The Energy Services Provider as Corporate Engineer: A Partnership in Developing a Productive, Sustainable Energy Management Program

摘要

Industrial facilities can be large consumers of energy and have significant environmental aspects or impacts. Sustainable management of energy use and the environment is a growing concern for most industrial companies. Effective energy management can lower operating costs, improve profits, and contribute to a company's progress in eco-efficiency and environmental responsibility. It is often difficult for a company to hire or designate the required person or team to focus on developing an effective energy management program. Developing such a program in an industrial environment can require a broad spectrum of experience and expertise.This paper provides an overview of a unique partnership between an industrial firm and an engineering firm that provides energy services. Cook Composites and Polymers Co. (CCP) is a world leader in the production and distribution of gel coat, composite polyester resins, coatings resins, dispersions, and emulsions. CCP operates at 12 locations in the United States. Burns & McDonnell (BMcD) is a large, multi-disciplined engineering firm with design-build and energy services capabilities. The firms have worked in the past on process design, environmental, and construction projects.In this project, a core team of personnel from BMcD energy services group works as a full time equivalent "Corporate Engineer". In this role, the team reviews energy use and costs, develops a utility monitoring and control system, develops energy efficiency projects, and researches systems for control of plans and project documentation. The project leverages the focus and expertise of the core team with the other assets of BMcD. The ultimate goal of this work is for BMcD to assist in developing a Sustainable Energy Management System that can be incorporated into existing CCP Integrated (QSE) Management System structure. The system will conform to the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) outline provided in the ANSI approved standard, ANSI/MSE 2000 Management System for Energy developed by the Energy and Environmental Management Center at Georgia Tech.