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AS/NZS 3598.1:2014
[Current]Sets out minimum requirements for commissioning and conducting three prescribed types of commercial building energy audits that identify opportunities for cost effective investments to improve energy performance.
Published: 02/10/2014
Pages: 67
Table of contents
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Objectives
3 Application
4 Referenced documents
5 Definitions
6 When to undertake audits
7 Energy audit requirements
7.1 General
7.2 Requirements
8 Energy auditor requirements
8.1 Competency
8.1.1 General
8.1.2 Additional competencies for Type 2 and Type 3 audits
8.2 Confidentiality
8.3 Objectivity
9 Organization’s engagement with the audit
9.1 General
9.2 Pre-audit activities
9.2.1 Scope of the audit
9.2.2 Quotations for capital costs
9.2.3 Selection of auditors
9.2.4 Information to be provided
9.2.5 Pre-audit checklist for the organization
9.3 During the audit
9.4 Post audit
10 Audit types
10.1 General
10.2 Selection of audit type
10.3 Type 1: Basic energy audit
10.4 Type 2: Detailed energy audit
10.5 Type 3: Precision subsystem audit
11 Detailed requirements for audit types
11.1 Audit types
11.2 Specific audit type requirements
11.2.1 General
11.2.2 Variations from the defined audit types
11.3 Summary of audit types
11.4 Type 1
11.4.1 General
11.4.2 Outcomes and business needs
11.4.3 Data collection
11.4.4 Analysis
11.4.5 Opportunity identification
11.4.6 Opportunity evaluation
11.5 Type 2
11.5.1 General
11.5.2 Outcomes and business needs
11.5.3 Data collection
11.5.4 Analysis
11.5.5 Opportunity identification
11.5.6 Opportunity evaluation
11.6 Type 3
11.6.1 General
11.6.2 Outcomes and business needs
11.6.3 Data collection
11.6.4 Analysis
11.6.5 Opportunity identification
11.6.6 Opportunity evaluation
Appendix A
Appendix B
B1 General
B2 Energy audit planning
B3 Start-up meeting
B4 Data collation and collection
B5 Data measurement plan
B5.1 General
B5.2 Development of the data measurement plan
B6 Field work
B7 Analysis
B7.1 General
B7.2 Analysis of existing energy performance
B7.3 Identification of improvement opportunities
B7.4 Evaluation of improvement opportunities
B8 Report
B8.1 General
B8.2 Content of report
B9 Closing meeting
Appendix C
C1 First pages of executive summary
C2 Subsequent pages of executive summary
Appendix D
Appendix E
E1 General
E2 Competencies related to specific building systems
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
H1 Audit type considerations
H2 Energy sources and accounting
H3 Benefits from energy audits
H3.1 General
H3.2 Operational benefits
H3.3 Working conditions and safety
H4 Data analysis
H4.1 Data acquisition period and frequency
H4.2 The energy balance
H4.3 Energy performance indicators
H4.4 Benchmarking
H5 Opportunity identification and screening
H5.1 Opportunity identification workshops
H5.2 Screening of ideas
H5.3 Using data to identify opportunities
H6 Presentation of an effective business case for audit recommendations
H6.1 General
H6.2 Effective business cases
H7 Accuracy
H7.1 General
H7.2 Sources of uncertainty
H7.3 Estimation of accuracy
H8 Measurement and verification (M&V)
Appendix I
I1 Examples of parties involved in an energy audit in buildings
I2 Examples of checklists for energy audit field work in buildings
I2.1 General
I2.2 Checklist
I2.3 Useful documents
I3 Examples of the analysis of energy use in buildings
I3.1 Overview of the energy use in a building
I3.2 Energy breakdown examples
I3.3 Time of use chart
I4 Examples of analysis checklists for energy audits in buildings
I5 Examples of energy performance indicators in buildings
I5.1 General
I5.2 Global indicators
I5.3 Detailed indicators
I6 Additional relevant standards and documents
Bibliography
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Energy management systems - Measurement and verification of energy performance of organizations - General principles and guidance
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