Creating a Strategic Energy Reduction Plan

Description

This book provides a simple, easily followed process for auditing building operations to identify and reduce energy consumption that leads to measurable carbon reduction. The crucial steps of this process involve assessing the facility’s current conditions, understanding, and analyzing the operational and cost-based opportunities that increase carbon output. Taking this information to reporting the findings and then documenting a multiyear energy and carbon reduction plan. The book discusses the full scope of building components and systems, including how each system affects energy efficiency. It describes the operational energy efficiencies that are gained by implementing no-cost changes or alternative maintenance activities already funded. The book includes the process for identifying capital improvement opportunities, along with evaluating return on investment and life cycle replacement options for equipment. The four-step process described in this book will serve as a valuable tool for every building operator seeking to improve energy performance and reduce carbon output. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Introduction How To Use This Book Chapter 1: Building Components and Systems Roof Membrane Windows and Fenestration Overhead Doors and Loading Docks Exterior Walls Parking Areas Parking Garages Chapter 2: Mechanical Systems Heating Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC) Ductwork Building Controls Chapter 3: Basic Facility Power Consumption Recommended Setpoints in Occupied Buildings Data Centers and Lab Areas Fans Building Occupancy Times Lighting Vending and Break Areas Kitchen and Cafeteria Hot Water Elevators and Conveyances Chapter 4: Additional Facility Power Consumption Labs and Data Center Management Uninterruptible Power Source (UPS) Server/IT Equipment Water Consumption Compressed Air Utility Suppliers Electrical Supply Occupant Activities Chapter 5: Cost-based Financial Evaluation Retirement Strategy Chapter 6: Cost-based Facilities Opportunities Building Shell Parking Areas Mechanical System Upgrades Building Management System (BMS) Lighting Vending and Break Area Kitchens and Cafeterias Hot Water Elevators and Conveyances Data Center/Labs Water Compressed Air Professional Energy Audit Utility Supply Chapter 7: Building Energy Audit Chapter 8: Building Occupancy Profile Chapter 9: Checklist Building Envelope Building Interior Residential Building Envelope Residential Building Interior Chapter 10: Energy Audit Report Preparation Creating Building Occupancy Schedules HVAC Operational Schedule Chapter 11: Survey Analysis Report Operational Schedules Capital Project Proposal Conclusion Appendix Index Biography