Better information for better energy performance: Change how information and users interact to achieve double-digit percentage energy performance improvement

摘要

Most energy performance programs are not sufficiently successful. This is what government agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Star and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and market analysts such as Aberdeen Research and others report. Many manufacturing corporations have focused on mechanical projects, and some have installed additional reports and displays. And yet the common requirement for additional double-digit percentage improvements in energy performance cannot be achieved by implementing more of these activities. But there is hope. Aberdeen Research has shown a strong correlation between good operations performance (high availability, high utilization, and high yield) and good energy performance. UNIDO and Aberdeen Research point to the establishment of an energy culture as a component of success. An energy culture is similar to quality and safety cultures--it is a "new normal" and "how we do things," not just a series of projects at one point in the company's history.