Sustainable Savings: MANAGE ENERGY FOR ENTERPRISE-WIDE VALUE

摘要

Manufacturers are finding immediate and longer-term cost reductions by applying a sustainable approach to managing energy and generating significant profits. The goal: reduce costs by 10% to 20% this year and sustain those savings for the foreseeable future. Given this challenge, where would you start looking to cut costs in your manufacturing operation - labour, materials, supplies or overhead? These may be the usual places to begin the search, but managing energy use is where manufacturers are finding both immediate and long-term cost reductions that have a major impact on profitability and business value. Management teams have typically reviewed utility bills or conducted one-off projects such as upgrading equipment, reducing carbon emissions or retrofitting lighting. Sometimes outcomes were disappointing, with mediocre savings and diminishing long-term returns. Today there is more information, new tools and proven methods that make sustainable energy management a significant profit generator.