Home > Services > Energy > Energy Auditing
Hong Kong Energy Audit
An energy audit is a powerful, recognised by fortune 500 companies,
that lowers your energy costs, saves money and give your business a
competitive edge.
Kelcroft's appointments included conducting energy audits to verify and
lower your operating costs without sacrificing occupational comfort.
Commissions undertaken range from the small energy assessments to major
projects.
With surveys indicating that more than seventy five percent (75%) of
buildings are operating incorrectly, have inappropriate operating and
maintenance contracts, or are waste money through inefficient energy
usage. there are opportunities to lower operating costs.
Energy costs are rising every year, tariffs increases
threatened, and oil prices are soaring, effecting your bottom line -
Kelcroft helps reduce your energy bills.
Our Approach
The Kelcroft energy audit approach is a holistic view, our energy audit procedures consider the total
picture, not just the low hanging fruit, but also an overall cost in use view.
Under certain defined circumstances, for example existing overcapacity,
a service standard cut might be justified, the goal is management of
resources without sacrificing end-user comfort.
Energy Losses
Finding and identifying energy waste, energy auditing reveals the underlying losses, don't be left in the dark.
A building owner in Hong Kong was shocked to discover the cold hard facts, his maintenance operations had obviously let him down...[read more]
Another example of High rise waste, a commercial building in Hong Kong operates six days a week doesn't it? unfortunately the truth is stranger than fiction...[read more]
Energy Audit
An energy audit is not an excuse for cutting energy consumption, rather managing the usage to maintain or improving occupant comfort.
Kelcroft energy audits are multi-stage energy usage, investigations:
Initial investigation - the collection and analysis of all the information that may impact your energy consumption. The collected data is analysed to establish the performance of your existing systems.
We compare your facilities energy performance with published standards
for your premises and activities of a similar nature.
On Site - information from studying utility bills
needs to be supplements with site investigations, a walk through over
view, and conducting interview. The stage looks at the real situation
on the ground.
Detailed Investigation - like puzzle solving, after
analysing the data and the site inspection certain energy conservation
opportunities may require detailed analysis, requiring further site
investigations.
Energy Report
The Kelcroft energy audit report provides the answers you need. It summarises the findings, and is sub-divided into three energy management sections namely:
Within these three sectors, we explain energy saving options and opportunities for your review and implementation.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping measures are improvements involving virtually no cost, and involve relatively simple steps to start achieving energy savings. For example training courses to increase energy consumption awareness amongst your staff.
Operation measures
These improvements necessitate some change within your
existing regime or
maintenance strategy.
For example lighting modifications, improved the switching arrangement
or implementing a new lamp replacement strategy benefiting from the
efficacy of the latest technology.
In the majority of cases, the working environment for your
customers is improved.
Capital works
Capital works would be major improvements to your premises or
systems that will require significant expenditure.
Examining your installation, analyzing your operating and maintenance
costs, and evaluating possible options for energy conservation. Viable
proposals that will benefit you financially are offered for appraisal.
For example, switching to water cooled air
conditioning (cooling towers) under the Hong Kong pilot programme
or consideration
of cogeneration solutions.
Energy Analysis
The energy analysis would comprise a practical and economic
evaluation of energy saving options. This evaluation would include an
investigation of all the various elements that contribute to your
owning and operating costs.
Typically these would comprise:
Each of the elements would be analysed to gauge the fiscal and engineering viability of a particular energy saving strategy:
Initial expenditure - Defines
the the money required to purchase the plant or equipment.
Cost
in use - Cost in use is the operating and running costs for
the installation based on the data retrieved during the energy audit.
Investment analysis - Investment
analysis comprising fiscal, payback and net present value calculations,
these tools are primarily used to establish if a proposal would recoup
your investment during a specific period.
Call Kelcroft today
Kelcroft's expertise helps drive energy efficiency excellence, coupled with our long standing experience in E&M capital works, Kelcroft offers real, not theoretical energy saving opportunities that boost your business.
For further information call Mr John Herbert at our Hong Kong
office telephone +(852) 2335 9830 or fax: +(852) 2335 9862, or email to stop the losses and start saving money.