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Determine Business Goals
Business today has changed and it added a color - green. Not only must you meet your business and production goals, but
global dynamics are forcing you to pursue energy reductions. Many companies can help reduce energy consumption at
their manufacturing facilities when a plan is implemented.
Before you implement the required energy management solution, first identify your overall business goals. The
determining of these business goals is the first step to understand and develop the scope of your energy and power
management strategy to accomplish those goals. Your business goals can include the following:
Energy cost reduction
Operating equipment efficiency
Usage-based cost accounting
Downtime reduction through power quality monitoring
Sustainable production initiatives
Driving energy cost accountability to the energy user
Identifying and justifying energy cost savings projects
Plant Walk-Through
After determining your business goals, conduct a walk-through of your plant or campus. This walk-through helps you to
identify the largest energy consumption uses and events to establish detailed base load energy metrics.
To maximize the efficiency of the walk-through, gather pertinent facility documentation that is available:
Facility one line diagrams for electricity, gas, water, steam, air, and other fuels
Production equipment layout
Electric power-equipment list
Other energy equipment documentation including boilers, air compressors, HVAC equipment, and process
cooling equipment
Energy meters and monitoring equipment
The plant walk-through steps includes the following:
Listing the equipment and processes that consume large amounts of energy
Listing typical time of use or duty cycle
Listing operational or production dependencies
Identifying applications using variable speed drives
Reviewing operation of air compressors, boilers, and chillers
Energy Assessment
The assessment process is a detailed analysis of the data collected during the walk-through. Identifying opportunities for
energy savings and developing the return on investment for these projects is critical. Energy assessments should identify
not only opportunities, but savings, project costs, and payback calculations. Projects should also be categorized as
awareness or behavior changes, minor cost, and capital. This approach helps prioritize the steps in the energy savings
plan.
Rockwell Automation Publication 1400-AT001A-EN-P - September 2018
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