Energy Auditing Experience

ENERGY AUDITING EXPERIENCE

EMET Consultants have, for over a decade, conducted one of the largest energy auditing operations in Australia.

To-date, these activities have produced cost savings worth over $300 million for our clients, and have involved all types of energy use applications, as shown following.

Commercial Office Buildings Sports and Recreational Centres

Factories and Industrial Processes Defence Forces Establishments

Universities and Colleges Hospitals and Health Care Facilities

Hotels and Resorts Residential Building Developments

Travel and Tourist Facilities Government Buildings and Facilities

Transportation Industry Retail Shopping Centres and Car Parks

Jocelyn Freeman, co-founder and Principal
of EMET Consultants P/L, checking out lighting and
control systems in Rockhampton, Qld.

Leading Expertise

EMET Consultants senior personnel have up to 30 years experience in their respective professional engineering and energy management fields and have for the past 20 years pioneered most of the codes and standards for energy efficient which are currently in use throughout the industry. These include:

The Commonwealth Government Buildings Audit Program Operating Guidelines
The Australian Standard - AS 3598 -1990
The Australian Standard - AS 2725

EMET Consultants is also an accredited energy auditing organisation with the Institute of Engineers Australia, and the Australian Commonwealth Government: Enterprise Energy Auditing Program (EEAP) and AIRAH (Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating).

Our energy audits are very thorough and include detailed investigations of the performance, condition, and control of all significant energy using plant and equipment and we are proud that our energy audit reports have set the standard in the industry.

Our company is also independent of all market products and suppliers which ensures that we always provide totally impartial advice, and the extensive hand-on experience of each member of our energy auditing team ensures that the most practical and cost-effective solution is recommended for each efficiency problem.

Energy Performance Indices and Benchmarking

As part of our company’s extensive energy auditing activities, we have created a unique database of energy performance indices which are regularly used by both corporate and government organisations for benchmarking all types of energy use and for either individual consumers or whole market sectors.

These indices are based on the detailed profiles developed for several thousand individual buildings and industrial processes, and our database is the largest of its types currently available in Australia.

Typical Energy Audit Results

Our energy audits typically produce savings of between 15% and 20% of client energy costs. However, much higher savings have been achieved in many individual cases, as shown in the following table.

SAMPLE ENERGY AUDIT RESULTS

Energy Use Categories	Consumption ($/pa)	Savings ($/pa)	Savings (%)
Commercial
City Office Building	$1,470,000	$400,000	27%
Private Hospital	$1,466,000	$254,000	17%
International Hotel	$895,000	$373,000	42%
Shopping Centre	$220,000	$75,000	34%
Registered Club	$145,000	$62,000	42%
Supermarket	$71,000	$19,000	27%
Industrial
Brickworks Factory	$516,000	$127,000	25%
Cannery Factory	$901,000	$280,000	31%
Textile Mill & Laboratory	$358,100	$36,000	10%
Shipping Terminal	$469,000	$165,000	35%
Food Processing Plant	$110,000	$25,000	23%
Metals Processing Plant	$516,600	$123,000	24%
Government
Military - Air Force Base	$1,800,000	$370,000	20%
Town Hall and Office Complex	$1,155,400	$300,000	26%
TAFE College	$633,000	$140,000	22%
Regional Base Hospital	$450,000	$83,000	18%
Community Centre	$180,000	$55,000	30%
Aquatic Sports Centre	$120,000	$32,000	26%

Note: The above table of information is provided ‘Commercial in Confidence’ and its use or publication in whole or part is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the authors.

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Commercial Office Buildings	Sports and Recreational Centres
Factories and Industrial Processes	Defence Forces Establishments
Universities and Colleges	Hospitals and Health Care Facilities
Hotels and Resorts	Residential Building Developments
Travel and Tourist Facilities	Government Buildings and Facilities
Transportation Industry	Retail Shopping Centres and Car Parks