SURVEY QUESTIONS

Name:
Title:

Questions:
1. The flow chart of energy audit process at NexGen is on the next page, please identify which steps you have involved in or carried out
alone or associated with the colleague?
(example: Internal Audit, External Audit, Building Model, Balance and Review Base Case…)

2. What information or data do you want to add or remove from the current audit checklist form. (I mean what information or data that is
not listed in the audit checklist that you often write down on the back of the audit checklist)

3. Please identify the problems or wastes that you see in the energy audit process in the table below (leave blank if you don’t have)
Types of wastes Explain and identify which steps involve in the problem
Information Overflow
(Ex: Sending or receiving too many emails, or
copies of documents for different repositories
and people, reports about everything)
Waiting
(Ex: waiting occurs when an upstream activity
does not deliver on time, or waiting is the
result of other problems such as data entry
errors, customer respond ..)
Excess Inventory
(Ex: Storing excessive amounts of information
including keeping multiple copies of
documents in different repositories, unfinished
tasks, and unused data in datatbase.)
 40- 60 hrs W/ 1-2 auditors
Current Audit Process Flow Chart *Review = Self-Checklist

Revision 2 Post-Audit - Model

Post-Audit - Report
Data record 30 min
Fill in audit
1h (small) – 3h (large)  Notes from audit 1h
Pre -Audit information tables
2 – 3 people  Fill in “Existing
Walkthrough Audit Summary table”
Initial Customer
Write Report
Meeting External Audit 4h – 6h
2 hrs
 Pitch the program  Walls, windows,
 Record the meeting doors, lightning Building model
Copy/Paste tables,
 Electrical devices a) Weather, location graphs & images
connected to the b) Fuel rates
1h / metering point 1h – 5h into the report 1h
meter c) Schedules
Historical Data
d) Heating Cooling
Analysis
e) Building envelope Review Report
 Building data f) Lighting 15 min
Interview Client
 Weather data g) Other equipment
 Utility data  Occupation & Send finished
 Program application schedule 15 min – 1h report for peer
 Areas of concern min review 1h
30 min / metering point  Recent renovations Balance & review
 Upgrades of base case Post-Audit -
Prepare Auditing Interest Submission
Materials 1h / metering point
 Floor plan Build the proposed Prepare Info:
 Questions case & Review a) Summary Form
Internal Audit
a) Schedules 1h -5 h b) Utility Bills
15 min  Motors / pumps c) Utility Data
b) Heating Cooling
 Water heaters d) Upload Model
Apply for the c) Building envelope
 HVAC equipment e) Final Report
program through d) Lighting
 Meters/transformer e) Other equipment f) Checklist sheet
NB power
 Lights
 Record all electrical
15 - 45 min devices Submit to NB Power
Book the audit Analyze cost 5 min
benefit 1h – 2h

Group Brainstorm
15 min
Present to the client
Send final model
for peer review
10 min