Basic Laboratory Energy Audit Checklist

Lab: Date:
Lab Manager: Phone #:
Email:

Please send completed forms to: Moe Tabrizi

And make an appointment Energy Conservation Officer
For Lab audit 453 UCB
(303)492-1425
tabrizi@colorado.edu
Contact Facilities Management Center to report problems or request repair, Phone# 2-5522 .

Labs are 5-10 times more energy intense than office buildings.
Pre-Audit Data
1) Review Building energy usage data at website. What is trend, why?
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2) Lab operating hours from to .

3) List major energy consuming equipment / functions in your Lab.

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Lab Equipment

Item Check Point Description Yes No N/A Corrective Action Request / Comments / Add’l
Info

1 Are PC monitors shut off and

on sleep mode at the end of the
work day?
2 Are fax and copying machines Location
shut off and on sleep mode at
the end of the work day?
3 Where possible consolidate
Freezers, Refrigerators, Ice
Makers usage & Turnoff
unused ones.

4 Lab Equipment is turned off/

Power managed when not in
use?
5 Hot Plates, Burners, Heat
Lamps, Ovens and incubators
are on only when needed?
6 Compressed Air conservation:
Only used when needed-
Report Leaks/ Fix Leaks

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Lighting
Item Check Point Description Yes No N/A Corrective Action Request / Comments / Add’l Info

7 Areas to change incandescent Location Type

lights to fluorescent lights Qty

8 Exit signs, upgrade to LED Location

type(signs made up group of Qty
small lights like PC or phone
lights)
9 Install local switches , more Location
control for very large area &
lights
10 Delamp/deactivate extra lights Location
& fixtures Qty

11 Is lighting on after hours &

weekend used only when
needed?
12 What percentage of lights is
being shut off during after
hours/weekends?
13 What do you hear most often
regarding lights in this
building?
14 Do you need additional light Location
switch stickers to remind Qty
people to turn off lights when
not in use?

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Ventilation / Heating / Cooling

Item Check Point Description Yes No N/A Corrective Action Request / Comments / Add’l Info

15 If heating/cooling/ventilation
control is accomplished from
central computer, does the
computer schedule match
your Lab occupancy?
16 Are heating thermostat set
points set to maintain 70°F
or lower, and Air
Conditioning 73°F-75°F
17 Are there many fans or Type Location
portable electric space
heaters used by Lab
occupants?
18 Are steam and hot water Location
piping insulated? (Pipes are
warm/hot to Touch).
19 What do you hear most often
regarding this Lab
heating/cooling & comfort?
20 Do you have very large
(>1HP) fans or motors
operating in this Lab?
21 Are Fume Hoods/ Biological
Safety cabinets sash being
closed when not in use?
22 Location of Fume Hood/ and
BSC in relation to Supply Air
Diffuser?
23 Nominate Frequently used
old Fume hoods/BSC
without variable air volume
feature for Future Upgrade
consideration?
24 Fume Hoods in need of
reminder label to close sash
when not in use?
25 Minimize storage of
equipment and chemicals in
Hoods. Use Storage
Cabinets

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Building Envelope

Item Check Point Description Yes No N/A Corrective Action Request / Comments / Add’l
Info

26 Are doors/windows kept closed

during heating and cooling
season?
27 Is weather stripping found to be
adequate around windows/
doors? (reduce air leak)
28 Are windows in need of solar
film to reduce/block the sun?

29 Lab walls too hot/cold candidate Location

for insulation
30 General Comments

Water

Item Check Point Description Yes No N/A Corrective Action Request / Comments / Add’l
Info
31 Nominate water aspirators for Location Qty
Future Replacement
Consideration with Vacuum
Pumps
32 Is Domestic hot water at lowest
possible setting (105°F-110°F)
for general purposes?
33 Are there any leaking faucets? Location

34 All faucet use low flow

(2.0 gpm)

35 Are there equipment using one

pass (pass-through) water
cooling?

36 Water is turned off when

equipment not in use?
37 Lab Equipment possibly
candidate for water
conservation by connecting to
process chilled water?
38 Lab Equipment possibly
candidate for water
conservation by installing
temperature and flow
regulators?

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Miscellaneous

Item Check Point Description Yes No N/A Corrective Action Request / Comments / Add’l
Info

39 Do you receive utility usage and

cost reports for your building?
Conservation Website, click on
your building
www.colorado.edu/conservation
40 Are energy awareness
materials displayed throughout
the Lab?

41 Is there other major energy

usage, issues in your building
not covered in this audit?

42 Is Energy/Water conservation
Training part of Lab Equipment
user Training?

• Please send completed form to Moe Tabrizi- 453- UCB

• Report problems/requests for repair to service center : 2- 5522
• For tips, news and energy usage in your building go to
Website: www.colorado.edu/conservation

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Summary and Action Item

Issue Action Owner

Lighting

Ventilation/
Heating/
Cooling

Building
Envelope

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Issue Action Owner

Water

Lab
Equipment

Misc.

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