Energy Management

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  Sustainable Energy Management

  • Mirjana Radovanovic, Stevan Popov, Sinisa Dodic, Mirjana Radovanović (Golusin)(Authors)
  • 2012(Publication Date)
  • Academic Press

    (Publisher)

  Energy Management is a particularly demanding challenge in all areas, especially in terms of the need to manage energy in a manner required by the modern world, which is not a simple application of the process of management in the field of energy. With the increasing intensity of energy use in the world, there has been a need to develop adequate Energy Management at all levels, where it is necessary to develop mechanisms that will react and adapt the whole process of management, depending on the character and intensity of changes taking place in the environment.

  The process of Energy Management can be seen in an extremely simplified way as a process that takes place from the moment of extraction of energy raw material to its final consumption and disposal of the waste energy. This process takes place in an extremely complex environment, is subject to the impact of numerous factors, and represents certain challenges in countries and regions where very stable conditions prevail and parameter changes are reduced to minimum. A particular problem is power management in the areas where frequent changes occur regarding type and intensity. Moreover, particularly challenging is the attempt to develop a unique model for Energy Management globally.

  With the introduction of the principle of sustainability, as the only principle of the development of mankind in the future, the issues of Energy Management are given a new dimension, which greatly differs from traditional management and imposes the need for the adoption of new solutions. In the most widely accepted context, Energy Management involves the use of a sustainable model of strategic management in the field of monitoring of energy flows in terms of production, transport, transformation, and consumption.

  Given the complexity of Energy Management, it is necessary to use the available approaches and modify them in accordance with the requirements of sustainability. Creating an adequate model of sustainable Energy Management is only possible with the integration of sustainable development requirements, particularities of the energy sector, and the science of strategic management. By integrating these criteria a new interdisciplinary approach to Energy Management has been created that has its own characteristics and is subject to changes depending on many factors. Therefore, it is primarily necessary to give a brief overview of the development of the science of strategy and strategic management in general.

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  Energy Management Handbook

  • Stephan A. Roosa, Steve Doty, Wayne C. Turner(Authors)
  • 2020(Publication Date)
  • River Publishers

    (Publisher)

  C HAPTER 2 E FFECTIVE E NERGY M ANAGEMENT WILLIAM H. MASHBURN, P.E., CEM Professor Emeritus Mechanical Engineering Department Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, Virginia 2.1 INTRODUCTION Some years ago, a newspaper headline stated, “Lower energy use leaves experts pleased but puz -zled.” The article also stated, “Although the data are preliminary, experts are bafed that the country appears to have broken the decades-old link between economic growth and energy consumption.” For those involved in Energy Management, this was not surprising. We have seen organizations, com-panies and governments becoming more efcient in their use of energy, and it’s showing in the data. Those that have extracted all possible savings from downsiz-ing are now looking for other ways to become more competitive. Better Energy Management is viable, so there is an upward trend in the number of companies that are establishing an Energy Management program. Management is now beginning to realize they are leaving money on the table when they fail to instigate good Energy Management plans. With the new technologies and alternative en-ergy sources now available, the U.S. can reduce its energy consumption by 50%—if there were no barriers to the implementation. Of course there are barriers, mostly economic. Therefore, we might conclude that managing energy is not a just technical challenge, but one of how to best implement those technical changes within economic limits, and with a minimum of dis-ruption. Unlike other management fads that have come and gone, such as value analysis and quality circles, the need to manage energy will be permanent within our society. There are several reasons for this: • There is a direct economic return. Many opportuni-ties found in energy surveys often have less than a two-year payback. Some are immediate, such as load shifting or changing to a new electric rate schedule. • Most manufacturing companies are looking for a competitive edge.

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  Outsourcing Energy Management

  Saving Energy and Carbon through Partnering

  • Steven Fawkes(Author)
  • 2017(Publication Date)
  • Routledge

    (Publisher)

  During the 1980s many organisations built capability and capacity in the Energy Management arena and many significant programmes were implemented across the economy with major results. During the 1990s, when competition in the energy supply markets resulted in lower energy prices, much of this capacity was eroded as companies downsized generally and in particular Energy Management specialists moved into energy procurement roles or other areas of activity altogether. Many organisations that previously had centralised Energy Management teams now have no specific organisation and energy is the part-time responsibility of an executive who has many other pressures.

  With increasing energy prices and increasing environmental pressures, there is now a need to rebuild Energy Management capacity within end-user companies, within energy service companies, and increasingly within energy suppliers. In addition Energy Management has grown beyond demand-side measures to include distributed, or embedded, supply side technologies such as CHP, renewables as well as biomass projects. There has also been an expansion into carbon management, which takes a holistic view of an organisation’s carbon emissions including those from transportation.

  This chapter sets out the basic activities that are essential to effective Energy Management and explains the most commonly used enabling tools. Over time, despite changes in available technologies, particularly in the metering and information arena, there has been a tendency for Energy Management to become fossilised. It is generally recognised in all economies there is a large gap between the identified economic potential for energy savings and the implemented potential (Sorrell, 2005). To help address that gap, energy demand management requires refocusing on the objective, that is achievement of the economic potential, and that this best done by a reframing and re-focusing of the Energy Management process. Often energy demand management does not deliver its full potential because one or more of the essential elements of effective energy demand management are not present or are diluted. This section presents a model of Energy Management that works to deliver maximum benefits and has been well proven in many different types of organisation.

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  Integrated Green Energy Solutions, Volume 2

  • Milind Shrinivas Dangate, W. S. Sampath, O. V. Gnana Swathika, P. Sanjeevikumar, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban(Authors)
  • 2023(Publication Date)
  • Wiley-Scrivener

    (Publisher)

  Most important is the selection of Energy Management managers, who can President VP VP Energy Manager Energy Manager Energy Manager Energy Manager Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Coordinator Employees Figure 25.4.A [6] Energy Management program. 62 Integrated Green Energy Solutions Volume 2 secure this reinforcement among all others. [6] Whoever is selected for this managing designation must understand the vision and mission of what managing energy can do for the organisation. [6] There is an excellent motivation for energy managers to be energy engineers and endeavour to perform the whole effort alone. [6] As the block diagram shows, the various administrative and educational authorities, duties, audits, strategies, reporting and organisational work are to be handed over to the designated managers. [6] 25.8 Centralize Control of Process and Facility Plants In the Power management control system, the centralized management plants should be installed so other networks will directly or indirectly connect to the junction point. [7] In this centralized control model, single equipment is designed to control, and it has a responsibility to manage other equipment to control it in a centralized way. This model can be exe- cuted in a similar way for all the processes. [7] 25.8.1 Centralized and Decentralized Waste Water Management In highly populated areas of industrialised countries, the classic wastewa- ter management approach has been successfully utilised for decades. [23] Policy Audit Plan Educational Plan Strategy Plan Reporting Plan Figure 25.4.B [6] Flow chart: Energy Management program. Energy Management Strategy for Control and Planning 63 The issue is the expense of installing a centralised system [23]. However, there is disagreement over the level of technological sophistication that should be used.

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  Spaces of International Economy and Management

  Launching New Perspectives on Management and Geography

  • R. D Schlunze, N. O Agola, W. W Baber, R. D Schlunze, N. O Agola, W. W Baber(Authors)
  • 2011(Publication Date)
  • Palgrave Macmillan

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  Part I Defining Management Geography 1 Spaces of International Economy and Management: Launching New Perspectives on Management and Geography Rolf D. Schlunze, Michael Plattner, William W. Baber, and Nathaniel O. Agola SIEM (Spaces of International Economy and Management) is an innovative, international, and multidisciplinary research group created in 2007. SIEM meetings and presentations have been conducted at the Association of Japanese Geographers (AJG) and the Global Conference on Economic Geography (GCEG) to promote understanding of new spaces of global busi- ness and to build a community representing a wide spectrum of perspec- tives regarding management geography. The community of those interested in what we call "management geography" has grown to 250 members. Organizing the first international symposium, we called for speakers from the science of management geography to present fresh ideas and research results in the spirit of building cross-disciplinary cooperation and to create a breakthrough event displaying all contributions to the discipline of man- agement geography. This book is a collection of selected and revised papers that were presented at the international conference held in March 2010 at Ritsumeikan University, Japan. Recent leaders in economic geography such as Nigel Thrift (2000), Henry Yeung (2010), and Andrew Jones (2007) and management scientists like Tetsuo Abo (2004) and Michael Peng (2009) have presented significant work in the emerging field of management geography and provided potential leads to a new avenue of geographic studies. Their work focuses on international managers and entrepreneurs. An actor-centered perspective What contributes to the success or failure of managers? How can managers best adjust to different business environments? Can we observe any pat- terns that could guide an adjustment strategy of foreign managers charged with succeeding in their firm's business abroad? 3

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