Energy accounting

Energy accounting is a system used to measure, analyze and report the energy consumption of different activities on a regular basis. It is done to improve energy efficiency.

Energy management

Thermal energy is the amount of random molecular kinetic energy.

Energy accounting is a system used in energy management systems where measuring and analyzing energy consumption is done to improve energy efficiency within an organization. Organisations such as Intel corporation use these systems to track their energy usage.

Various energy transformations are possible. An energy balance can be used to track energy through a system. This becomes a useful tool for determining resource use and environmental impacts. How much energy is needed at each point in a system and in what form that energy is, can be measured. An accounting system keeps track of energy in, energy out, and non-useful energy versus work done, and transformations within a system. Sometimes, non-useful work is what is often responsible for environmental problems.

Energy balance

Energy return on investment (EROEI) is the ratio of energy delivered by an energy technology to the energy invested to set the technology up.

See also

• Energy management
• Energy management software
• Energy management system
• Energy transformation
• Energy quality
• Energy and Environment
• EROEI

External links

• Accounting: Facility Energy Use
• Energy accounting in the context of environmental accounting

• [1], ENERGY ACCOUNTING: A Key Tool in Managing Energy Costs, 2000
• Accounting: Facility Energy Use (in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology)
• Accounting: Facility Energy Use (in Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology)
• E. Curry, B. Guyon, C. Sheridan, and B. Donnellan, “Developing an Sustainable IT Capability: Lessons From Intel’s Journey,” MIS Quarterly Executive, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 61–74, 2012.
• http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/environ/m3/s3/05account.shtml