Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

Johansson, Ida; Mardan, Nawzad; Cornelis, Erwin; Kimura, Osamu; Thollander, Patrik

doi:10.3390/en12071338

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“…Energy audit data also can provide such detailed data, as prior researchers have shown [29][30][31]. Kluczek and Olszewski [32] used energy audit data to analyze the efficiency of factory utility equipment such as compressed air and lighting.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Liao

Chen

2021

Energies

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Since 2014, Taiwan has promoted a 1% annual electricity saving target to promote electrical efficiency efforts. As the industrial sector accounts for approximately 60% of the overall electricity consumption of Taiwan, this sector presents the greatest opportunity for improving Taiwan’s overall energy efficiency. Here, the energy audit data of industrial energy users are analyzed via logistic regression to understand the factors impacting their likelihood of achieving the targeted 1% electricity saving. Of the variables under study, the number of employees and the rank of the energy administrator were significantly correlated with the likelihood of reaching the electricity saving target. Within the management structure of the factory, energy users with higher-ranking energy administrators are more likely to achieve the targeted 1% electricity saving. As it is impractical to rapidly increase the number of employees, higher-ranking employees, i.e., factory executives, should be appointed as energy administrators to improve users’ electrical efficiency and thus reach the targeted 1% annual electricity saving. Based on the findings of our research, we put forward a point of view that in addition to the introduction of new technologies to improve energy efficiency, it can also be achieved through adjustments to the management structure of energy administration.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Liao

Chen

2021

Energies

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“…There are significant gaps between the current and optimum levels of energy efficiency [5]. Many publications have characterized these gaps as neoclassical economics and institutional or behavioural economics summarised in literature, including [6,7,8].…”

Section: Commercial Sector Investment In Energy Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Making Energy Savings by the Engagement of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise on Energy Management

Adams¹,

Gyamfi²,

Amuzuvi³

2021

JEEE

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are crucial in every economy, comprising ninety-nine percent (99%) of enterprises and providing about sixty percent (60%) of employment. They contribute about fifty percent (50%) of global gross value addition and between sixteen percent (16%) to about eighty percent (80%) of gross domestic product (IEA, 2015). Individual SMEs use small amounts of energy, but their collective energy demand is considerable. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates SMEs to consume more than thirteen (13%) of total global energy demand i.e. about 74 exajoules (EJ). Effective energy efficiency measures can save as much as 30% of consumption, namely 22 EJ, which is more than the energy used by Japan and Korea per year (IEA, 2015). Therefore, the increase in energy efficiency offers a substantial value for economies, societies and SMEs. This research looks at how SMEs in the Sunyani Municipality take seriously their energy consumption and how energy management can help reduce energy cost through efficiency improvement and increase profitability and growth of their businesses. The study was designed into two forms. Firstly, the energy use practices of the SMEs were investigated. Secondly, the study applied energy auditing method to identify energy reduction strategies that can help reduce the energy consumption of the SMEs. The results reveal that, majority of energy consumers in SMEs do not pay attention to their energy consumption patterns as indicated by 92% of the respondents interviewed. The increase in energy consumption among SMEs could be attributable to the increase in electricity bills. The energy audit identified energy conservation opportunities that can help reduce energy usage in the various SMEs such as switching from CFL and T12 lamps to LED bulbs, replacing old refrigerators, hair driers and industrial irons with more efficient ones, and replacing worn out equipment with high energy efficient ones. The study recommends the use of public education in a paradigm shift from the use of old appliances to new ones in order to save energy and cost.

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“…The following can be the examples of a target function: a maximum possible reduction of annual energy consumption throughout the company while retaining the fixed amount of production output [94][95][96], reducing the cost of energy supply of the major production machines [97,98], reducing energy costs for supporting processes (heating, ventilation, lighting, etc.) [99], increasing the company's profits by lowering share of energy costs in the cost of production [100,101], accessing new markets through the use of energy efficient technologies [102][103][104], etc. It is clearly necessary to keep in mind a number of constraints like resource allocation, efficiency of projects [105][106][107], etc., beyond the rules of project selection.…”

Section: Mathematical Formulation Of Managing Energy Saving and Energmentioning

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Strategy Context of Decision Making for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems

Melnik

Ermolaev

2020

Energies

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Energy efficiency improvement in industrial companies is an essential prerequisite for the enhancement of their competitive positions in the national and global markets. Yet, the approaches currently employed in respect of the energy management do not fully utilize the innovative potential of energy technologies to achieve strategic goals. One way to further develop energy management is theoretical justification of the use of new approaches based on the suggested concept of the energy saving and energy efficiency processes’ positioning in the system of a company’s management priorities. In this article, we consider the applied use of the developed conceptual approach from the perspective of the energy saving and energy efficiency program development at the company. The main purpose of this paper is to justify the relations between energy management and strategic decision making in industrial companies. The results of the research conducted, firstly, make a certain contribution into the research of strategic multiple benefits of energy efficiency in a company; secondly, they expand understanding of the impact of energy saving and energy efficiency improvement on the achievement of operational, tactical and strategic results of the company’s activities; thirdly, they provide methodological decision support for the development of energy saving and energy efficiency programs taking into account the management and organizational barriers.

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Designing Policies and Programmes for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial SMEs

Cited by 46 publications

References 49 publications

Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Making Energy Savings by the Engagement of Small and Medium-sized Enterprise on Energy Management

Strategy Context of Decision Making for Improved Energy Efficiency in Industrial Energy Systems

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