Doing A Lighting System Audit

PLANNING, DESIGN, AND RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

Purpose:
Educational and motivational. Influence owner/operator to investigate, purchase, and install energy-efficient lighting products. Influence customers to seek out lighting trade ally. Influence customer to participate in incentive programs.
Technical services. Provide customer-specific calculations of energy savings, retrofit cost, and paybacks. Provide required information for financial decision maker. Presentation:
On-site discussion and data collection, follow-up with audit report presented in person or mailed to customer

Scope:
Medium Complexity

Target Market:
Small and medium commercial, industrial, and institutional customers (under 500, 000 kWh per year), fast growing businesses.

Promotion:
Billing messages, mail back audit request cards, direct call.

Technologies:
Simple one-to-one equipment replacements: efficient incandescent, compact fluorescent, exit sign conversions, energy-efficient fluorescent lamps, energy-efficient ballast, outdoor HPS or metal halide with photo sensor.
Fixture conversions: incandescent general lighting to fluorescent, HPS, or metal halide; fluorescent or mercury vapor general lighting to HPS or metal halide; specular reflectors for fluorescent fixtures; delamping.
Controls: time clocks, photo sensors, occupancy sensors.

Auditor Training:
Technical background preferred, but non-technical personnel with good math ability are acceptable if they are trained in lighting. Basic training in equipment identification and energy-efficient alternatives. Experienced with performing lighting energy calculations. On-site training gained by accompanying experienced lighting auditor. Basic understanding of lighting design concepts, lighting levels, and maintenance.

Audit tools:
Clipboard, pencil, lighting audit data collection forms, calculator, light meter, tape measure, safety glasses, marketing materials
AUDIT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

Procedures:
Schedule audit with key decision maker
Call to confirm audit time
Conduct Audit
Meet with decision maker and introduce programs
Collect data with Operations & Maintenance Expert
Summary discussion with decision maker
Report Preparation
Perform Calculations
Generate Report
Check quality control of results (optional)
Mail report to customer or deliver in person meeting
Call Back (optional)

Scheduling:
One auditor per customer. From 3 to 5 customers may be visited in one day, depending upon the customer locations, the size and complexity of facilities, and the experience of the auditor. Auditors should initially schedule 3 firm visits per day. The daily schedule may be filled in by visiting customers agreeing to visits at any time during the day.

Meet with:
Title: Building Manager, Plant Supervisor, Facilities Manager, Vice President, or business owner;
Role: Financial and Managerial Decision maker;
Title: Maintenance Supervisor, plant operator, maintenance person
Role: Operations & Maintenance Expert

Calculations:
Energy and cost calculations to include the following: kW reduction, annual kWh savings, first year annual electric bill reduction excluding air conditioning savings, equipment cost, installed cost, simple payback, estimated life of equipment. Electric bill cost savings to take into account demand and energy charges.

Time:
Conduct audit: 1 to 3 hours
Report preparation: 1 to 4 hours
Call back/follow-up: 15 minutes to 1 hour