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Energy Audit 能源審核
Energy audits examine the energy footprint of your operations, the goal to lower your operating cost without sacrificing occupational comfort, or in the case of manufacturing without production impacts.
Projects undertaken range from the smallest energy assessments
to major energy audit projects.
Surveys indicate that seventy five percent (75%) of buildings are
operating incorrectly, have inappropriate operating and maintenance
contracts or are waste money through inefficient energy usage. Energy
is often the greatest expense, accounting for 1/3rd of property
developers operating expenses.
Also we have to consider that energy costs are rising every
year, tariff increases threatened, and oil prices are soaring, all
effecting your bottom line - Kelcroft helps organisations reduce your
energy bills, improving profitability.
Energy Audit
Kelcroft energy audits begin with the collection and analysis of all information that may affect your buildings energy consumption. Analyzing the performance of your existing systems and installation, existing management techniques and utility bills.
We compare your facilities energy performance with published
standards for your premises and activities of a similar nature and
provide proposals.
Energy audits
Energy auditing - energy engineering solutions for business to reduce operational expenses without jeopardizing customer comfort across Asia. Auditing building energy consumption in Hong Kong and China
Reporting
An energy audit report summarizing our findings is sub-divided into three energy management sections, namely:
Within these three sectors, we explain energy saving options and opportunities for your managers to review and implement.
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, as part of a
staff induction.
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 to benefit from the
efficacy of the latest technology.
In the majority of cases, the working environment for your
customers and employees is improved.
Capital works
Capital works would be major improvements to your premises
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).
The energy analysis would comprise a practical and economic evaluation
of 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:
- Initial expenditure - capital required to purchase the plant or equipment
- Cost in use - the calculated running costs for the installation based on the data retrieved during the survey
- Investment analysis - payback and net present value calculations, which are tools to establish if a proposal would recoup your investment during a specific period).
Payback "hurdles" vary by company and sector. For example, a commercial
or industrial customer generally seeks a two- to five-year payback,
while an energy service company or public utility may accept a 5- to
10-year payback horizon.
An economic analysis examines alternatives, gauging the overall
viability of a particular energy-saving strategy.
Energy Audit Findings
Finding waste energy or energy mining reveals the underlying waste, don't be left in the dark.
One building owner in Central was shocked to discover the cold hard facts, his maintenance operations had obviously let him down........ [read more]
A high rise commercial building in Central, Hong Kong operates six days a week doesn't it? unfortunately the truth is stranger than fiction....... [read more]
Click here for an energy audit brochure (1 page PDF)
Free Advice
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