Conducting an energy audit on an industrial site

The energy audit formulates a set of recommendations based on the problems identified through measurements carried out on your site. The audit should be repeated every four years, to assess changes in your company's energy consumption and encourage you to take action to improve your energy performance.

The advantages of this practice are as follows:

• identifying the most energy-intensive items in the company;

• changes in company customs and practices;

• substantial energy savings;

• improving energy efficiency;

• reducing greenhouse gas emissions;

• pride in being a good corporate citizen.

This practical guide will enable you to carry out the following actions in chronological order:

• collect data on your site's buildings and installations ;

• visit to the physical perimeter to be assessed ;

• recommendations for improvements ;

• work plan and financing.