Energy Audit Software Development For Energy Audit Practice.

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1 Energy Audit

The energy audit is a very important process that been used for the energy management. The energy audit mean an inspection, survey and analysis of energy flows in a building, process or system with the objective of understanding the energy dynamics of the system under study. Typically an energy audit is conducted to seek opportunities to reduce the amount of energy input into the system without negatively affecting the output. Because of the energy audit scope that is a too wide, this project is only been focusing in the three types of system only that is lighting system, air-conditioning, and motor machine system. The main objective of this project is to produce software that can be used to audit electric energy. Microsoft Visual Basic will be the main element to develop the software. The system will support by some different element like Microsoft Access that been using to develop the database. The software will help the user to complete the calculation for all of the system provided by following some factors like types of equipments, number of units, total hour usage and many more. The software also can help the user to calculate the cost of the energy that been used bye the system according to the tariff that been provided by the TNB Tenaga Nasional Berhad. The software is made according to some of the energy audit practice that has been released before such as: a Software Development for Energy Auditing Practice b Development of Energy Audit for the lighting system c ELECTICAI, ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRIES d ENERGEX An Expert System for Determining Industrial Energy Efficiency The software that will be produce by this project will definitely overcome the weakness by the other energy audit software before. The schedule 1.1 shows the solution of the new software according to the weakness of the energy audit software that has been made before. Table 1.1: The new and old software comparison Old Software New Software The scope is just focusing in on one system only The scope is focusing in three main systems now a day that is lighting, air conditioning and motor machine. The factor that been developed by the others organization outside of our country is not suitable with the environment of this country The calculation factor is following the suitable Malaysian environment The standard that been using such as tariff is the old one that not been using anymore The standard that been using in the calculation is the update one that been provided by the TNB

1.2 Project Objective