ENERGY AUDIT AND ELECTRICAL AUDIT STANDARDS
GUIDELEINES AND STANDARDS
In cooperation with local, state, Federal Regulations and national associations many guidelines and regulations have been written to address both electrical inspections and energy managements programs. At all times the local, state and federal regulations must be meet to insure compliancy with all the organizations. These guidelines are only to be used to help meet the other requirements through an organized auditing process.
Applicable codes, standards and references should be used and some are listed below:
§ National Electrical Code - NEC
§ National Electrical Manufactures Association – NEMA
§ American Society for testing and Materials – ASTM Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
§ National Electrical Testing Association – NETA
§ American National Standards Institute – ANSI
§ State and local ordinances
§ Insulated Power Cable Engineers Associated – IPCEA
§ Association of Edison Illuminating Companies
§ OSHA Part 1910: Subpart S, 1910.308
Other organizations may be involved as well and are listed below
- Occupational Safety and Health Association
- Hawaii Department of labor
- Hawaii Department of Health
- Environmental Protection Agency
Electrical Industry Standards
All electrical inspections shall be conducted by a responsible person and shall utilize all manufactures instruction manuals applicable to each piece of equipment that will be electrical energized. All personnel shall utilize NFPA 70E requirements when working on electrical equipment.
All equipment found defective shall be reported to the proper building manager. The inspector shall maintain a written report of all tests and present a certified final test report. Any equipment found to be defective will be repaired before any final testing is completed that may skew the reporting statistics. The following test guidelines will be followed and the testing report shall include the following:
- Summary of project
- Description of the equipment
- Description of test
- Test results
- Conclusions and Recommendations
- Appendix, including appropriate test forms
- List of test equipment used and calibration dates
Safety and Precautions
Safety practices will be adhered to and not limited to the following requirements:
§ Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 –OSHA
§ Accident Prevention Manual for Industrial Operations, Seventh Edition, National Safety Council, Chapter 4.
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Applicable State and local safety operating procedures
§ NETA Safety/Accident Prevention Program
§ Owner’s Safety practices
§ National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 70E.
All tests shall be performed with the apparatus de-energized except where otherwise specifically required by the nature of the test.
Power circuits shall have conductors shorted to ground by a hot line grounded device approved for the purpose.
All work in all cases shall not proceed until all safety precautions have been investigated and established.
The following programs should be available for each building.
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