Assessment and measurement

Energetics has the largest team of accredited International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IVMVP) professionals in Australia.  We provide a single, consistent approach to measuring and verifying savings and associated emissions reductions in a broad range of sectors. Our M&V service offering includes:

• calculation of equipment performance before and after implementation of a project or retrofit
• energy modelling of site/energy meters against energy impact variables, such as temperature and operating hours, and the determination of regression equations and balance points
• setup for the provision of daily data, such as energy interval data, Bureau of Meteorology data and operating hours
• web-accessed dashboard, scorecards and performance reports through user access logins.
• email alarming if energy usage exceeds targets
• scheduling of performance reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc)

Our advanced automated and online M&V methodology provides data on a daily basis.  It is a cost effective solution to:

• accurately assess energy savings and payback on individual projects
• allocate risks to the appropriate parties
• reduce uncertainties to reasonable levels
• monitor ongoing performance of improvement programs across facilities
• report on the status of company targets
• find additional savings
• improve operations and maintenance  
• verify that the cost savings guarantee is met
• allow for future adjustments, as needed
• support Energy Performance Contracting where targets have been set for energy use. 

Understanding emissions profiles is increasingly important as carbon is priced and companies come to grips with the implications of a carbon cost throughout the supply chain of goods and services.

Energetics has one of Australia's largest and most experienced Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) teams. We have leading industry experts who are supported by a large group of consultants skilled in the development of large and complex inventories.

We deliver large and complex LCA assignments, analysing all elements of the life cycle of a product, process or service, from resource extraction, through refining and manufacturing, to application, use and end of life disposal or recycling – a cradle-to-grave assessment. Our robust analysis underpins carbon neutrality claims in accordance with ACCC guidelines and other frameworks. With Energetics’ LCA team, you can have confidence in the accuracy of your statements..

Our specialist assessments include:

• Life cycle thinking to support strategy development and implementation
• Strategic supply chain management and optimisation
• LCAs of products, services and processes
• Carbon labelling, carbon footprinting and carbon neutrality assessments
• Carbon accounting
• Water footprinting
• Independent peer review (verification) of third party LCAs

Energetics can assist you to streamline reporting programs across different initiatives and use existing datasets to solve broader problems.

Achieve cost savings and go carbon neutral

Energetics has helped many clients manage their carbon neutral process and achieve cost savings and increased environmental benefits. Clients include the "Sunrise" program on Channel 7, Qantas and Goldman Sachs JBWere.

Energetics can help your organisation manage the Carbon Neutral process from start to finish, by applying the ‘Carbon Neutral Hierarchy’ saving you costs and increasing environmental benefits. Energetics' significant experience covers the four steps of becoming carbon neutral.

• Measuring lifecycle emissions
• Assessing opportunities for emissions reductions and energy efficiency
• Purchasing renewable energy or GreenPowerTM
• Purchasing carbon offsets

Energy and Water Saving Action Plan (ESAP and WSAP) NSW

Energetics works with high energy and water consuming organisations with to prepare Water and Energy Savings Actions Plans – a comprehensive analysis of the organisation's energy and water use respectively, and management strategies. Thresholds for reporting are:

• businesses in NSW using more than 10 gigawatt-hours per year at a site
• all local councils in NSW with populations of more than 50,000 people
• NSW Government agencies which use more than 10 gigawatt-hours per year at a site.

Smart Energy Savings Program (Qld)

The program requires participating businesses to undertake an energy audit, develop an energy savings plan and publish their actions for each relevant site, on a five-yearly cycle.

Businesses are required to register their site(s) for the program if the energy consumed at the site(s) in a financial year exceeds regulated energy thresholds. Businesses that are part of a corporate group that uses more than 500TJ of energy a year will be captured by the Commonwealth's Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO) program and will not be required to participate in the Smart Energy Savings Program.

The energy thresholds and verification or 'trigger' years for the program are as follows:

• 100TJ but less than 500TJ of electricity or processed natural gas used in the financial year ending 30 June 2010
• 30TJ but less than 500TJ of electricity or processed natural gas used in the financial year ending on 30 June 2011, 2012, 2013 or 2014
• 10TJ but less than 500TJ of electricity or processed natural gas used in the financial year ending 30 June 2015.

Energetics works with clients to determine energy savings measure during the SESP process and conducts audits to comply with a level 2 energy audit under Australian Standard AS/NZS 3598:2000.

Environment and Resource Efficiency Plans (EREP) (Vic)

All commercial and industrial sites in Victoria that use more than 100 TJ of energy and/or 120 ML of water in a financial year need to prepare a plan that identifies actions to reduce energy and water use and waste generation. Each site that exceeds one or more thresholds must register with Victoria Environment Protection Authority (EPA), prepare a plan, implement actions with a payback period of three year or less, and report on their performance annually.

We work with clients to meet EREP compliance and identify business improvement opportunities that often do not require major capital expenditure and provide market advantages.

The annual due date for submission of plans is 30 June.

Energy Efficiency Opportunities (EEO)

Energetics works with over one third of the 300+ EEO reporting companies at all seven stages of the program to conduct EEO assessments and provide EEO verification support to in-house sustainability teams. Read more

Energy benchmarking

Energetics’ collects and analyses energy data to benchmark energy performance against a building / site’s previous performance, your building / site portfolio, national average and best practice. Energy benchmarking can help you:

• identify savings opportunities
• identify and prioritise energy efficiency projects

National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS)        

Energetics' NABERS accredited consultants conduct assessments for existing offices, hotels and shopping centres to measure and rate their building’s actual performance and establish ongoing performance targets.

For more information on our NABERS offering, click here.

Green Star Environment System

Energetics' accredited Green Star Professionals can ensure compliance of your Green Star project. Our consultants have a detailed understanding of the Green Star environmental rating system and the Green Star-Office Design rating tool.

Our expansive knowledge in carbon and energy management means we can identify effective green building solutions, providing reward and recognition from construction throughout tenancy of the premises.

Our early input allows our clients to look forward to reduced schedules for their Green Star rated buildings as time, resources and vision are implemented efficiently from day one. Our aim to is educate and adopt the simple green building principles to build a greener future and reduce our carbon footprint.

Green Star certification is assessed through the Green Star rating process and tools. If they demonstrate that specified projects meet all requirements detailed in the relevant Green Star Technical Manuals for each of the rating tools, certification will be awarded to the project team by issue of an award certificate and appropriate Green Star logos. 

We assess and design energy conservation and demand reduction programs for government and network providers. Our recommendations are based on:

• the development of bottom-up estimates of the potential and cost to reduce electrical demand and energy consumption;
• the assessment of a range of possible implementation strategies;
• an evaluation of the economic and market potential of programs by applying recognised cost effectiveness metrics for the different stakeholders (program participants, program administrator, rate payers) as well as market adoption functions;
• Energetics DSM Assessment model, which produces the take-up and cost-effectiveness of individual measures and programs under different scenarios.

These elements provide the ability to design a realistic and cost effective demand management program ensuring that the total costs borne by the program, to deliver the required peak demand reductions, are no more than the value of deferral of the proposed supply side augmentation.

When delivering a demand management program our role is built around a model of assisting in the identification, facilitation and project management process, rather than a model that is tied to a particular product. This approach, successfully implemented over the last few years with a number of Distribution Network Service Providers implies site assessments and feasibility studies of opportunities in line with the Level 1 or Level 2 Energy Audit Standard requirements, and a strong facilitation component in order to ensure that the solutions that best-fit the end user’s and the utility’s needs are properly costed, incentivised and implemented. We provide such services independently from equipment suppliers, engaging with them to select the optimal and most cost effective solutions.

Energetics has helped utilities and end-users to implement demand management programs recognised for their achievements by:

• Focusing on demand management measures capable of delivering the required load reduction at the time needed by the network
• Fully engaging with end-users to understand their key motivation and barriers;
• Our deep knowledge of funding/financing options and extensive experience in capturing external grants as well as white/green certificates for our clients
• Applying recognised Measurement and Verification protocols to provide evidence of the demand reduction impact of projects.

Expert assistance that adds value to your business

For most participants, 1 July 2011 marked the beginning of the second five year cycle of EEO.   The most pressing deadline is the requirement that participants assess a minimum percentage of their energy use by 30 June 2013 (or complete an assessment in each key area of activity by the same date).

High-quality delivery of an assessment can be the difference between a compliance burden and a successful cost savings exercise. Integrating the requirements of EEO with normal business systems and processes can ensure that EEO is not seen as a standalone compliance exercise.

Combining your EEO site assessments with the evaluation of greenhouse gas abatement opportunities can assist a company to understand and control its climate change risks.

We have been involved with the EEO program from its outset and can help you respond to the seven stages of the reporting program,  prepare data for multiple reporting schemes, as well as adapt and integrate data with your ISO50001 energy management system.

Energetics' approach to EEO assessments, data capture and workshop facilitation provides:

• maximum savings
• a platform for continuous improvement processes
• coordinated energy management and engagement at corporate and site levels
• the ability to leverage internal expertise to add value and capture knowledge
• internal operational excellence through capacity building
• EEO report outcomes fed into multiple Federal and State schemes
• consistent internal policies, practices and procedures
• opportunities which, when implemented, result in energy and cost savings

Energetics’ proven assessment methodology draws on accepted audit standards, our proprietary best practice management diagnostic tool (One2Five®), and CarbonScopeTM to manage information and reporting requirements.

Our EEO experience dates back to conducting an initial review of the program design, assessing legislative impacts on business, conducting corporate EEO pilots, and streamlining EEO with other government mandatory and voluntary programs. 

EEO pre-verification services

Energetics provides an independent EEO pre-verification service to support our clients’ internal assessment and reporting procedures.