A quality energy audit matters because it is the foundation of any efficiency improvement plan.
It is also the step with the highest error factor and the minimum added value.
Stripping away the jargon, you could translate it into something like this: “You could pay a consultant to tell you what time it is using your watch”.
The reality, however, is very different.
Especially in complex buildings and sites often even technical people might not be able to identify opportunities to reduce consumption due to a multitude of reasons, such as: tunnel vision on how to operate the building, lack of knowledge on new and advancing technology and giving higher priority for other business issues.
The advantages that a good energy auditor can bring might be seen as an expensive box ticking exercise but in reality, a quality audit will make sure that you will get a fair and convenient Energy Efficiency Contract.
Therefore allowing you to then identify, plan and improve the impact of seasonal or retro-commissioning work, organise a more effective preventive or scheduled maintenance plan and design, understand and use the information coming from a Metering, Monitoring and Targeting System.
Employing a bad energy auditor is likely to lead to insufficient data being collected, the inappropriate use of approximations and someone who may not be skilled enough to work together with your site team.
They may also not spend time analysing the BMS/SCADA interface and therefore are highly likely to produce a low-quality piece of work, that besides being of no value could also waste money following up on bad projects or initiatives.
At Watts-ON Consultants we have digitised the energy auditing process.
We are able to collect and process building, engineering and utility information remotely and with minimum on-site presence to provide a cost effective and high-quality auditing service.
When providing our auditing services, our recommendations and calculations are transparent and based on solid engineering principles which are accessible through Watts-ON, our Energy and Facility Management platform which is easily accessible to all relevant stakeholders in real time.
The same platform can then be used to track the impact of the auditing process, collecting metering and BMS information and across multiple sites.
Sometimes even reading the time on an expensive ‘Swiss chronograph’ can be difficult but Watts-ON Consultants are here to help.
Why A Quality Energy Audit Matters!
