Energy Management & Audits

By

Imran Mitchell

Effect of High Energy Cost on

ProfitabilityIn many companies energy cost account for up to 30 % of their

operation cost.

1. J.P.S (Electrical Bill)

2. Fuel Charge (Diesel, LPG and other fuel source)

This often reduces the competitiveness of the business

What can be done to help reduce how much we spend on energy ?

Energy Management Program

Definition

• Energy management is the discipline and measures executed to achieve the minimum possible energy use and cost while meeting the true needs of the activities occurring within a facility.

• Actions intended to achieve this energy efficiency focus on reducing necessary end-use, increasing efficiency, reducing wasted energy, and finding superior energy alternatives.Read more:

Plant assessment

• A critical part of an energy management program

– Looks for opportunities to improve the bottom line of a company

– Without assessments, an energy management program would have difficulty identifying energy savings and would fail to show improvement

Energy management• Can be:

– Informal

– Decentralized, not centrally coordinated or managed

– Project-oriented

– Ongoing Process

• Many companies:Miss important savings opportunities because they lack

the means for addressing energy use across the business

Effective energy management

• How to Have a effective Energy Management Program:

1. A top-down commitment to energy management

2. A commitment to continuous improvement

3. Embraced an approach that integrates energy management across all

aspects of the business

4. Management systems in place

5. A system to regularly assess and track energy performance

6. Set measurable performance goals

7. An effective reward system for energy performance

8. An empowered energy staff

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Make the Commitment:

Management and business

owner/s have to be serious

about energy usage reduction,

they must be willing to provide

the resource needed for the

success of the Project

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Assess Performance & Set Goals:

If you don’t have a target that you

are trying to meet you will not

know if the project is successful or

not.

Create and Action Plan:

The action plan will come

from the audit that is

conducted at your facility

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Implement Action Plan

You will not realize any savings

by just conducting an energy

audit. The recommendations that

are made must be executed

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Evaluate Progress

Tracking of the results from the

actions/ recommendations that

were implemented is

absolutely necessary. This will

inform you at to your success

or failure rate.

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Recognize Achievement:

It is good to celebrate the

successes that arise from

the project.

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Energy Audit Definition

• An energy audit is a systematic study or survey to identify how energy is being used in a building or plant. It also identify energy saving opportunities

Inputs and Outputs of a Energy Audit

Energy Audit

• Plant Description

•Utility Supply data

e.g. electricity, fuel

and steam

•Energy Consuming

systems

•Overall picture of plant

energy use

•Summary of energy cost

•Areas of energy

inefficiency

•Energy Cost reduction

potential

Stages of a Energy Audit

Gather

Preliminary

Data

Conduct

Plant Visit

Analyze the

report and

results

Follow up

Train Staff

Stages of a Energy Audit

Gather Preliminary Data

• This can be in the form of a simple walk through

of the facility

• Historical usage data is also gathered during this

process

• It set the stage for a detail audit

Plant Visit/ Detail Audit

• Detail evaluation of Energy use patterns

• Review of Equipment operation characteristics

• Will provide technical solutions and economic

analysis

• A priority listing of energy saving

recommendations

• Report generation

• The data that is collected from the detailed audit must be reviewed and recommendations made

• Report generation

• After the recommendation have being implemented then a follow up is necessary to evaluate ho effective the

recommendation were

Analyze the report and results and Follow up

Clients Responsibilities

1. Must provide the auditors with the relevant data that will be requested. E.g. Monthly JPS bills

2. Have a person who is familiar with the daily operations to accompany the auditors

3. If equipment is left at the premises for the purpose of data collection the client is responsible for those equipment until retrieved by the auditor

4. The client must be willing to invest in implementation the recommendations