Reference no: EM13342671

You are professional management accountants and have been asked by UTS management to prepare a cost benefit analysis (feasibility study) on an energy efficiency project will help UTS achieve energy reduction objectives. Your report is to be addressed to the client: UTS Green, as specified below. This project is based on a real set of options being considered by UTS, and UTS may implement recommendations suggested by your team.

The outcome from this assignment is a cost benefit analysis, including NPV calculations, for one project. The data you provide will need to be sufficiently detailed and sourced so that UTS management could make a decision to accept or reject the project. If accepted, a more detailed study would be conducted by UTS, including the preparation of tender documents as per UTS procurement and other policies.

Your report must focus on one of the following projects:
a. Project A: Identify and compare alternative renewable energy options for Building 5, such as the instillation of wind turbines and / or solar panels.
b. Project B: Upgrade of glass (exterior) for Building 10 to reduce heat gain and loss from the envelope of the building.
c. Project C: Evaluate where to install flexible sub-metering and control systems (Plugwise system).

Each off the above projects is based on ideas for projects where there is significant information available in the form of technical guides, case studies, and from suppliers of technology. A quick Google search will furnish you with examples and different options.

You may extrapolate from these sources in your report, providing they are reasonable sources of data and referenced appropriately.

We expect you to first investigate how the project technology operates in order for you to identify the divers and potential for cost savings. You will need to justify and support the different sections of your report with both academic as well as practitioner based literature references.