Guide to Energy Management

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Preface to the Fifth Edition
The ride on the roller coaster of energy prices has gotten pretty wild in the last two years. Oil, natural gas, and gasoline prices have been
surging to new highs in plain old ordinary dollars. Accounting for inflation, these prices are not historic highs as of June, 2005, but they could
easily be there later this year. High energy prices—and especially high gasoline prices—have always increased the public’s interest and desire for
new energy policies. For the energy managers, facility managers, and other energy professionals, this interest has made their jobs much higher
profile work. New opportunities for implementing energy efficiency and cost savings projects also come with this higher profile. Past efforts have
resulted in huge savings for many companies and organizations. However, all of these past successes have not eliminated—or really even
slowed—the continuing need to install new equipment, new technology and new processes to produce energy savings as well as help reduce
pollution, and improve quality and productivity. Energy managers and energy professionals are not going to work themselves out of a job!
The Guide to Energy Management continues as one of the leading educational resources for the person who is active as an energy manager
or energy professional, as well as helping new people enter the fascinating and important field of energy management and energy engineering. It is
the most widely used college and university textbook in this field, as well as one of the most widely used books for professional development training
in the field. In this new Fifth Edition, William J. Kennedy has completely revised the two chapters dealing with boilers, steam systems and
waste heat recovery. Some of the less practical material was removed, and new topics were added to present material on increasing the efficiency of
boilers and steam systems. In terms of energy audits of commercial and manufacturing facilities, the boiler room presents one of the major areas of
opportunity for energy cost savings.
The authors wish to thank Mr. Doug Tripp and Mr. Stephen Dixon for their contribution of a new section in Chapter 1 on Energy Monitoring,
Targeting and Reporting. This method for taking energy use data and turning it into operating decision information is a simple, but powerful
technique for helping facilities control their energy use and energy cost.
This technique, coupled with the new discussion of Web Based Energy Information and Control Systems in Chapter 9 begins to open the door to
some new opportunities that are available using modern Information Technology in facilities.
Thanks go to the many energy professionals who have suggested improvements to this book, and have helped point out errors or inconsistencies.
There is always room for improvement, so please let us know if you find any parts of the book needing improvement. We always appreciate
hearing constructive criticism.
Good luck to all of you in your search for new energy cost savings
opportunities!
Barney L Capehart
Wayne C Turner
William J Kennedy

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