ENRG 62: Energy Audit Report Writing

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Program Description:

The Commercial Building Energy Analysis and Audits program at City College of San Francisco prepares students to conduct energy audits, evaluate building systems for efficiency, analyze energy data, and apply financial and business strategies in audit reporting. The program is divided into 15 modular courses designed for a community college level student. These courses are adaptable and can be selected, reorganized, or offered in a shorter format to suit individuals with experience in construction, architecture, HVAC, building operations, or mechanical engineering.

Course Description:

This course, from the BEST Center and City College of San Francisco, focuses on energy audit reporting, and asks students to consider elements, formats, templates, structure, and graphics involved in writing a compelling and accurate technical report of audit findings for a non-technical audience. In completing this lesson, students will be able to:

Assess the purpose of the audit report, scope of work, and level of detail required for the report.
Organize information and create a plan for report writing.
Manage time effectively to meet client and employer needs.
Summarize audit findings and recommendations clearly and concisely.
Utilize tables, charts, and graphics to illustrate information and improve client understanding of findings.
Formulate prioritized recommendations that evaluate energy efficiency measure (EEM) recommendations in terms of energy savings and financial costs/ benefits to the client.

Course Contents:

Resources include a course outline, three PowerPoint presentations, an auditing template, and an editing exercise.

The 2-page course outline document includes a course description, learning outcomes, and a detailed course topics outline. Topics include: the purpose of the audit report, report format, time management, report for an ASHRAE Level 1, walk-through basic energy analysis, report for an ASHRAE Level 2 energy survey and engineering analysis, and report for an ASHRAE Level 3 detailed survey and analysis.

The PowerPoint presentations are titled The Audit Report as a Motivator for Change, The Value of Editing, and Writing Best Practices.

The Audit Template includes an instruction page and areas for a disclaimer, table of contents, executive summary, project information, energy savings measures, and appendices. All sections are blank, and include blank tables and graphs.

The Editing Exercise is a one-page document with several poorly written audit report paragraphs for students to practice editing skills.

For orientation purposes, viewers should begin with ENRG 62_Course Outline_cc.pdf, which offers a description of the course as well as an overview of topics covered through a course outline.

Below is a list of the files contained within the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

ENRG 62 – Energy Audit Report Writing (13 files, 3 MB)