Energy audits have been conducted for many years, and there is a well-established cohort of service providers trained to perform them in accordance with standards developed by ASHRAE and others. These standards define the process and quality of work that should be achieved for energy performance audits. However, a corresponding level of industry maturity, and an understanding of what should be included, does not yet exist for auditing water performance.
Auditors should adopt this guide as a framework for conducting thorough and consistent commercial-grade water audit. It assumes that those performing these audits will have the necessary background in water management or building water systems to conduct such an audit with minimal training. Training events to support this guide are encouraged; however, those who receive the training should not be beginners to the arena of water management
