Organizational Strategies

• The top management – Managing Director, Chief Executive, and Chairman – should be committed to the aim of Energy Management, and should point out this obligation to all the staff.

• There should be a definite aim or goal of decrease in energy cost, without intolerance to other significant activities, like production.

• The tasks should be clearly stated, and responsibilities should be clearly allocated to individuals.

• The cost and amount of energy used in the past should be established to give a base-line.

• A thorough survey must be undertaken of all procedures and buildings; this includes a thorough understanding of all the procedures included.

• The energy consumption of all main procedures must be measured, or, when this is not possible, predictable.

• Main energy and cost saving like switching off, good housekeeping, and repair or maintenance of faulty equipment, must be specified and implemented initially.

• The costs and advantages of investment in control of procedures and building services, and in energy – proficient process plant, must be investigated as a prologue to making financial decisions.

• A system of monitoring and representing the energy use – of the separate processes and of the overall plant – must be developed.

• A program of training and motivation of all staff – senior, middle & junior management, operatives, maintenance – at suitable levels, and focusing on each person’s responsibilities and requirements, must be designed and implemented.