Taking Stock – 40 years of Industrial Energy Audits Leonardo ENERGY
Industrial energy audits were amongst the first energy efficiency policy measures developed in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. Since then they have become enormously popular in industrialised economies. In the EU they are mandatory for large organisations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Developing countries are considering them as they scale up their own climate programmes.
So interest in audits can only grow. But, from a policy-maker’s perspective, do they work? How do they work? How could they work for me? Certainly, in principle, audits are extremely important because they get to the heart of how a company uses energy. But after 40 years, the scientific literature on audits is large and complex and difficult for the non-specialist policy-maker to wade though.
This webinar tell the story of audits in a way designed to cut through this complexity. It recounts the history of audits and sets out why they are important. It sets out some of the main features of successful audit programmes, and, from the practical experience of the speaker, how to go about putting one together. It then considers the main problems with audits and how these can be addressed. Finally the talk will look ahead to see how audits might evolve in the near future.
BASIS Quality Forum Presents
“Poor Business Analysis -The Culprit of IT project Failure”
The Problem Statement
Statistics on Project success rate
Finding the reason : the Culprit
The solutions
The stakeholders role
Ecosystem of a successful Project
Digital transformation webinar amer slideshareAconex
With annual revenues expected to grow to $17 trillion by 2030, the Engineering and Construction (E&C) industry is pivotal to the world economy. Digitalization and innovation are speeding across the industry, yet the transformation continues to be a challenge. Industry expert, Jim Dray, CIO of Thornton Tomasetti and veteran of AECOM, along with Santiago Ferrer, Partner & Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group, review the new digital reality for E&C and present real-life case studies to unlock benefits of technology.
Taking Stock – 40 years of Industrial Energy Audits Leonardo ENERGY
Industrial energy audits were amongst the first energy efficiency policy measures developed in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. Since then they have become enormously popular in industrialised economies. In the EU they are mandatory for large organisations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Developing countries are considering them as they scale up their own climate programmes.
So interest in audits can only grow. But, from a policy-maker’s perspective, do they work? How do they work? How could they work for me? Certainly, in principle, audits are extremely important because they get to the heart of how a company uses energy. But after 40 years, the scientific literature on audits is large and complex and difficult for the non-specialist policy-maker to wade though.
This webinar tell the story of audits in a way designed to cut through this complexity. It recounts the history of audits and sets out why they are important. It sets out some of the main features of successful audit programmes, and, from the practical experience of the speaker, how to go about putting one together. It then considers the main problems with audits and how these can be addressed. Finally the talk will look ahead to see how audits might evolve in the near future.
BASIS Quality Forum Presents
“Poor Business Analysis -The Culprit of IT project Failure”
The Problem Statement
Statistics on Project success rate
Finding the reason : the Culprit
The solutions
The stakeholders role
Ecosystem of a successful Project
Digital transformation webinar amer slideshareAconex
With annual revenues expected to grow to $17 trillion by 2030, the Engineering and Construction (E&C) industry is pivotal to the world economy. Digitalization and innovation are speeding across the industry, yet the transformation continues to be a challenge. Industry expert, Jim Dray, CIO of Thornton Tomasetti and veteran of AECOM, along with Santiago Ferrer, Partner & Managing Director at The Boston Consulting Group, review the new digital reality for E&C and present real-life case studies to unlock benefits of technology.
A regulatory framework that that better aligns how utilities earn revenue with customer demands and public policy goals.
Given at National Symposium on Market Transformation on April 21st, 2015.
Jonathan Lee is the director of access control & security systems at Montclair State University. He has been delivering facilities and utility technology solutions for over 20 years. Jonathan gave a workshop presentation at the 2014 BDPA Technology Conference on the topic, 'Facilities Technology - Powering the Future'. As Facilities Technology has grown in concept and practice, traditional organizational models and methods have been reworked, in order to best position companies to compete for the future. The demand for energy, bandwidth and utility services continues to drive facilities and utilities operators to work smarter and more efficiently. Facilities Technology will require an increasingly intelligent workforce in order to meet these demands, and to achieve a more sustainable future.
Wisconsin Healthcare Technology Association - Valicom PresentationValicom
Valicom's presentation from the Wisconsin Healthcare Technology Association, Fall Meeting 2015. Unlock IT Saving - three areas for major improvement within your telecom environment.
When economic cycles take a directional turn, some products become more valuable to a financial institution. Speakers discussed relationship profitability when pricing a new opportunity and how deposits have become more valuable than they have been in the past.
Want to finally get a clear, accurate, and timely view of your revenue, expenses, cash flow, and profitability? Look at Intacct cloud financials for reporting for today's challenges.
How to Maintain a Productive CFO-CIO RelationshipVMware
The benefits to maintaining a productive CIO-CFO relationship are significant. There’s more pressure than ever for CFOs to cut fixed costs and justify investments. And yet, businesses are showing an insatiable appetite for IT – perhaps thinking they need to invest in IT to remain competitive, or perhaps because IT is just too easy to consume? When the CIO and the CFO are speaking the same language, they can change both the personal dynamic and essential dialogue to spark a more collaborative relationship.
How do you quickly validate, quantify, and report on the outcomes of your activities? Learn how leading nonprofits are demonstrating success to donors and stakeholders.
Keller Graduate School of Management class - PM600 - this was the final presentation - created and presented by Scott Lang & Rajeshwer Subramanian
We were a 2 man team working over the length of the course creating and developing this project.
Hoping to show presentation skills and the understanding of the principles of project management
Taking Stock – 40 years of Industrial Energy AuditsLeonardo ENERGY
Industrial energy audits were amongst the first energy efficiency policy measures developed in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. Since then they have become enormously popular in industrialised economies. In the EU they are mandatory for large organisations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Developing countries are considering them as they scale up their own climate programmes.
So interest in audits can only grow. But, from a policy-maker’s perspective, do they work? How do they work? How could they work for me? Certainly, in principle, audits are extremely important because they get to the heart of how a company uses energy. But after 40 years, the scientific literature on audits is large and complex and difficult for the non-specialist policy-maker to wade though.
This webinar tell the story of audits in a way designed to cut through this complexity. It recounts the history of audits and sets out why they are important. It sets out some of the main features of successful audit programmes, and, from the practical experience of the speaker, how to go about putting one together. It then considers the main problems with audits and how these can be addressed. Finally the talk will look ahead to see how audits might evolve in the near future.
A regulatory framework that that better aligns how utilities earn revenue with customer demands and public policy goals.
Given at National Symposium on Market Transformation on April 21st, 2015.
Jonathan Lee is the director of access control & security systems at Montclair State University. He has been delivering facilities and utility technology solutions for over 20 years. Jonathan gave a workshop presentation at the 2014 BDPA Technology Conference on the topic, 'Facilities Technology - Powering the Future'. As Facilities Technology has grown in concept and practice, traditional organizational models and methods have been reworked, in order to best position companies to compete for the future. The demand for energy, bandwidth and utility services continues to drive facilities and utilities operators to work smarter and more efficiently. Facilities Technology will require an increasingly intelligent workforce in order to meet these demands, and to achieve a more sustainable future.
Wisconsin Healthcare Technology Association - Valicom PresentationValicom
Valicom's presentation from the Wisconsin Healthcare Technology Association, Fall Meeting 2015. Unlock IT Saving - three areas for major improvement within your telecom environment.
When economic cycles take a directional turn, some products become more valuable to a financial institution. Speakers discussed relationship profitability when pricing a new opportunity and how deposits have become more valuable than they have been in the past.
Want to finally get a clear, accurate, and timely view of your revenue, expenses, cash flow, and profitability? Look at Intacct cloud financials for reporting for today's challenges.
How to Maintain a Productive CFO-CIO RelationshipVMware
The benefits to maintaining a productive CIO-CFO relationship are significant. There’s more pressure than ever for CFOs to cut fixed costs and justify investments. And yet, businesses are showing an insatiable appetite for IT – perhaps thinking they need to invest in IT to remain competitive, or perhaps because IT is just too easy to consume? When the CIO and the CFO are speaking the same language, they can change both the personal dynamic and essential dialogue to spark a more collaborative relationship.
How do you quickly validate, quantify, and report on the outcomes of your activities? Learn how leading nonprofits are demonstrating success to donors and stakeholders.
Keller Graduate School of Management class - PM600 - this was the final presentation - created and presented by Scott Lang & Rajeshwer Subramanian
We were a 2 man team working over the length of the course creating and developing this project.
Hoping to show presentation skills and the understanding of the principles of project management
Taking Stock – 40 years of Industrial Energy AuditsLeonardo ENERGY
Industrial energy audits were amongst the first energy efficiency policy measures developed in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. Since then they have become enormously popular in industrialised economies. In the EU they are mandatory for large organisations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Developing countries are considering them as they scale up their own climate programmes.
So interest in audits can only grow. But, from a policy-maker’s perspective, do they work? How do they work? How could they work for me? Certainly, in principle, audits are extremely important because they get to the heart of how a company uses energy. But after 40 years, the scientific literature on audits is large and complex and difficult for the non-specialist policy-maker to wade though.
This webinar tell the story of audits in a way designed to cut through this complexity. It recounts the history of audits and sets out why they are important. It sets out some of the main features of successful audit programmes, and, from the practical experience of the speaker, how to go about putting one together. It then considers the main problems with audits and how these can be addressed. Finally the talk will look ahead to see how audits might evolve in the near future.
Impact evaluation of Energy Efficiency and DSM programmesLeonardo ENERGY
The presentation starts combing the well known input-output-impact chain within a preferred evaluation framework dealing with the evaluation questions:
* Effectiveness: To what extents have the expected objectives been achieved?
* Efficiency: Have the objectives been achieved at lowest cost?
* Utility & Sustainability: Do the expected effects contribute to a net increase in energy efficiency and sustainability?
The presentation will give you knowledge and practical examples for 7 key analytic elements of policy measure and energy efficiency programme evaluations:
* Policy measure theory used in the programme.
* Specification of indicators for the success of a measure.
* The baselines for the selected indicators.
* Assessment of outputs and outcomes.
* Assessment of energy savings and emissions reductions and other relevant impacts.
* The calculation of costs, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
* The level of evaluation effort.
The 2nd Annual Midwest Regional Building Energy Codes Conference was held on October 5-6, 2011 in Chicago. It was attended by 42 guests representing state code officials, state energy officials, utility representatives, energy code advocates, manufacturers, energy efficiency program administrators, architects, and building trades professionals.
The conference built on the previous year's conference and the ongoing codes developments in the region to continue to work towards developing a regional approach to promoting the adoption, implementation, and improving compliance with building energy codes in the Midwest.
Boris Sučić, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ARC research group
Presentation 1 Session 1
“How to close the gap between calculated and actual energy consumption of building – re-commissioning instead of certification?”
Impact evaluation of Energy Efficiency and DSM programmesLeonardo ENERGY
The presentation starts combing the well known input-output-impact chain within a preferred evaluation framework dealing with the evaluation questions:
* Effectiveness: To what extents have the expected objectives been achieved?
* Efficiency: Have the objectives been achieved at lowest cost?
* Utility & Sustainability: Do the expected effects contribute to a net increase in energy efficiency and sustainability?
The presentation will give you knowledge and practical examples for 7 key analytic elements of policy measure and energy efficiency programme evaluations:
* Policy measure theory used in the programme.
* Specification of indicators for the success of a measure.
* The baselines for the selected indicators.
* Assessment of outputs and outcomes.
* Assessment of energy savings and emissions reductions and other relevant impacts.
* The calculation of costs, cost-efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
* The level of evaluation effort.
These 7 key elements will be elaborated for several programmes, based on practical experiences from all over the world including:
* Building codes
* General information, labelling and information centres
* Price reducing policies
* Taxation systems
* Voluntary agreements
The presentation will be finalised with a overview on recent development, among others: Increasing harmonisation and standardisation of energy savings calculations, impact evaluation of behavioural programmes and evaluation of packages of programmes.
The presentation is based on work within the IEA DSM Agreement resulting in an evaluation guidebook, based on national case studies and on national end international experiences.
Course on Regulation and Sustainable Energy in Developing Countries - Session...Leonardo ENERGY
Session 7 introduces the institutional framework needed to implement energy efficiency (energy agency, utility Demand Side Management, other) notably by presenting the example of Tunisia.
It deals with the way to fund energy efficiency programmes via tax and social levies or carbon finance. This session gives an overview of white certificates schemes notably with the examples of India and Uruguay, and introduces different support energy efficiency schemes (grants, tax incentives, soft loan,other).
High Performance Building Program Presentation 2011Conor Merrigan
Presentation given for the USGBC Colorado Rocky Mountain Green conference in Spring 2010 on the Governor's Energy Office High Performance Building Program, an ARRA funded program focusing on the design of new public buildings
Similar to Using energy audits in energy efficiency programs NREL (20)
Leed nd and local governments 031213_Includes Aurora and ArvadaConor Merrigan
LEED ND for local government presentation in Colorado at Rocky Mountain Green conference. Includes latest sustainability efforts from City of Arvada and Sustainable zoning code from Aurora
Recent Presentation focusing on LEED-ND applications for Local Governments. This was followed by two presentations fromt eh city of El Paso, TX and Lakewood CO on how they are using ND. Once on the web we will post the link to them at www.c2sustainability.com
This is the introduction to a presentation detailing two near net zero energy schools in Colorado. It provides an overview of the GEO K-12 schools program.
This presentation demonstrates the link between energy and water and relies heavily on information from Western Resource Advocates and DOE. It is Colorado focused but also has a national perspective.
Courier management system project report.pdfKamal Acharya
It is now-a-days very important for the people to send or receive articles like imported furniture, electronic items, gifts, business goods and the like. People depend vastly on different transport systems which mostly use the manual way of receiving and delivering the articles. There is no way to track the articles till they are received and there is no way to let the customer know what happened in transit, once he booked some articles. In such a situation, we need a system which completely computerizes the cargo activities including time to time tracking of the articles sent. This need is fulfilled by Courier Management System software which is online software for the cargo management people that enables them to receive the goods from a source and send them to a required destination and track their status from time to time.
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Automobile Management System Project Report.pdfKamal Acharya
The proposed project is developed to manage the automobile in the automobile dealer company. The main module in this project is login, automobile management, customer management, sales, complaints and reports. The first module is the login. The automobile showroom owner should login to the project for usage. The username and password are verified and if it is correct, next form opens. If the username and password are not correct, it shows the error message.
When a customer search for a automobile, if the automobile is available, they will be taken to a page that shows the details of the automobile including automobile name, automobile ID, quantity, price etc. “Automobile Management System” is useful for maintaining automobiles, customers effectively and hence helps for establishing good relation between customer and automobile organization. It contains various customized modules for effectively maintaining automobiles and stock information accurately and safely.
When the automobile is sold to the customer, stock will be reduced automatically. When a new purchase is made, stock will be increased automatically. While selecting automobiles for sale, the proposed software will automatically check for total number of available stock of that particular item, if the total stock of that particular item is less than 5, software will notify the user to purchase the particular item.
Also when the user tries to sale items which are not in stock, the system will prompt the user that the stock is not enough. Customers of this system can search for a automobile; can purchase a automobile easily by selecting fast. On the other hand the stock of automobiles can be maintained perfectly by the automobile shop manager overcoming the drawbacks of existing system.
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Discover the different forklift classes and their specific applications. Learn how to choose the right forklift for your needs to ensure safety, efficiency, and compliance in your operations.
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Quality defects in TMT Bars, Possible causes and Potential Solutions.PrashantGoswami42
Maintaining high-quality standards in the production of TMT bars is crucial for ensuring structural integrity in construction. Addressing common defects through careful monitoring, standardized processes, and advanced technology can significantly improve the quality of TMT bars. Continuous training and adherence to quality control measures will also play a pivotal role in minimizing these defects.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Technical Specifications
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
Application
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
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Presented at NUS: Fuzzing and Software Security Summer School 2024
This keynote talks about the democratization of fuzzing at scale, highlighting the collaboration between open source communities, academia, and industry to advance the field of fuzzing. It delves into the history of fuzzing, the development of scalable fuzzing platforms, and the empowerment of community-driven research. The talk will further discuss recent advancements leveraging AI/ML and offer insights into the future evolution of the fuzzing landscape.
CFD Simulation of By-pass Flow in a HRSG module by R&R Consult.pptxR&R Consult
CFD analysis is incredibly effective at solving mysteries and improving the performance of complex systems!
Here's a great example: At a large natural gas-fired power plant, where they use waste heat to generate steam and energy, they were puzzled that their boiler wasn't producing as much steam as expected.
R&R and Tetra Engineering Group Inc. were asked to solve the issue with reduced steam production.
An inspection had shown that a significant amount of hot flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes, where the heat was supposed to be transferred.
R&R Consult conducted a CFD analysis, which revealed that 6.3% of the flue gas was bypassing the boiler tubes without transferring heat. The analysis also showed that the flue gas was instead being directed along the sides of the boiler and between the modules that were supposed to capture the heat. This was the cause of the reduced performance.
Based on our results, Tetra Engineering installed covering plates to reduce the bypass flow. This improved the boiler's performance and increased electricity production.
It is always satisfying when we can help solve complex challenges like this. Do your systems also need a check-up or optimization? Give us a call!
Work done in cooperation with James Malloy and David Moelling from Tetra Engineering.
More examples of our work https://www.r-r-consult.dk/en/cases-en/
Vaccine management system project report documentation..pdfKamal Acharya
The Division of Vaccine and Immunization is facing increasing difficulty monitoring vaccines and other commodities distribution once they have been distributed from the national stores. With the introduction of new vaccines, more challenges have been anticipated with this additions posing serious threat to the already over strained vaccine supply chain system in Kenya.
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Our project explains about the student management. This project mainly explains the various actions related to student details. This project shows some ease in adding, editing and deleting the student details. It also provides a less time consuming process for viewing, adding, editing and deleting the marks of the students.
3. Background Cont.
• “If you cannot measure, then your knowledge is meagre
and unsatisfactory” – Lord Kelvin
4. Designing Audit Programs
• Design to verify
• Implement strategically
• Require stakeholder resources
• Find local partners
5. Using Audits in Programs
• Validate
methodology/data
• No reports without
next steps
• Summarize and
simplify
• Integrate, leverage
and share
6. Common Audit Issues
• Lack of coordination with building staff/users
• Not accounting for synergistic effects
• Energy bill analysis not completed prior to building audit
• Lack of energy balance diagrams
/explanations
7. Case Study 1 – Small Commercial
Main Street
Energy InitiativeWhat it was…
Goal to assist local businesses
reduce energy costs, create local
jobs and reduce carbon emissions
GEO/ARRA funds used to
support/incubate local programs
that support local businesses
8. Program Parameters
Timeline
• Feb – Mar 2010: Program Development
• April 2010: Program Launch
• Fall 2011: MSEI goals achieved and reported, GEO
funding complete
4 Program Types
• MSEI in a Box
• Competitive Grant
• EECBG Self Managed Programs
• EECBG GEO Managed Programs
10. Program Support- MSEI in a Box
–What is it…
• A roadmap to implementing local ‘Main Street’
programs
• Resources to guide the program
• Resources to assist local businesses manage and
reduce energy and costs
• Training for all aspects of energy management
11. MSEI in a Box
– What’s inside the Box…
1. Program Goals & Outcomes
2. Energy Data Management
3. Outreach, Education & Recognition
4. Facility Assessment
5. ECM Implementation
6. Project Financing
7. Measurement & Verification
12. MSEI Audits
• Range from rebate application to investment grade
• Customized by program, need
• Selectively verified/audited
• High realization rate
13. Results
Local Partners 30
Jobs Created 46
Contractors Employed 235
Businesses Engaged 819
Dollars Saved (Annual) $803,368
Rebate Dollars $1,811,618
Dollars Invested $3,989,774
kWh Saved 6,604,200
Therms Saved 438,153
Energy % Reduced 15%
Total Square Feet 5,374,416
Tons CO2 Reduced 5135
14. Lessons Learned
• Question assumptions!
• Money talks, but matched money talks louder
• The market for small commercial retrofits is underserved
due to low margins, difficult entry and lack of skilled labor
in small markets
• Simpler design = less headaches and easier reporting
• The auditing expertise is becoming more and more
available; much less of a limiting factor
15. Case Study 2 – Large Commercial/Public
The challenge…
• Making sure Technical
Energy Audits (TEAs) are
being utilized in the most
effective and fair means
possible
• Provide third-party
solution in Public Entity/
Energy Services
Company (ESCO)
scenario
Photo Credit: David Smith
16. Energy Performance Contracting
• Process through which energy efficiency and capital
improvements are funded (either fully or partially) by the
energy and maintenance cost savings generated by the
improvements themselves when the cost savings are
financed over a period of time
17. Colorado Program Overview
• GEO Pre-qualifies ESCOs
– Simplifies the selection process
– Ensures highest level of quality
– Annual review and re-approval process
• Standardized process/procedures
• Standardized contract documents
• ESCOs under contract with GEO to use GEO contracts
and processes
• On-going guidance/support from GEO
• Technical reviews of deliverables
18. EPCs and TEAs
Problems
• Questionable business practices
• Lack of standards and uniformity
• Ultimately, muddying the water
19. Solution Process
• Engage stakeholders
• Examine data
• Define standard
• Require accountability
• Revisit as needed
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20. Colorado Solution
• Fixed cost for Technical
Energy Audits
• Based on distance from
Denver
• TEA agreement is reviewed and included as part of the
entire Energy Performance Contract
• TEAs reviewed for consistency and accuracy
21. Results
• Average between $30-$40 Million in total statewide EPC
activity annually
• State program recognized as a national leader and
model
22. Lessons Learned
• Playing outside of the system can only be limited, not
eliminated
• The market appreciates certainty
• Better audits really do lead to better projects
• Since the TEA and development of Energy Conservation
Measures is an ongoing process, some flexibility is
needed with formal reports and discrete timing
23. Take-aways/ Conclusions
• Energy audits don’t do anything, but they have a large
impact on how things are done
• Consistent standards yield consistent results
• Story-telling data should generally be tracked
• Not leveraging energy audits is missing an opportunity
• To be useful, energy audits must be comprehensible
24. More Conclusions/ Opinions
• The energy auditing business in both the residential and
small commercial markets is tough and in some cases
prohibitive for both users and providers
• There is a need for (continued) third-party verification of
energy audits
• Programs that foster the growth of energy auditing need
to consider total demand and long-term market forces
I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of Science, whatever the matter may be.
-- William Thomson,1st Baron Kelvin