an analysis of the trends in energy conservation studies iac program nithya sundararajan thesis submitted to college engineering and mineral resources at west virginia university partial fulfillment requirements for degree master science industrial b gopalakrishnan ph d chair ralph plummer caulton irwin department management systems morgantown 1999 keywords audits oipea sic assessment recommendation ii acknowledgements i would like thank my research advisor dr his constant encouragement guidance express gratitude whose inputs feedback have been very useful also appreciation staff iii contents table list figures ix tables xi abbreviations xiii chapter 1 introduction need 2 potential 3 4 auditing 5 center 7 6 databases