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Golden Practices in Industrial Energy Management – Executive Summary of Energy Pathfinder Research Initiative report by CME
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Golden Practices in Industrial Energy Management – Executive Summary of Energy Pathfinder Research Initiative report by CME

Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education

5 04, 2018

Golden Practices in Industrial Energy Management – Executive Summary of Energy Pathfinder Research Initiative report by CME

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:19-04:00April 5th, 2018|Categories: Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education|Tags: baking, best practices in energy management, energy efficiency, energy management, industrial energy management, meat processing, Plastic injection moulding|0 Comments

If you seek a list of low cost energy efficiency improvements in process energy management in manufacturing, then this post is for you. This post summarizes best practices for process energy management in selected industries as identified by Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) through an Energy Pathfinder Research Initiative. The goal of this project was to identify [...]

How to spot a lie in energy saving report
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How to spot a lie in energy saving report

Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education

6 03, 2018

How to spot a lie in energy saving report

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:19-04:00March 6th, 2018|Categories: Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education|Tags: energy savings, industrial energy management, M&V|0 Comments

Managers and executives can benefit immensely from clarity about energy consumption and savings, as well as risk costly mistakes from its absence. Despite loud claims, most M&V systems create more confusion and delusion, than clarity. Here are recommendations on what to watch for in an M&V reports and software to avoid making costly investment mistakes. [...]

Which has to come first: Energy metering or Energy Audit?
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Which has to come first: Energy metering or Energy Audit?

Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education

22 02, 2018

Which has to come first: Energy metering or Energy Audit?

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:19-04:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education|Tags: EMIS, energy audit, energy management, industrial energy management|2 Comments

Energy audit requires metered data. At least if client expects results that can be presented in the boardroom, not just general considerations. On the other hand, installation of meters takes time and money. On the third hand, if I had one, incentives on installation of meters are only available within M&T framework, which can logically [...]

What is kWh worth at your plant?
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What is kWh worth at your plant?

Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education, Profitability

8 02, 2018

What is kWh worth at your plant?

By Anatoli Naoumov|2018-02-09T12:50:43-04:00February 8th, 2018|Categories: Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education, Profitability|Tags: cost of electricity, cost of energy, energy management, global adjustment, industrial energy management, peak demand|0 Comments

A trivial question, which does not have a simple answer without the context. Consider a plant that in the last month used 1,000,000 kWh to produce 10,000 units and paid $15,000 for electricity. Does kWh cost $0.15? Is energy cost per unit $1.5? Yes, No and Maybe. Cost or value of a kWh depends on [...]

How can an energy manager travel in time and space to impress CFO?
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How can an energy manager travel in time and space to impress CFO?

Business value, Energy management, Profitability

31 10, 2017

How can an energy manager travel in time and space to impress CFO?

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:20-04:00October 31st, 2017|Categories: Business value, Energy management, Profitability|Tags: business value, energy manager, industrial energy management|1 Comment

Which energy manager does CFO know by first name? Hands-on? Watchful? Strategic? A Hands-On energy manager walks the floor daily to personally check consumption of every machine. He is in one place at a time. A Watchful energy manager installs meters to check real-time energy performance. He monitors several machines at the same time. A [...]

How to separate honest energy efficiency vendors from snake oil salesmen?
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How to separate honest energy efficiency vendors from snake oil salesmen?

Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management education, Profitability

16 05, 2017

How to separate honest energy efficiency vendors from snake oil salesmen?

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:20-04:00May 16th, 2017|Categories: Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management education, Profitability|Tags: energy efficiency, industrial energy management, validation of efficiency projects|0 Comments

If you are a plant manager I bet that scores of energy efficiency vendors call and email you daily. All of them want to sell their hardware and most promise extreme profitability. Will you choose a project based on salesman promise alone? If you want to quickly navigate the sea of energy efficiency offers without [...]

Due credit often misses good energy managers, but not the smart ones
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Due credit often misses good energy managers, but not the smart ones

business case, Business value, Energy management, Profitability

9 03, 2017

Due credit often misses good energy managers, but not the smart ones

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:20-04:00March 9th, 2017|Categories: business case, Business value, Energy management, Profitability|Tags: energy in refrigeration, energy management, energy manager, industrial energy management|0 Comments

Proper analysis brings energy heroes front and center. Can this be you? The graph shows results of statistical analysis of electricity consumption at a frozen food warehouse performed in accordance with recommendation of International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). Blue dotted line represents a cumulative sum of differences between actual and predicted consumption. Difference [...]

Procurement cannot buy electricity, natural gas and water
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Procurement cannot buy electricity, natural gas and water

Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Profitability

10 02, 2017

Procurement cannot buy electricity, natural gas and water

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:20-04:00February 10th, 2017|Categories: Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Profitability|Tags: industrial energy management, utility cost|1 Comment

Procurement department can buy materials, machines and office supplies, but cannot buy electricity, natural gas and water. Just can't. Does not have sufficient decision-making authority. Neither does CFO. Nor even President. Utilities are bought by a person who flips the switch or turns the valve, not by procurement or CFO or President. Procurement contract [...]

6 Steps to effective Energy Management in manufacturing
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6 Steps to effective Energy Management in manufacturing

Business value, Energy management, Energy management education

11 01, 2017

6 Steps to effective Energy Management in manufacturing

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:21-04:00January 11th, 2017|Categories: Business value, Energy management, Energy management education|Tags: energy cost reduction, energy efficiency, industrial energy management|0 Comments

In Energy Management the key word is management, not energy. So, all rules of management apply. Rule #1: it all starts from the top. This rules determines everything. 1. Effective Energy Management must have a C-level champion Practically speaking, if none of the top guns cares about energy management or at least energy efficiency, nothing [...]

Wrong energy metrics can damage quality
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Wrong energy metrics can damage quality

Baking, Business value, Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education

10 06, 2016

Wrong energy metrics can damage quality

By Anatoli Naoumov|2020-06-03T10:33:21-04:00June 10th, 2016|Categories: Baking, Business value, Energy Efficiency Tips, Energy management, Energy management education|Tags: energy measurement, energy monitoring, industrial energy management|0 Comments

Simple energy metrics can be useless or worse Our client, an industrial bakery, monitored natural gas burned in the oven in m3 per kg of shipped bread. A fair metric, right? Just read the meter, take production report, divide consumption by production - done. They have got nowhere with this metric when it came to [...]

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