Abstract
The consumption of energy in manufacturing operations is growing in significance and approaches to reduce the resulting environmental impacts are necessary. Whilst companies have focused on reducing energy at a facilities level, research indicates that specific production processes generate significant environmental impact through energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Potential energy savings have been identified in production processes; however the necessary tools are missing. The development of energy performance indicators have been described in theory but there is little evidence of their successful application in practice. This research proposes the application of a normalised co-efficient to view production and energy data and the development of a rolling energy performance co-efficient to provide alerts to ‘out-of-control’ production operations. Implementation of the approach in a large medical devices manufacturing facility has identified significant savings. Key consideration in the development of energy key performance indicators for production operations are described.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 202-210 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | International Journal of Ambient Energy |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Energy efficiency in industry
- Energy management
- Energy performance indicators (EnPIs)
- Key performance indicators (KPIs)