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ONSITE Energy Audit for Business
Industrial, Commercial, Residential properties and sites |
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An ONSITE energy audit can show you how to save up to 75% on your electricity and gas bills (i.e. energy bills).
The ONSITE Energy Audit is best suited for business managers who prefer a visit from a professional Energy Conservation Consultant to closely assess the various energy systems and services onsite. We can do an onsite energy audit for any size or type of commercial, industrial business site, complex or facility, anywhere in Australia.
We have used our considerable energy auditing experiences over the last 15-years to develop special energy audit software and energy audit systems that now allow us to highly streamline our energy auditing processes. The benefits of the improvements are now passed on to you the customer in the form of lower fees.
See also our economical ONLINE audits: www.energyconservation.com.au [ONLINE Energy Audits]
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Customer testimonials:
See the testimonials from our more recent ONSITE Energy Audits:
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Client |
Project |
Comments |
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John Stack
General Manager
Westfund NSW |
Energy Audits for two of their office blocks in Lithgow NSW |
Communications: Excellent
Work timing: Excellent
Energy Audit report: To expectations
After sales service: Excellent |
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Christian Schlegl
Senior Engineer
Kimberly-Clarke
Ingleburn NSW |
Energy Audit for their large Baby Care mill |
Communications: Good
Work timing: Good
Energy Audit report: Above expectations
After sales service: Excellent
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Mike Whiteman
General Manager
PCL Finance
Wollongong NSW |
Energy Audit for their Office Block |
Communications: Excellent
Work timing: Good
Energy Audit report: To expectations
After sales service: Excellent
Overall: Our company is now in a better position for having engaged your services. We have a good starting point and a series of well calculated energy saving actions to consider |
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Mark Stimpson
Exec. Committee
Body Corporate
SP49302 Panorama Towers
Pyrmont NSW
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Energy Audit for their 230 unit Apartment Block |
Communications: Excellent
Work timing: Excellent
Energy Audit report: To expectations
After sales service: Excellent
Overall: Thank you for your prompt and professional service | |
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Our track record for recent energy audits:
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Project |
Annual Savings Identified |
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Money |
Percentage |
Greenhouse gases |
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of total bill |
(kgs of carbon dioxide) |
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Kimberly Clarke factory - Ingleburn |
$200,000 |
10% |
2,300,000 |
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Nazareth House Nursing Home - Tamworth |
$198,000 |
56% |
700,000 |
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Endeavor Lead/Zinc Mine - Cobar |
$140,000 |
5% |
1,500,000 |
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Siemens-Memcor factory - Windsor |
$133,000 |
25% |
1,250,000 |
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Mid North Coast Gaol - Kempsey |
$110,000 |
28% |
720,000 |
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Waldorf Apartments/Hotel - Rosehill |
$100,500 |
53% |
960,000 |
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State Water Corporation - Fish River Project |
$74,000 |
53% |
80,000 |
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Kennards Self Storage - Camperdown |
$60,000 |
55% |
80,000 |
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The Oak Resort/Hotel - The Entrance |
$51,000 |
27% |
380,000 |
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Peninsular Village Retirement Home - Umina |
$55,000 |
22% |
200,000 |
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PCL Money office block - Wollongong |
$34,000 |
75% |
270,000 |
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Mayne Logistics Centre - Huntingwood |
$30,000 |
25% |
230,000 |
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Goulburn Goal |
$30,000 |
11% |
230,000 |
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Farnell electronics factory - Chester Hill |
$29,000 |
34% |
220,000 |
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Illawarra Coking plant - Corrimal |
$27,000 |
16% |
300,000 |
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Westfund Office Block 1 - Lithgow |
$18,000 |
48% |
115,000 |
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St Leo's College high school - Wahroonga |
$18,000 |
30% |
100,000 |
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Ermington Industrial Factory Complex |
$17,000 |
27% |
175,000 |
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Narellan Library - Narellan |
$15,000 |
19% |
117,000 |
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Emerton Shopping Centre - Emerton |
$8,000 |
24% |
80,000 |
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Parkview Apartment Towers - Pyrmont |
$7,000 |
11% |
70,000 |
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Olympic Shooting Facility - Cecil Park |
$6,000 |
24% |
50,000 |
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Westfund Office Block 2 - Lithgow |
$6,000 |
24% |
24,000 |
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St Martin's small shopping centre -
Blacktown |
$4,500 |
31% |
33,000 |
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Total |
$ 1,171,000 |
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7,884,000 |
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Average: |
$ 57,125 |
31% |
424,333 |
Exactly what information will an onsite Energy Audit report provide for you?
You will get a professional, colour-illustrated Energy Auditing report of up to 80-pages (written in non-technical language) that complies with all of the stringent requirements of National Standard for AUS/NZ 3598 (Level 2 audits) . This report will show you how to economically lower the energy bills (and greenhouse gas emissions) for your whole site. |
 Your Energy Audit Report will answer the following important questions (as applicable to your site) to assist you in absolutely minimizing your recurring energy expenses: |
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Electricity/Gas Bills & Electricity Meters
- Are your electricity bills and gas bills accurate?
- Are you on the cheapest possible electricity/gas supplier?
- Are you on the cheapest possible electricity/gas bill charge rates, or are you paying far more than you need?
- How to use your “time-of-use” energy charge rates to slash your bills?
- Do your annual energy graphs follow energy-efficient patterns or could you change things to save big money? (see sample below):
- Do your daily energy graphs follow energy-efficient patterns or could you change things to save big money? (see sample below that shows problems with air conditioning auto ON/Off controls):
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Electrical Power Factor Could power factor correction reduce your bills, and the overloading your electrical circuits, and the burning-out of your electrical switches?
Miscellaneous Are you paying big money for “ghost power”?
Are you paying big money for “standby power”?
How does your site compare to other similar sites
(e.g. energy used / sq area / annum)?
Is invisible electrical leakage bumping your bills?
How to check your building automation systems for energy efficiency.
Are invisible hot joints costing you money on your main electrical circuits and could these be giving you headaches due to impure electrical supply?
Are your property cleaners costing you heaps (in energy)?
How much energy is each group of services using?
Bar charts similar to the one below will enable you to prioritise where you concentrate your energy saving efforts:
 
Lighting Exactly how much does it costs to switch fluorescent lights ON?
How to quickly convert old fluorescent tubes to new, energy efficient tubes.
How to retrofit your old fluorescent lights to turn them into modern, energy efficient lights.
Are you using the very latest, energy saving low voltage light bulbs?
Could new voltage controls save you money on fluorescent lighting costs?
Do you have more lights than necessary?
Could room lighting timers reduce your bills?
Could room movement sensors reduce your bills for lights?
Are you using the latest, energy efficient flood-light bulbs?
Could compact fluorescent lights save you money?
How to rationalize your light switching patterns to reduce running costs.
Could natural lighting facilities reduce your electricity bills?
Could new, energy-efficient lights allow you to switch OFF internal, overnight security lights?
Could a lighting maintenance program save you money on lighting costs?
Manufacturing processes Could combined-heat-power (or co-generation) technology produce your own electricity + save you a fortune in heating costs?
Are your boiler/s or furnace/s energy efficient?
Are your processing plants operating energy efficiently?
How to optimize the energy efficiency of your air compressors.
Could “heat recovery” or “heat reclamation” reduce your process heating costs?
Could “heat recovery” or “heat reclamation” reduce your water heating costs?
How much energy do you use when?
Actual report extract: Your charge rates for energy used depend on the time of day and the type of day. See below for approximate charge rates for energy components, during various periods. At the moment your charging periods are divided approximately like so:
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Period |
Working week day |
All other days, e.g. weekends & holidays |
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Peak tariff
(dearest cost) |
7am – 9am
5pm – 8pm |
No applic. |
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Shoulder tariff
(mid-range cost) |
9am – 5pm
8pm – 10pm |
No applic. |
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Off-Peak tariff
(cheapest cost) |
All other times |
All day |
Your time divisions over the last 12-months were:
Energy used during Peak periods: 60% of total.
Energy used during Shoulder periods: 20% of total.
Energy used during O/Peak periods: 10% of total.
A shift of using at least some of your energy consuming equipment during the off-peak periods could save big money.
Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) Is room “air stratification” bumping your room heating costs?
Convector heaters – Vs – Radiant heaters, which cost less to run?
How to check your hot water systems to slash your water heating costs.
How to reduce your air conditioning (AC) costs for IT and Comms rooms.
How to optimize your room air temperatures to reduce AC costs.
How to contain your air conditioned areas to reduce your cooling cost.
How to maintain your AC to save on running costs.
Are your AC’s located in energy-efficient locations?
Thermal insulation for windows.
Thermal insulation for ceilings/walls.
Thermal insulation paint for roof tops.
Are your cooling/heating ducts and pipes thermally insulated?
The latest energy saving timers and time clocks for heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment.
Could hot air extraction reduce your cooling costs/
Could time-of-use control save you money on your water heaters?
Could evaporative cooling be an energy saving option?
Could carbon monoxide detector controls save you money on your car park ventilation?
Could an overnight warm air purge fan reduce your AC running costs?
Out-of-season operation of Gas Room Heaters, Boilers & Furnaces.
Energy efficient operation of boiling water systems.
Could new. programmable controls reduce your AC costs/heating costs?
Could power outlet, timer control reduce your costs for plug-in heaters & air conditioners?
Could evaporative cooling reduce your AC bills?
Could evaporative cooler/AC timers reduce your bills?
How to minimise energy losses from your heated pool/spa.
Could temperature reduction save you money on your hot water?
Is your water heater properly insulated?
Free Energy Sources (as applicable to your site): Produce your own electricity from the sun (via solar PV cells).
Produce your own water heating from the sun (solar water heating).
Produce your own electricity from moving water (hydro electricity).
Produce your own electricity from wind (wind energy).
Electrical Motors Could you use NEW super high efficiency electrical motors to save you BIG money?
Are your electrical motors operating at energy-inefficient speeds?
Appliances Are your appliances energy efficient?
Are your drink refrigerators paying for their high electricity costs?
Are you using your computers efficiently?
Are you using your printers efficiently?
Are you using your copiers efficiently?
How to optimize the energy efficiency of your coolrooms, fridges and freezers.
In addition to the requirements of AUS 3598, you will get the following information:
Environmental Aspects: About Climate Change and Global Warming produced by greenhouse gases from energy use.
- How to employ nature to improve your site and to save energy.
- You will get what your greenhouse gas emissions are due to your energy consumption and what your carbon footprint is due to your energy use.
Maintenance aspects:
Energy savings also have related maintenance savings components due to energy-consuming items being left ON for shorter periods and/or being used at lower levels of power. Therefore items last far longer before breaking down. Your report will give also you estimates for maintenance savings.
QUOTE:
To request an obligation-free quotation, email or fax to us with the subject line: “Quotation request for an ONSITE energy audit” to Robert McMahon at email: savings@energyconservation.com.au or fax: 02 9660 3142.
To enable us to prepare your quote, we will need a very brief description of what you do on your business site. Please email or fax to us also a copy of your latest electricity bill & latest gas bill. |
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Contact Details |
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Or for an obligation-free chat about ONSITE Energy Audits, please contact:
Robert F. McMahon
(Business Owner - Energy Conservation)
(B. Eng. (UNSW), C. Eng., Fellow Inst. Marine. EST. Cert. Energy Management)
Level 20, 68 Pitt St
SYDNEY, New South Wales, 2000, Australia
Email: savings@energyconservation.com.au
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02 9660 8142 |
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0417 450 770 |
| Australia fax: |
02 9660 3142 |
| International phone: |
+61 2 9660 8142 |
| International fax: |
+61 2 9660 3142 | |
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