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Energy Audit
An energy audit is a powerful, recognised by fortune 500 companies,
that lowers your energy costs, saves money and give your business
a competitive edge.
Kelcroft's appointments included conducting energy audits to verify
and lower your operating costs without sacrificing occupational
comfort. Commissions undertaken range from the small energy assessments
to major projects.
With surveys indicating that more than seventy five percent (75%) of buildings
are operating incorrectly, have inappropriate operating and maintenance
contracts or are waste money through inefficient energy usage.
Energy costs are rising every year, tariffs increases threatened, and oil prices
are soaring, effecting your bottom line - Kelcroft helps reduce your
energy bills.
Energy Approach
The Kelcroft energy audit approach takes a holistic view, a total energy approach. Our
energy audit procedures consider the total picture, not just the low hanging fruit, an
overall cost in use view.
Under certain defined circumstances, for example existing overcapacity, a
service standard cut might be justified, the goal is management of resources
without sacrificing end-user comfort.
Energy Losses
Finding and identifying energy waste, energy auditing reveals the underlying losses, don't be left in the dark.
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Energy Audit
An energy audit is not an excuse for cutting energy consumption, rather managing the usage to maintain or improving occupant comfort.
Kelcroft energy audits are multi-stage energy usage, investigations:
Initial investigation - the collection and analysis of all the information that may impact your energy consumption. The collected data is analysed to establish the performance of your existing systems.
We compare your facilities energy performance with published standards for
your premises and activities of a similar nature.
On Site - information from studying utility bills needs to be supplements
with site investigations, a walk through over view, and conducting interview.
The stage looks at the real situation on the ground.
Detailed Investigation - like puzzle solving, after analysing the data
and the site inspection certain energy conservation opportunities may require
detailed analysis, requiring further site investigations.
Energy Report
The Kelcroft energy audit report provides the answers you need. It summarises our findings, and is sub-divided into three energy management sections, namely:
Within these three sectors, we explain energy saving options and opportunities
for your review and implementation.
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.
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 benefiting from the efficacy of
the latest technology.
In the majority of cases, the working environment for your customers
is improved.
Capital works
Capital works would be major improvements to your premises or systems
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) under the Hong Kong pilot programme
or consideration of
cogeneration solutions.
Energy Analysis
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:
Each of the elements would be analysed to gauge the fiscal and engineering viability of a particular energy saving strategy:
Initial expenditure - Defines
the the money required to purchase the plant or equipment.
Cost in use - Cost in use
is the operating and running costs for the installation based on the
data retrieved during the energy audit.
Investment
analysis - Investment analysis comprising fiscal, payback and net present
value calculations, these tools are primarily used to establish if a proposal
would recoup your investment during a specific period.
Further information
Kelcroft's expertise can help drive energy conservation excellence, coupled with our long standing experience in E&M capital works, Kelcroft offers real, not theoretical energy saving opportunities that boost your business.
For further information call Mr John Herbert at our Hong Kong office telephone
+(852) 2335 9830 or fax: +(852) 2335 9862, or email
and start saving money tomorrow.