December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks1 Multi-Family Residential Unit Audits Garden Apartments and Smaller Housing Stock Daniel Grau Asit Patel

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks2 MF building audit process entails Pre-site visit preparation Site walk through Data Compilation Energy analysis Energy audit report

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks3 MF building audit process Pre site visit Preparation  Gathering building information, fuel bills  Contact with building management Site visit  Building inspection: building shell, equipment, interview with occupants…  Data collection  Determine Energy conservation measures opportunities Data Compilation  Compute raw data  Prepare software data entry

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks4 MF building audit process Energy analysis  Building modeling  Calculate Energy data for current conditions  Adjust parameters: applicable retrofits, retrofit costs  Define energy conservation measures, calculate investment costs and energy savings Energy audit report  Executive summary  Scope of work  Description of energy conservation measures

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks5 Multifamily Building audit process ENERGY AUDIT REPORT Executive summary Existing conditions Assumptions made during analysis Recommendations Scope of work Cost and savings projection SIR Specifications

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks6 What do we need to conduct an audit and to produce the end result? Paper, pen, measure tape, drill, combustion efficiency test kit, infra-red camera, and several other tools

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks7 We also need: An open mind Software tools to…

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks8 Ea-quip is a tool,….. just a tool Developed to assist the Auditor with:  Performing drudgery energy calculations: heat loss, energy costs and savings with interaction between retrofits  Selecting energy measures: based on data and parameters entered by the Auditor  Storing data: with easy way to retrieve, transfer, copy information  Creating reports: with pre-formatted templates …….not to replace the Auditor !

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks9 Ea-Quip user requirements in NYS Must make request to DHCR (NYS agency) in writing Subgrantee’s designated personnel must demonstrate skills in the following areas: Building Science Heating Appliance Diagnostics, Sizing and Troubleshooting; Competency in using the DHCR Approved Audit Software Residential /Commercial Construction/Rehabilitation Experience

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks10 In NYS… In the Southern Region of New York 3 out of 18 Sub-grantee’s are designated as Self Auditing. The designation as Self Auditing means that you have demonstrate to be competent in The use of EA-QUIP as an Auditing Tool and is able to test or assess the building systems especially the complexity of the related mechanical systems for the purpose of developing a comprehensive WAP work scope.

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks11 Ea-quip functionalities  Models Building  Estimates energy values in existing and retrofitted conditions  System Recommended Retrofits  User Selected Retrofits  On-screen and printable reports

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks14 ENERGY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE EA-QUIP Energy Audit Using Queens Information Package

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks15 Ea-quip 10-step process Step 1. Create new file Step 2. Building information Step 3. Fuel Data Step 4. Weather data Step 5. Building data Step 6. Modeling Step 7. Scope of Work Step 8. Retrofit Costs Step 9. Sequential reports Step 10. Auto Check

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks16 Step1: Create a new file Enter dwelling ID: typically building address Select a starting file in the data files directory that very closely resembles this building Great when you are performing audits on multiple buildings on the same block or similar construction

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks19 Step2: Building info At the bottom of the Ea-quip main screen, select the first component from left Fill requested boxes

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks21 Step3: Fuel data Select component#2 Select fuel unit Choose State and then City Enter fuel data by adding directly in the table or by importing an Excel spreadsheet Enter heating reference temperature Recalculate/save button

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks23 Step4: Weather data In tools menu: select weather data Select State and City Select Year and Month Update database by entering new daily average temperatures

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks25 Step5: Building data Enter sequentially component # 3 to component #14 Save component entry Add comments Print individual screen

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks27 Step6: Modeling Click on the modeling icon (4 th from left) Check modeling table Check chart Adjust parameters in component #3 to #14 until actual fuel data from bill matches calculated data

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks30 Step 7: Scope of Work Select retrofits from generated list View retrofit energy savings, investment costs and SIR in decreasing order.

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks33 Step 8: Retrofit costs Access retrofit costs by selecting parameters in menu and retrofit costs. Choose one component Enter fixed cost and/or cost per unit

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks35 Step9: Sequential reports Click 6 th icon from the left to run sequential reports View, print, export in html format individual report by selecting reports in the menu

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks38 Step 10: Auto check Click on check mark icon Ea-quip establishes a list of parameters and tells you if they are in or out of typical range Correct data entry if needed Add comments Was added to ensure integrity and quality of the audit Peer to peer review

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December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks40 Not done yet… Now we prepare the audit report Peer to peer review Final version of the audit report for release to the owner.

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks41 Now we are done with the MF building audit.

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks42 How to get Ea-Quip? If interested.. at: $ 25 material development and shipping and handling cost. New Web based version will be coming out soon… No software needed. Register on-line and privileges will be given to all users based on their title..

December 10, 2007 Multi-family Residential Unit Audits - Garden Apts and Smaller housing stocks43 Association for Energy Affordability MF auditing for the Weatherization Program in New York State MF auditing training Ea-quip training