auditors are essential to the success of building energy efficiency programs-and Energy Audit

Energy Audits

Energy Audits
Author: Tarik Al-Shemmeri
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2011-08-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119950309

Energy efficiency is today a crucial topic in the built environment - for both designers and managers of buildings. This increased interest is driven by a combination of new regulations and directives within the EU and worldwide to combat global warming. All buildings now must now acquire and display an EPC (energy performance certificate), a rating similar to the A–G rating given to white goods. But in order to understand how to be more efficient in energy use, you need first to understand the mechanisms of both energy requirements and how energy is used in buildings. Energy Audits: a workbook for energy management in buildings tackles the fundamental principles of thermodynamics through day-to-day engineering concepts and helps students understand why energy losses occur and how they can be reduced. It provides the tools to measure process efficiency and sustainability in power and heating applications, helping engineers to recognize why energy losses occur and how they can be reduced utilizing familiar thermodynamic principles. The author describes the sources of energy available today; explains how energy is used in buildings – and how energy is lost - and how this can be controlled and reduced. Investments in energy efficiency are considered for a number of case studies conducted on real buildings The book explains the theory; illustrates it with case studies and worked examples; and then tests students’ understanding with tutorial problems. This is an invaluable resource for students on engineering and building courses where energy management is now a core topic.

Residential Energy Auditing and Improvement

Residential Energy Auditing and Improvement
Author: Stan Harbuck
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 662
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 8770223165

This book is for energy auditors or retrofitters, whether they work in the weatherization program or in the private arena, and is intended to help them prepare for several certifications. These include programs with BPI, RESNET-HERS, DOE/NREL, and AEE (Association of Energy Engineers). The material in this book contains industry procedures and techniques and is intended to be an educational resource. Topics covered include the house as a system, the auditor’s tools, weatherization, sealants, insulation and barriers, retrofitting, heating and cooling, baseload, and new construction. A number of additional appendices are included to provide the reader with valuable information in the performance of a residential energy audit.