Energy Auditing
ANTARES provides energy auditing services to assist the building owner or company reduce their energy costs. The audit is comprised of three steps: (1) data collection, (2) identification of areas to reduce energy, and (3) providing a cost / benefit analyses for energy conservation measures (ECMs). These energy auditing services offered can be cost shared through NYSERDA’s Flexible Technical Assistance program for buildings in New York State and pay the Systems Benefit Charge. Our auditing service can be provided to federal facilities through our GSA Professional Engineering Services contract.
ANTARES’ staff has conducted over 80
energy audits in industrial facilities, and has provided training on conducting
energy audits to utility engineers, university professors, and engineering
students. ANTARES use data collection equipment to quantify and describe savings
estimates. In-house equipment used to collect data includes a digital
multimeter, infrared temperature sensor gun, thermal anemometer, and light
meter. Detailed interviews are conducted with facility management personnel,
production workers, and maintenance staff to verify typical usage patterns and
control of equipment. Existing equipment/system performance data records and
logs (electronic and manual) for the steam and chiller systems are used to
determine and verify year-round equipment operational patterns.
At the conclusion of the energy audit, a report is prepared listing the existing conditions (including current energy consumption and costs, building specific data collected during the audit, and a discussion to compare the building against other similar operating conditions), and describing the ECMs that were analyzed. The ECM cost / benefit analyses are geared toward the specific company, industrial processes, or building type to become more energy efficient.
Project Development Support
In addition to the above energy auditing services, ANTARES provides engineering support directly to the owner verifying levels of savings offered in proposals from Energy Service Contractors or Cogeneration Project Developers. ANTARES independently reviews contracts, proposed energy savings levels, and costs to the owners to provide expert review of these energy savings projects.