Our experience for medium-to-larger energy users is that when you prepare an energy audit, energy cost savings can be significant.
Benefits of an energy audit as per the Australian Standard with Websters Group include:
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF AN ENERGY AUDIT
Access to Australian-leading expertise in energy efficiency
Address strategic risks, fix problem areas and identify inefficiency
Achieve deep reductions in energy usage (target 15% to 35%)
Low audit costs
($2,650 + GST per site)
RECENT EXAMPLES OF MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES THAT BENEFITED FROM AN ENERGY AUDIT:
Annual energy cost: $29,200
IDENTIFIED ANNUAL SAVINGS:
$13,640
“Total cost savings associated with the upgrades were $142,680 (over 10 years). This has been a helpful exercise in reducing costs and also assisting us on our road to carbon neutrality”
Paul @ Skybury Coffee
46.7% reduction in energy costs
Annual energy cost: $30,698
IDENTIFIED ANNUAL SAVINGS:
$17,913
“We are really pleased with the energy audit findings and savings identified”
Aimee @ Palmwood Tropicals
58.4% reduction in energy costs
Annual energy cost: $25,495
IDENTIFIED ANNUAL SAVINGS:
$9,876
“The project will save us $148,000 over the life of the project. It’s nice to know that we are doing something positive for the environment, and it saves our business money at the same time”
Trevor @ Trevellie Farming
38.7% reduction in energy costs
REAL SITE MEASUREMENTS MEAN REAL SAVINGS
Our audits use portable smart metering and data logging extensively to bring
engineering models together with real world data.
Our standard cost for this valuable methodology is $2,650 + GST
*Our audits follow the relevant Australian Standard (AS/NZS 3598.2:2014) with pricing presented above for a Type 1 audit (including data logging as standard)
As part of our audit methodology, we install multiple data loggers during the audit of your site. Our clients generally obtain an of average fifteen data loggers installed and one months worth of data obtained during our audit process. With over 100 precision data loggers in our fleet, we are able to leverage the benefits of temporary monitoring so deeper insights can be captured around facility and equipment operation.
DATA LOGGING EQUIPMENT
THERMAL IMAGING TO HIGHLIGHT PROBLEM AREAS
Given electrical energy is often lost as heat, thermal imaging is an important part of the site review process. Identification of air flows, pipe insulation and cold storage operations are a few important applications.
Understanding power drawn from various areas and pieces of equipment is key to understanding peak demand charges. We use licensed electricians to review each major electrical load in the distribution or main switch board(s). Breaking down site usage to this level helps unlock really important facts about peak demand charges at your site. *An allowance of up to 7 hours with a licenced electrician onsite is included in standard pricing (extra investigation for complex sites is charged at $75/hour + GST)
REVIEWING PEAK DEMAND COSTS
DETAILED ENERGY MODELLING
Once we have one month of data from logging equipment and detailed measurements from our electrician during operation for each motor, compressor or key end use, we breakdown energy use and costs by area or equipment type in an Energy End Use Breakdown.
EXAMPLE SITE: FOOD PROCESSING FACILITY
Site Energy Use Breakdown (kWh/year and % total)
BOOK A FREE SITE VISIT - CALL (07) 3103 3539
If you are interested in reviewing savings and thinking about getting an energy audit, we conduct routine site visits within 250km of Brisbane at no cost
(without a sales obligation) to see if there is the right chemistry, and if the savings will be high enough to guarantee value for money.