A study of the comparability of energy audit program evaluations

Andersson, Elias; Arfwidsson, Oskar; Bergstrand, Victor; Thollander, Patrik

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.070

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“…In a comparison of the evaluations of five energy audit programmes, mainly targeting SMEs in Australia, Germany, Sweden and USA, Andersson et al [56] concluded that comparison is hampered due to inconsistency in categorisations of both energy efficiency measures and energy end-use data. The lack of guidelines for what performance indicators and free-rider effects to include in an evaluation and how to calculate those also complicates the comparison of programs.…”

Section: Energy Programmementioning

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Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

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Climate change, due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases, is driving policymakers to make decisions to promote more efficient energy use. Improved industrial energy efficiency is said to play a key role in the transition to more carbon-neutral energy systems. In most countries, industrial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 95% or more of the total number of companies. Thus, SMEs, apart from using energy, are a major driver in the economy with regard to innovation, GDP growth, employment, investments, exports, etc. Despite this, research and policy activities related to SMEs have been scarce, calling for contributions in the field. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to critically assess how adequate energy efficiency policy programmes for industrial SMEs could be designed. Results show that scientific publications in the field differ in scope and origin, but a major emphasis of the scientific papers has been on barriers to and drivers for energy efficiency. Scientific contributions from studies of energy policy programmes primarily cover energy audit programmes and show that the major energy efficiency measures from industrial SMEs are found in support processes. The review further reveals an imbalance in geographic scope of the papers within the field, where a vast majority of the papers emanate from Europe, calling for scientific publications from other parts of the world. The study synthesizes the findings into a general method on how to design efficiency programs for the sector.

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“…Based on the results of the energy audit, a cluster of tasks is formed, the solution of which is aimed at energy saving and increasing the efficiency and reliability of the equipment. The electricity quality study is based on the specially developed technique for experimental investigation and analytical calculation of higher harmonics voltage and current in power supply systems [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Experimental and Analytical Study of Highest Harmonic Components of Voltage of Industrial Enterprises

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Proceedings of the VIII Science and Technology Conference “Contemporary Issues of Geology, Geophysics and Geo-Ecology of the No

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During the implementation of energy efficiency policy in the Russian Federation, issues related to the analysis of the electric power quality (QE) in the power supply systems (PSS) of industrial enterprises are of particular importance. Much attention has been paid in recent years to the problem of the electric power quality both in our country and abroad due to significant economic damage caused by deterioration of QE indicators. The improvement of the main indicators is an integral part of the energy and resource saving policy, the role and importance of which are ever increasing as part of the implementation of the country's energy program. In the course of work, comprehensive studies of electric power quality indicators were carried out using modern measuring devices (AR5, PKK-57), their further analysis using software (DELPHI, MathCad, Excel) and criterial evaluation of theoretical and experimental studies. A method of experimental study of the amplitudefrequency characteristics of the higher voltage harmonics in the 6 kV power supply system of OJSC Pobedit and OJSC Electrozink has been developed. Comparison of experimental data on the harmonic components of currents and voltages and the data of analytical calculations in Fourier series have shown good convergence of the results. The results of the study of nonsinusoidal voltage in the power supply systems, according to the developed calculation methods, were introduced into production at the enterprises of non-ferrous metallurgy of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: OJSC Electrozinc (zinc production), OJSC Pobedit (hard-alloy production).

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“…Energy consumption by residential sector will rise by eight times by 2050, therefore it is essential that India develops strategies for efficient consumption of energy in residential sector to balance energy demand [5].…”

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“…The highest rank among all subfactor is Energy Audits (BEA1). Because energy Audits are one of the efficient tools to overcome the energy efficiency gap in buildings, Energy audits can identify the shortcoming in current energy administration system and correct the irregularities [5]. The subfactor Building Automation System (EAW2) is the second top subfactor.…”

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Analyzing Energy Efficiency Factors of Residential Towers using fuzzy AHP: A case from India

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Increasing population, rising cost of energy bills and non-availability of housing land in cities has necessitated the need to build high rise residential towers for living purposes. As these towers are operational throughout the year, the energy consumed for maintenance and operation of such buildings is huge. Attaining building energy efficiency is a significant step towards conserving energy and minimizing the cost of utility bills. To achieve this factors that lead to energy efficient operations and maintenance of the residential towers must be found and prioritized. This research work is one such case study conducted on residential towers in South India, to find the energy efficiency factors in a building and prioritizing them according to their relative importance. The results showed that Building energy administration, energy Audits and Building Automation system are among the top factors that can highly influence the energy consumption pattern in a building. The Analysis is conducted using fuzzy AHP methodology and validated through sensitivity analysis. Further the paper also discusses the results and provides managerial application as a roadmap for energy efficiency in buildings

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A study of the comparability of energy audit program evaluations

Cited by 32 publications

References 18 publications

Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

Experimental and Analytical Study of Highest Harmonic Components of Voltage of Industrial Enterprises

Analyzing Energy Efficiency Factors of Residential Towers using fuzzy AHP: A case from India

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