Overview

Energy efficiency is one of the ‘hot’ topics of the 21st century and manufacturing processors around the world are trying to come to terms with it.

The possible savings from good energy management are in the range of 30% of current energy expenditures for most processors. In extreme cases, energy savings of up to 50% have been identified with little difficulty.

The measures identified are a mix of short-term rapid payback actions (payback of less than 6 months) and longer-term payback actions (payback of around 18 months).

This course is designed to help set your organisation on the path of reduced energy costs.

Training objectives

This course will help you:

• Appreciate the costs and the wider significance of energy consumption
• Give you an idea as to the practical ways in which you can reduce consumption
• Help you create action plans for immediate implementation at the appropriate levels: general management, monitoring and targeting, services and site, operations

Effective development and implementation of the plans on which you will start working in this course will save your organisation a significant amount of money as well as creating wider benefits for both the organisation and the environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for senior managers and those working in HSE and manufacturing services roles, but is also suitable for anyone working in manufacturing.

Format

An interactive one-day programme which includes a practical session.

Special features

For maximum return on investment, we suggest that the trainer perform a site survey in advance of the training taking place.

The expert trainer

To be announced.

Course outline

Note: this is a generic outline, based on the trainer’s open course. When run on an in-house basis, the programme is completely tailored to the client’s specific requirements.

1 Introduction: corporate and legal context
(jointly with HSE manager)

2 Management issues

• Exercise: Creating the Energy Inefficient Organisation
• The rising importance of energy costs
• The drivers
• What can we save?
• How valuable are these savings?
• The Carbon Footprint
• The costs and efforts
• The vital questions
• The management actions
• Key tips for management
• Energy, financial and technical management – where are we now?
• Awareness and information – where are we now?
• Action plan for general management

3 Monitoring and targeting

• The basic data
• Reading the PCL
• Assessing current performance
• Assessing past performance
• Budgeting
• Performance characteristic lines
• Reporting
• Integrating energy into the accounts
• Targeting and controlling – where are we now?
• Action plan for monitoring and targeting

4 Services and site

• The total costs
• Power supply and motors
• Compressed air
• Chilled and cooling water
• Materials
• Lighting
• Key tips for services
• Action plan for services and site
• Exercise: Variable Frequency Drives

5 Operations

• Initial machine setting
• Start-up, standby & shut-down
• Setting sheets
• Key tips for operations
• Action plan for operations

6 Practical session

• The energy walk-around