Energy Efficiency & Energy Management
Overview
Energy is one of the largest controllable costs in buildings, industrial plants and public utilities, and it is rising. Many sites still waste a significant share of their energy through poor control, inefficient equipment and habits that nobody measures. Rising tariffs, carbon targets and regulation are pushing organisations to manage energy as seriously as any other strategic resource or budget line.
This energy efficiency and energy management course shows how to find, prioritise and deliver real savings. Participants learn to measure where energy is used, carry out a structured energy audit and identify savings in lighting, HVAC, motors, pumps and processes. They evaluate projects using payback and life-cycle cost, and plan an energy management system aligned with ISO 50001.
Who should attend
Energy managers, facility and maintenance engineers, utility and municipal engineers, sustainability officers, and managers responsible for energy costs in buildings and industrial sites.
Training methodology
Interactive presentations, practical exercises, case studies, group discussions, role-plays where relevant, and a personal action plan that participants apply in their own work.
Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain energy use patterns, tariffs and energy performance indicators
- Conduct a structured energy audit of a building or facility
- Identify savings in lighting, HVAC, motors, pumps and processes
- Evaluate projects using payback and life-cycle cost
- Establish an energy management system aligned with ISO 50001
Course outline
Day 1Energy Management Fundamentals
- Where energy is used and lost in organisations
- Energy units, tariff structures and reading bills
- Choosing meaningful energy performance indicators
- Setting energy baselines and benchmarking similar sites
- Policy, regulatory and carbon drivers for efficiency
- Review: energy use at your site
Day 2Energy Auditing
- Types and levels of energy audit
- Metering, sub-metering and collecting reliable data
- Reading load profiles to find waste and peaks
- Walk-through audit techniques and what to look for
- Reporting audit findings with costed recommendations
- Exercise: analyse a site's energy data
Day 3Saving Energy in Buildings
- Efficient lighting, controls and LED retrofits
- HVAC systems, chillers and their control strategies
- Improving the building envelope and insulation
- Using building management systems to cut waste
- Changing occupant behaviour and raising awareness
- Workshop: identify savings in a building
Day 4Saving Energy in Plants and Utilities
- Efficient motors and variable speed drives
- Optimising pumps, fans and compressed air systems
- Power factor correction and reducing electrical losses
- Recovering and reusing waste heat
- Solar and other renewable energy options
- Exercise: evaluate a motor upgrade project
Day 5Energy Management Systems
- The structure and requirements of ISO 50001
- Writing an energy policy and setting objectives
- Measurement and verification of achieved savings
- Financing options for energy efficiency projects
- Comparing projects by payback and life-cycle cost
- Build your energy management action plan
