How to Use this Guide
Box 4. Audit Categories in this Guide.
BASIC AUDIT PROCEDURES All facility types can and should complete all Basic Audit procedures. They require the least experience in conservation and efficiency improvement analysis and require the least amount of time to complete. These procedures typically uncover the “lowest hanging fruit” in terms of efficiency gains.
ADVANCED AUDIT PROCEDURES Advanced Audit procedures are also appropriate for all facility types. Some guide you through the process of collecting quantitative data that you enter into the associated spreadsheets. Built-in formulas within the spreadsheets will perform the necessary calculations for you. The results provide the basis for more powerful analysis and decision making. These procedures require more than basic familiarity with certain equipment or machinery operations and may require outside expert assistance. You should attempt to conduct all Advanced Audit procedures as completely as possible to determine if and where you need assistance.
FURTHER EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ANALYSES Further Efficiency Improvement Analyses guide you to look beyond general efficiency improvements. These activities will help you create a comprehensive and quantifiable profile of current water use and potential efficiency improvements. These activities are essential to create a full-scale improvement program.
Audit Organization and Associated Spreadsheets
in Appendix C, where most are repeated to ease double-sided printing and reduce the number of pages you need to carry as you perform your facility audit.
Each audit procedure in this guide is divided into four sections. The first, Background and Description, provides general relevant information and describes the procedure. The second, Audit Objectives, explains the purpose of the procedure. The third, Audit Steps, lists the steps to complete the procedure. The fourth, Post-Audit Considerations and Additional Steps, provides information to help you evaluate your results and includes some suggestions for future actions.
Eight companion spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel format are available for download from the South Florida Water Management District’s website1 with this guide. Six were developed specifically to accompany this guide and two were developed by ENERGY STAR. The spreadsheets perform all necessary calculations for the associated audits. Audit procedures that have a companion spreadsheet also have an additional section, Spreadsheet Guidance. These sections provide step-by-step guidance on how to use each companion spreadsheet, including exactly what field data are needed for each and how to properly enter all information.
In addition to these four sections, many procedures include one or more worksheets for recording information. Within the guide, these worksheets are near the end of their associated procedures. They are also collected
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