Title Page
Contents
Introduction to the energy savings measurement guide 13
Measuring and understanding your energy consumption 18
1.0. Establishing your energy baseline 20
1.1. Overview of establishing your energy baseline 22
1.2. Defining your energy baseline 23
1.3. Methodologies for establishing your baseline 25
1.4. Understanding the energy use at the Fair Dinkum Milk Company (FDMC) 31
1.5. Section summary 35
2.0. Completing an Energy Mass Balance 36
2.1. Overview on completing an Energy Mass Balance 38
2.2. Defining 'Energy Mass Balance' 38
2.3. How to develop an EMB for your site 39
2.4. Section summary 54
3.0. Measuring, metering and capturing energy data 56
3.1 Overview of measuring, metering and capturing energy data 58
3.2. Developing a measurement system 59
3.3. Getting practical about metering 68
3.4. Overcoming common metering and data issues 73
3.5. Metering Energy flows at the FDMC 77
3.6. Section summary 78
Estimating, evaluating, measuring and tracking your energy efficiency opportunities 80
4.0. Estimating the energy savings from an opportunity 82
4.1. Overview of estimating the energy savings from an opportunity 84
4.2. Characterising your energy efficiency opportunities 85
4.3. Forecasting the energy savings 88
4.4. Guidance on resource allocation when evaluating opportunities 91
4.5. Estimating the energy savings at the FDMC 92
4.6. Section summary 93
5.0. Accuracy in your energy savings analysis 94
5.1. Overview of accuracy in your energy savings analysis 96
5.2. Glossary of statistical terms 97
5.3. Defining uncertainty 97
5.4. Statistical terms 98
5.5. Accuracy in modelling 101
5.6. Accuracy in sampling 103
5.7. Accuracy in sampling 103
5.8. Accuracy in measurement 105
5.9. Combining accuracy 106
5.10. Accuracy in the energy savings analysis at the FDMC 108
5.11. Section summary 109
6.0. Evaluating an energy efficiency opportunity 110
6.1. Overview of evaluating an energy efficiency opportunity 112
6.2. Financial analysis of an opportunity 113
6.3. Evaluating the whole of business costs and benefits 117
6.4. Prioritising the implementation of opportunities 122
6.5. Evaluating the opportunity at the FDMC 125
6.6. Section summary 127
7.0. Measuring and tracking your implemented opportunities 128
7.1. Overview on measuring and tracking your implemented opportunities 130
7.2. Measuring actual energy savings 131
7.3. Selecting measurement methodology 133
7.4. Gathering of data for energy savings calculations 136
7.5. Tracking the energy savings outcome 137
7.6. Tracking all your energy efficiency opportunities with a register 139
7.7. Measure and tracking the implemented opportunity at the FDMC 141
7.8. Section summary 143
8.0. Energy monitoring and reporting 144
8.1. Overview of energy monitoring and reporting 146
8.2. Monitoring the energy savings from the implemented project 146
8.3. Using energy reporting to improve energy performance 150
8.4. Energy monitoring and reporting for the FDMC 153
8.5. Section summary 155
Industry examples and useful tools 156
9.0. Worked examples for industry 158
9.1. ESMG-Manufacturing Example (FDMC) 159
9.2. ESMG-Mineral processing example 172
9.3. ESMG-Mining example 180
9.4. ESMG-Commercial building example 187
9.5. ESMG-Transport example 193
10.0. Summary of the Energy Efficiency Opportunities program requirements 202
11.0. Energy savings electronic calculation tool-eTool 208
12.0. Appendices 210
12.1. Appendix-Useful calculation tools 211
12.2. References 214
12.3. Example of a projects register 215
[Back Cover] 216