Every idle motor, leaking compressed-air line, and oversized boiler running in a plant is quietly draining money long before anyone notices it on a utility bill. Spotting that waste, and turning it into a costed, actionable plan, is exactly what an industrial energy audit does. This Training Course, delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, gives energy managers, auditors, and plant engineers a structured method for walking a facility, measuring what it actually consumes, and building a business case for fixing it.

Rather than treating auditing as a one-off inspection, the course frames it as a full cycle: planning the scope, collecting and analysing consumption data, spotting inefficiencies across HVAC, motors, compressors and lighting, then translating findings into a prioritised, financially justified improvement plan that lines up with ISO 50001 and other recognised standards.

What You'll Gain

• A repeatable method for planning and running a complete industrial energy audit, from scope-setting to the final report.
• The ability to read consumption data correctly and pinpoint where a plant is genuinely losing energy.
• Skills to quantify the savings potential of different interventions and rank them by cost-effectiveness and payback period.
• A framework for turning audit findings into a financially justified, prioritised action plan.
• Working knowledge of ISO 50001 and other recognised standards for ongoing energy management.

Who Should Attend?

• Energy managers and energy auditors who want a structured, repeatable methodology for industrial audits.
• Operations and facility managers responsible for identifying and implementing energy-saving measures on site.
• Industrial engineers and sustainability consultants who need to pair audit technique with improvement strategy.
• Environmental managers and regulatory compliance officers accountable for energy-efficiency compliance.

Module 1: Why Energy Audits Pay Off

• What unmeasured energy waste actually costs a plant in operating budget.
• Where energy-intensive processes typically hide across manufacturing, mining and similar industries.
• The core terms and metrics auditors use to describe efficiency.

Module 2: Standards and Compliance Landscape

• Global and regional frameworks such as ISO 50001 and ANSI.
• Certification requirements auditors are expected to know.
• How compliance obligations shape audit priorities.

Module 3: Scoping and Planning the Audit

• Defining scope, objectives and stakeholders before the first site visit.
• Setting performance benchmarks and savings targets upfront.
• Building a realistic data-collection plan.

Module 4: Gathering and Reading Consumption Data

• Methods for collecting energy data: meter readings, equipment specs, utility records.
• Turning raw data into consumption patterns across operations.
• Tools and software used for analysis and benchmarking.

Module 5: Finding the Waste – Walkthroughs and Monitoring Equipment

• Physically inspecting HVAC, lighting, compressors and motors for energy loss.
• Documenting inefficiencies during site visits, including interviews with operators.
• Using power meters, thermal imaging and flow meters to confirm what you observe.

Module 6: Modelling Consumption and Mapping Opportunities

• Building simple models to simulate consumption and validating them against real data.
• Mapping savings opportunities across lighting, HVAC and process equipment.
• Reviewing relevant technologies such as variable-speed drives and LED retrofits.

Module 7: Testing Feasibility and Sizing the Savings

• Judging whether a recommendation is practical given existing infrastructure.
• Estimating realistic savings, ROI and payback period for each measure.
• Weighing technical risk against expected benefit.

Module 8: Building the Action Plan and the Financial Case

• Structuring an audit report around prioritised, actionable recommendations.
• Ranking measures by cost-effectiveness and setting implementation timelines.
• Exploring financing routes: grants, incentives and risk-aware budgeting.

Module 9: Rolling Out and Institutionalising Improvements

• Coordinating internal teams and external contractors during implementation.
• Embedding results into a formal energy management system built on ISO 50001.
• Keeping the improvement programme active after go-live.

Module 10: Tracking Results Over Time

• Setting up post-audit monitoring and defining KPIs.
• Reporting performance to stakeholders and regulators.
• Running follow-up audits to catch new savings opportunities.