Course: GFM 102 Technical Aspects of Energy, Resources & Conservation

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Reasons and Steps To Energy Accounting

Before you start tracking energy, you need to get organized. Once you make sure that key people in your organization understand the benefits and costs of energy accounting, you should learn what data you will need to collect, and develop a plan for communicating energy data so it can be used.

- Identify your goals and objectives, and consider how energy accounting information will be used.
- Get commitment from decision makers or management.
- Consider a system of communication.
- Consider what tools (including software) you will need for an energy accounting system.
- Obtain necessary data.

Click here to access the Energy Manager Training website.
Click here to access the online guide General Aspects of Energy Management and Energy Audit from the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India.