VIRTUAL AUDITS: THE PROMISE AND THE REALITY

摘要

A good energy audit can be a valuable guide to making the best building energy efficiency investment decisions. When the best energy conservation measures (ECMs) are identified and implemented, the facility owner will have made the smartest choices, and will receive the greatest return on investment. When the best ECMs have not been identified and implemented, then the opportunity for reducing utility costs will have been squandered, and the facility owner will suffer financially as a result. Generally, the more seasoned and skilled the energy auditor, the better the energy audit.