energy benchmark Articles
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Kansas City Requires Energy Benchmarking
The City Council of Kansas City, Missouri, passed an Energy Empowerment Ordinance addressing energy use in existing municipal, commercial, and residential buildings. Under the ordinance, building owners will be required to track whole-building energy and water use and report it to the city annually. Participating buildings will be phased in, starting with municipal buildings over 10,000 square ...
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Energy benchmarking of South Australian WWTPs
Optimising the energy consumption and energy generation of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is a topic with increasing importance for water utilities in times of rising energy costs and pressures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Assessing the energy efficiency and energy optimisation of a WWTP are difficult tasks as most plants vary greatly in size, process layout and other ...
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Qualifying Combined Heat and Power (CHP) activity
The EU 2002 draft and 2004 final CHP Directives propose qualifying CHP activity with the quality norm. This norm benchmarks the energy efficiency of CHP plant outputs on external reference power and heat efficiencies. Because the quality norm amalgamates cogeneration and condensing activity its application entails particular perverse effects for high-quality and adapted scale investment in CHP ...
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Benchmarking weather sensitive plant level manufacturing energy use
Energy intensity of manufacturing varies due to the products produced and the efficiency of production. For some sectors a portion of the energy demand is weather sensitive. This paper applies stochastic frontier regression to auto assembly and pharmaceuticals. The effects of production, utilisation and weather on energy are estimated. The differences in efficiency are captured by a one-sided ...
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Changing buyer-supplier relationships: reflections of dynamism and innovation in the automotive industry in India
The opening up of the Indian economy that has occurred since the mid-1980s has forced Indian firms to face external competition. This paper looks at the spectrum of linkages between the two automobile manufacturers Maruti Udyog Limited (a passenger car manufacturer) and Eicher Tractors Limited (a tractor manufacturer) and their suppliers. A discernible shift in the assembler-supplier ...
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Enerit to enable Rome and Milan airports to reduce overall energy usage case study
Enerit have partnered with a number of Europe-wide energy specialists within theCASCADE project for energy efficient airports. CASCADE, led by the prestigious Fraunhofer Institute, Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization, provides a number of technology-based solutions for airports to reduce energy use in systems such as refrigeration, lighting, under-floor heating, ...
By Enerit Ltd
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The new ISO 50001 energy management standard will be out soon
The new international ISO 50001 Standard is expected to accelerate the adoption of energy efficiency practices. A new international ISO standard that benchmarks energy management is about to be released. It has been called ISO 50001, and will establish a framework for industrial plants, commercial facilities or entire organizations to manage energy. According to the International ...
By Vital Energi
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Benchmarking as a strategic policy tool for energy management
In this paper, we analyse to what extent benchmarking is a valuable tool in strategic energy policy analysis. First, the theory on benchmarking is concisely presented, e.g., by discussing the benchmark wheel and the benchmark path. Next, some results of surveys among business firms are presented. To offer a more detailed analysis of the scope and potential of benchmarking, results are presented ...
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Energy consumption modelling and benchmarking in continuous galvanising lines
The pot hardware in continuous galvanising lines is prone to failure and needs to be replaced quite frequently which results in considerable loss of production time and high energy consumption. Galvanizing Energy Profiler and Decision Support Systems (GEPDSS) was developed to consider major energy consuming equipment in a typical hot dip continuous line which tracks the current production and ...
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Criteria to select energy efficiency metrics to measure performance of data centre
The progress and expansion of data centre industry is driven by ever growing business domains, end user applications from consumers and performance improvement limitations. Due to continuous increase in the size and magnitude of these tier level data centres there is a continuous demand for energy consumption and emission of greenhouse gases that has started to limit further performance ...
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Benchmarking: How does your building stack up?
Energy benchmarking can help you better understand your commercial property’s energy use and monitor performance over time. It allows for comparisons among similar building types and helps identify which ones could operate more efficiently. The Environmental Protection Agency and its ENERGY STAR® Program offers a free online tool called Portfolio Manager that allows users to track and ...
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Obama, energy efficiency & accountability
Not once, but twice President Obama mentioned the importance of energy efficiency in his state of the union address January 27. His support for the resource is no surprise; his administration has channeled $20 billion toward energy savings programs. Obama made clear that going into his second year his support will not waver.“I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming ...
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Energy Efficiency Data Insights: How Efficient Is My Building?
A few months ago, DEXMA launched Energy Grader, a free tool that enables you to assess your energy efficiency data to discover potential savings, anywhere and at any time, for free. Energy Grader is a free energy efficiency calculator that shows you how much money you can save on energy and what it means for your company’s bottom line. The resulting report also gives you a benchmark of ...
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ENER-G Procurement Ltd select eSight for their online energy management service
ENER-G Procurement Limited is a leading energy broker providing a comprehensive range of solutions to cost-effectively buy and manage energy, including independent energy and water consultancy, metering and data management, bureau services and energy efficient technologies. They have a broad client base & work with an impressive array of high street & blue chip organisations across the ...
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Why use Dashboards to Implement your Energy Efficiency Plan
Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to take steps to improve your energy consumption but didn't know where to start? Maybe you have already heard of Energy Dashboards? Today, we would like to introduce you to this reporting tool that can provide you with precious information about your energy consumption, in a form that you can understand it easily and use it as a basis for taking ...
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Solvay Specialty Polymers - 8 MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Marietta, Ohio MARKET SECTOR: Chemical CHP GENERATING CAPACITY: 8 MW PRIME MOVER: Solar Taurus 70 gas turbine FUEL: Natural Gas HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT: 150,000 lb/hr HRSG with fresh air firing capability Two 80,000 lb/hr package boilers HEAT RECOVERY RATE: Up to 150,000 lb/hr of 300 psig process steam USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Process heating ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS: ...
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An integrated assessment for wind energy in Lake Michigan coastal counties
The benefits and challenges of onshore and offshore wind energy development were assessed for a four‐county area of coastal Michigan. Economic, social, environmental, and spatial dimensions were considered. The coastal counties have suitable wind resources for energy development which could contribute toward Michigan's ten percent renewable energy standard. Wind energy is cost‐effective with ...
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Case study - Multi-tenant building energy efficiency
Buildings accounted for roughly 40% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2010, according to the United States Energy Information Association. “[New York] City's roughly 1 million buildings cost $15 billion a year to power and heat and account for 80% of the city's greenhouse gas emissions”(1). The proliferation of smart energy devices and building management systems will result in the ...
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From Insight to Action: Maximising Efficiency in Facilities through Energy Management Systems [White Paper]
In this article, we are delighted to introduce our latest guide, focusing on the Facilities Management sector. At Spacewell Energy (Dexma), the foremost provider of technological solutions, we have meticulously crafted this guide with the intention of assisting professionals within the Facilities Management sector. Our objective is to provide you with insights into the current state of the UK ...
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The 5 Coolest Energy Saving Solutions for Supermarkets
For this 2nd instalment of our industry focus series, we’re looking at energy saving solutions for supermarkets. The holidays are upon us, and for grocery store managers, things are already going nutcrackers. Shopping-crazed customers are leaving fridges open, the heat is blasting to keep those holiday shoppers warm, and opening hours are extended… But what if I told you this ...
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