With the rising cost of energy and concerns about the effects of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on the climate, energy audits are becoming an increasingly important tool for sustainability-minded businesses. Energy audits can range from a simple facility walk through and review of electricity bills to a comprehensive review of energy consumption by individual pieces of equipment, processes and load variations by day and by season. The nature and complexity of the energy audit will also differ for an office building versus an industrial facility. For energy audits of all complexities, the goal is to identify how energy is used and the most effective way to reduce consumption in order to increase the sustainability of the business, both environmentally and economically.
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