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Introduction To Energy Management
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 25 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A ________ to energy management is required to ensure that many important activities will be examined and optimized.
Energy management activities
Energy use monitoring; energy use record; performance measure.
Whole systems viewpoint
Total Quality Management (TQM)
2. The energy consumed to maintain building temperature at its desired set point is approximately equivalent to heat lost through ___and ___in the heating season or gained in the cooling season.
The building envelope; ventilation
Good turndown ratio;
Manufacturing; industrial; other commercial organizations
Total Quality Management (TQM)
3. There are two ways to develop the energy budget: ________ or ________.
Creativity
Statistical manipulation of historical data; utilization of engineering models.
Compute the EUI
Energy use monitoring; energy use record; performance measure.
4. A good energy accounting system is implemented in three phases: (1) ________ - (2) ________ and (3) ________.
Gallons - litres - therms - kWh - ft3 - M3 and so on.
New energy sources.
Whole systems viewpoint
1. design and installation of accurate metering 2. development of an energy budget 3. publication of regular performance reports including variances.
5. A very basic measurement of a facility's energy performance is called the ________.
Manufacturing; industrial; other commercial organizations
Total Quality Management (TQM)
Statistical manipulation of historical data; utilization of engineering models.
Energy Utilization Index (EUI).
6. The most important single ingredient for successful implementation and operation of an energy management program is ________.
Gallons - litres - therms - kWh - ft3 - M3 and so on.
Commitment to the program by top management.
Improved energy efficiencies.
Energy use monitoring; energy use record; performance measure.
7. ________ are vitally needed today. One important reason is that energy management helps the nation face some of its biggest problems.
Carbon dioxide
Energy Utilization Index (EUI).
One kilowatt- hour (kWh)
Energy management programs
8. ________ is a vital element in the successful execution of an energy management program - and management should do all it can to encourage creativity rather than stifle it.
Compute the EUI
Creativity
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; the Clear Skies Act of 2003
Commitment to the program by top management.
9. ________ - the main contributor to potential global climate change - is produced by the combustion of fossil fuel - primarily to provide transportation and energy services.
Improved energy efficiencies.
CUSUM (Cumulative Sum of Differences)
Carbon dioxide
British thermal unit - or Btu.
10. The traditional unit of measure of electrical energy is the kilowatt- hour; in terms of Btu's - ________ is equivalent to 3412 Btu.
Gallons - litres - therms - kWh - ft3 - M3 and so on.
One kilowatt- hour (kWh)
Statistical manipulation of historical data; utilization of engineering models.
1. design and installation of accurate metering 2. development of an energy budget 3. publication of regular performance reports including variances.
11. Although the electrical energy at its point of end- use always contains ________ - it takes considerable more than 3412 Btus of fuel to produce a kWh of electrical energy.
New energy sources.
Energy accounting
Carbon dioxide
3412 Btu per kWh
12. ________ is the art and science of tracing Btu and energy dollar flow through an organization.
Compute the EUI
Energy accounting
Energy balance calculations
Energy use monitoring; energy use record; performance measure.
13. In fact - energy available from ________ has almost always proven to be the most economical source of 'new' energy.
Improved energy efficiencies.
Good turndown ratio;
Energy management activities
Creativity
14. In fact - for most ________ - ________ - and ________ energy management is one of the most promising profit improvement- cost reduction programs available today.
Manufacturing; industrial; other commercial organizations
Energy management programs
One kilowatt- hour (kWh)
Improved energy efficiencies.
15. A basic energy accounting system has three parts: ________ - an ________ and a ________.
Manufacturing; industrial; other commercial organizations
Statistical manipulation of historical data; utilization of engineering models.
Energy use monitoring; energy use record; performance measure.
Energy management programs
16. To ________ - all of the energy used in the facility must be identified - the total cost of that energy tabulated - and the total number of square feet of conditioned space determined.
Energy balance calculations
Compute the EUI
CUSUM (Cumulative Sum of Differences)
Commitment to the program by top management.
17. Where ever possible - data should be recorded in physically measurable units (typically the units of purchase such as ____ - ___ - ___ - ___ - ___ - and ___.
Improved energy efficiencies.
Good turndown ratio;
Gallons - litres - therms - kWh - ft3 - M3 and so on.
3412 Btu per kWh
18. Presently - many businesses and industries are adopting a ________ strategy for improving their operations.
Commitment to the program by top management.
Energy Utilization Index (EUI).
Compute the EUI
Total Quality Management (TQM)
19. The engineering model attempts to remedy the deficiency in the statistical model by developing complete ________ to determine the amount of energy theoretically required.
Energy use monitoring; energy use record; performance measure.
British thermal unit - or Btu.
Energy balance calculations
Whole systems viewpoint
20. Energy represents the ability to do work - and the standard engineering measure for energy used in this book is the ________ or ________.
British thermal unit - or Btu.
Energy management programs
CUSUM (Cumulative Sum of Differences)
3412 Btu per kWh
21. The United States adopted ________ - and ________which established a new trade program for sulfur oxides and nitrous and mercury emissions from power plants.
Energy accounting
Compute the EUI
British thermal unit - or Btu.
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; the Clear Skies Act of 2003
22. Although energy management cannot solve all the nation's problems - perhaps it can ease the strain on our environment and give us time to develop ________.
Energy management activities
Carbon dioxide
British thermal unit - or Btu.
New energy sources.
23. Time and again - energy management has shown that it can substantially reduce energy cost and energy consumption through ________.
Energy Utilization Index (EUI).
Compute the EUI
CUSUM (Cumulative Sum of Differences)
Improved energy efficiencies.
24. MT&R is built around one key statistical technique:___analysis of the variance between energy consumption predicted by an energy performance model (EPM) - and the actual measured consumption.
Energy management activities
Statistical manipulation of historical data; utilization of engineering models.
CUSUM (Cumulative Sum of Differences)
Manufacturing; industrial; other commercial organizations
25. Meters should have ________; which is defined as the ability to measure accurately over the entire range of energy flow involved.
The building envelope; ventilation
Good turndown ratio;
Manufacturing; industrial; other commercial organizations
Compute the EUI