Industrial & Commercial Energy Auditing

This course considers commercial and industrial energy audits. The course illustrates how to both understand and analyze utility billing data, how to conduct an energy audit and what information to obtain during a walk through energy audit, how to determine energy use of specific equipment, how to stratify where energy in a building is being used, identify opportunities to calculate savings and reduce facility energy use, how to prioritize energy saving projects, and how to structure the information into a comprehensive report. Spreadsheets and reporting formats will be provided. Students will be required to use Energy Star Portfolio Manager to rate a building for Energy Star Certification.