Industrial energy management - Time shared energy manager programme

摘要

Small and midsized manufacturing industries lacks the resources to maintain a full time energy manager so the energy management functions and responsibilities are left mostly to the plant manager. The plant manager already loaded with numerous responsibilities can hardly devote time and attention to the energy management function. In many cases it lacks the skills to carry out such function. At best it hires an energy service company to identify and implement one or two energy reduction measures. This approach does not lead to a sustainable energy reduction for the plant. A qualified and experienced energy manager can offer energy management service to a number of small and midsized industries on an ongoing basis. The service can be affordable to the small and midsized energy consumers as the total service cost is shared between different companies. This paper provides the rationale for implementing such a program and highlights the role of the energy manager.