Finance and Accounting for Energy Engineers

Download or read book Finance and Accounting for Energy Engineers written by S. Bobby Rauf and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding finance and accounting principles is important in interfacing and conducting business with accountants, financial analysts, and members of upper management. In a relatively simple and easy-to-understand manner, this book familiarizes professionals with decision making skills founded on financial calculations and quantitative analysis. It covers finance and accounting ratios and other metrics; income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, and working capital concepts; inventory concepts; life cycle, period, direct, and indirect costs; and energy performance contracting. Each chapter concludes with a list of questions or problems for self-assessment and knowledge affirmation purposes. Answers to the questions are at the back of the book.