What are the benefits of energy audits?

• Lower energy expenses
• Increased production reliability
• Increased productivity
• Increased comfort of building occupants
• Reduced environmental impacts

Energy audits are holistic surveys of the facility, performed to understand how energy is currently used and to identify areas of potential savings. An energy audit consists of three main segments:

• understanding energy costs
• identifying potential savings
• reporting cost beneficial recommendations

Green Living provides an inspection, survey and analysis of energy flows in a building, process or system with the objective of understanding the energy dynamics of the system under study.

Typically an energy audit is conducted to seek opportunities to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without negatively affecting the output(s). When the object of study is an occupied building then reducing energy consumption while maintaining or improving human comfort, health and safety are of primary concern. Beyond simply identifying the sources of energy use, an energy audit seeks to prioritize the energy uses according to the greatest to least cost effective opportunities for energy savings.

Green Living will assess the comprehensive energy usage of your facility to analyze the potential for improvement in various areas. We can customize the audit to your particular needs. It may be a simple walk through to identify major problems and make basic recommendations, or we can perform a more detailed audit. An in-depth, exhaustive audit may include monitoring specific equipment over time, interviewing facility personnel, and reviewing the annual energy billing profile. We can frame energy-related measures within a business context, factoring in initial investments and rates of payback, utility demand-rate structures, and possible productivity gains to make both financial and environmental sense.