Energy Savings Calculations for Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Anthony J. Buonicore is Chairman and Director of Engineering at Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Inc. (SRS). He previously served as chief executive officer of Buonicore Partners, Inc. (BP), an energy risk management consulting firm and publisher of the daily energy news service, Building Energy Performance Assessment News, prior to the firm being acquired by SRS. He has been active in the energy and environmental industry for more than 50 years. His broad career experience has involved policy planning and technical assignments in government and private industry. He has been a leader in the energy-environmental industry since the early 1970s, serving as general chairman of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ First National Conference on Energy and the Environment in 1973 and as founder and first chairman of the Air & Waste Management Association’s Energy-Environmental Interactions Technical Committee in 1974. He has also been a pioneer in the technical development of commercial PACE programs in the U.S., including technical review of thousands of PACE projects. He has more than 100 publications and holds two patents. He is a senior member of the Association of Energy Engineers, a member of ASHRAE, past president and Fellow Member of the Air & Waste Management Association, a diplomate in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, and a licensed professional engineer. He is chairman of ASTM’s Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Task Group, which developed the E2797 and E3224 BEPA standards, and teaches ASTM’s Building Energy Performance training course. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Manhattan College.

The Energy Savings Conundrum. Building Energy Consumption. Establishing Baseline Energy Efficiency Metrics. Air Conditioning Systems. Heat Pump Electric Heating. Heating Systems. Ventilation. DHW Heating Energy Saving Improvements. Lighting Improvements. Energy Management Systems. Cogeneration Systems. Solar PV Renewable Energy Systems. Energy Saving Water Reduction Fixtures and Appliances. Miscellaneous Energy Efficiency Replacements. Other Energy Savings Considerations. Energy Savings Financial Metrics. Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emission Savings. Appendices.