Energy Savings Calculations for Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Code-compliant building materials and equipment will typically have a lower initial cost; however, the lifetime energy savings of the high efficiency equipment will often justify the upfront cost premium and result in a more cost-effective solution. Energy Savings Calculations for Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Upgrades assists energy professionals, contractors, building owners, and managers in developing energy savings estimates that can facilitate a quick assessment of the potential energy savings that might be realized when replacing code-compliant building components with the highest efficiency equipment. It also provides algorithms to estimate greenhouse gas emission reductions that may be achieved by building energy efficiency upgrades and the impact these upgrades can have on building electrification-decarbonization projects. This book:

• Focuses on the development of energy savings estimates based upon a whole building’s energy consumption and the energy consumption associated with building end-uses such as space heating, space cooling, ventilation, lighting, and so forth.
• Includes over 100 illustrative examples using algorithms to demonstrate how energy savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions may be estimated utilizing different strategies and equipment.

Anthony Buonicore. P.E., BCEE, QEP is Chairman and Director of Engineering at Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Inc. (SRS). Mr. Buonicore 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. Mr. Buonicore 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. Mr. Buonicore 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. Mr. Buonicore 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.

Mr. Buonicore is a Senior Member of the Association of Energy Engineers, past president and Fellow Member of the Air & Waste Management Association, a Diplomat in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a Fellow Member of ASTM, a member of ASHRAE and a licensed professional engineer. He is chairman of ASTM’s Building Energy Performance Assessment (BEPA) Task Group, which developed the E2797 and E3224 national BEPA standards. Mr. Buonicore was the 2021 recipient of ASTM’S prestigious Walter C. Voss award presented to an engineer or scientist who has made outstanding contributions to the field of building technology. Mr. Buonicore holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in chemical engineering from Manhattan College.

Mr. Buonicore has been conducting two-day courses throughout the country for energy professionals and contractors on estimating energy savings in commercial buildings.