Looking for Examples of Audit Reports

Natural Resources Canada has an Audit Guide and Toolkit at this link:
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/infosource/pub/cipec/energy-audit-manual-and-tool.pdf

Nancy Webber
Clean Nova Scotia
Canada

Washington State has a nice detailed standard. Washington audits are described in Specifications and Standards for the Low-income Weatherization Program. It may be found at http://www.cted.wa.gov/DesktopModules/CTEDPublications/CTEDPublicationsView.aspx?tabID=0&ItemID=6513&MId=870&wversion=Staging

The HERS (Home Energy Rating System) audit is trademarked by the RESNET (http://www.natresnet.org/) organization and it is the highest standard in the US. It was developed by RESNET for the US Department of Energy and is the basis for the energy mortgages backed by federal mortgage programs. The standards for a HERS audit are on that site. Some local building codes in the US are adoptive HERS ratings as part of local GHG emissions programs.

You might also look at the National Energy Audit Tool from the US Department of Energy (http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/weatherization/wxtech_neat.cfm) the software is free. The database of appliances and furnaces would probably not apply in Belgium, but as I recall the program you can enter the information directly and could still use it there.


Richard Knaub
United States

Hi Xavier

Not sure if it is too late to respond, however you might like to know that the Australian Government has recently (July 2009) launched a national home audit program called 'Green Loans'. You can find out more at: http://www.environment.gov.au/greenloans/

Hope this is of some assistance

Best wishes

Robina Mackenzie Cahill
Australia