Investments in energy efficiency not only result in a reduction of energy consumption —the energy benefit— but they also entail non-energy benefits such as improved product quality, reduced production time or improved comfort in sales area. Non-energy benefits significantly improve the business case of energy-efficiency investments in the business sector by raising their strategic character.
Within this context, the aim of this webinar is to discuss a methodology to describe and analyze the industrial non-energy benefits of energy efficiency. Linking energy, operational, strategic and financial aspects, this new conceptual framework enables to move away from the common view of energy as a commodity (where the only goal is to save kilowatt-hours) to adopt a new perspective on energy and energy services as strategic value for businesses.
This methodology will be further developed and documented by Task 26 Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency, a project of IEA Demand Side Management Energy Efficiency Technology Collaboration Program, in close collaboration with practitioners, academic researchers and public programmers. People or Institutions interested by Task 26 are most welcome to contact me.
Multiple benefits will also be discussed in-depth with a panel at this year’s IEPPEC June 7-9 Amsterdam.
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In November 2014, the G20 countries representing 80% of the World GDP, the World Energy Consumption and GHG emisions, launched the G20 Energy Efficiency Action Plan.
The Action Plan comprises a series of 6 concrete international collaboration on EE in buildings, networked devices, industry, power sector, transport and finance. In 2016 under the Chinese G20 Presidency, the collaboration on energy efficiency is being consolidated.
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The seminar presented new insights including the scale of the energy efficiency opportunity; the costs and benefits of 2020 target achievement; and policy options based on a new analysis of investor behaviour and decision-making.
The launch of the report was accompanied by presentations from exemplar projects from the SEAI energy efficiency programmes and a panel discussion exploring how we might accelerate the pace of retrofit in Ireland. New insights into the attitudes of investors was presented and the multiple benefits of energy efficiency explored.
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Investments in energy efficiency not only result in a reduction of energy consumption —the ener-gy benefit— but they also entail non-energy benefits such as improved product quality, reduced production time or improved comfort in sales area. Non-energy benefits significantly improve the business case of energy-efficiency investments in the business sector by raising their strategic character.
Within this context, the aim of this webinar is to discuss a methodology to describe and analyze the industrial non-energy benefits of energy efficiency. Linking energy, operational, strategic and fi-nancial aspects, this new conceptual framework enables to move away from the common view of energy as a commodity (where the only goal is to save kilowatt-hours) to adopt a new perspective on energy and energy services as strategic value for businesses.
This methodology will be further developed and documented by Task 26 Multiple Benefits of Ener-gy Efficiency, a project of IEA Demand Side Management Energy Efficiency Technology Collabora-tion Program, in close collaboration with practitioners, academic researchers and public program-mers. People or Institutions interested by Task 26 are most welcome to contact me.
Multiple benefits will also be discussed in-depth with a panel at this year’s IEPPEC June 7-9 Am-sterdam.
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This webinar will therefore challenge Joule’s original hypothesis of the “finance gap” against real market experience post launch of the eQuad platform.
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The webinar will review results from academic evaluations of energy efficiency and climate mitigation policies that have targeted energy-intensive industry on EU and Member State level. The EU emissions trading system, by some portrayed as Europe´s flagship policy to tackle climate change, has had little effect in triggering innovative low-carbon solutions. Other policy approaches taken by Member States have centred on site-level energy management practices linked with national incentives and obligations that stimulates industrial energy efficiency as a strategy aiming at multiple objectives. Remarks are also made about policy design and the role of evaluation to foster policy improvements.
Suggested reading: Stenqvist, C. (2013). Industrial energy efficiency improvement - the role of policy and evaluation. Doctoral dissertation. Lund: Lund University.
Speakers for this webinar: Christian Stenqvist
Energy Efficiency: A strategy at the heart of the G20Leonardo ENERGY
In November 2014, the G20 countries representing 80% of the World GDP, the World Energy Consumption and GHG emisions, launched the G20 Energy Efficiency Action Plan.
The Action Plan comprises a series of 6 concrete international collaboration on EE in buildings, networked devices, industry, power sector, transport and finance. In 2016 under the Chinese G20 Presidency, the collaboration on energy efficiency is being consolidated.
The Webinar will explain the latest achievements of the G20 Collaboration on energy efficiency. Each work stream generate outcomes, recommendations, principles that G20 Countries are invited to adopt.
Are you interested in energy-saving supports for small and medium enterprises?
In this short webinar you will find out how we can help your business save energy, money, and decarbonise.
Our business team at SEAI will take you through educational supports, energy audit vouchers, electric vehicle grants, and more.
Presentation by Marcella Maher Keogh on Better Energy communities at the launch of the Unlocking the energy Efficiency Opportunity report 2015.
The seminar presented new insights including the scale of the energy efficiency opportunity; the costs and benefits of 2020 target achievement; and policy options based on a new analysis of investor behaviour and decision-making.
The launch of the report was accompanied by presentations from exemplar projects from the SEAI energy efficiency programmes and a panel discussion exploring how we might accelerate the pace of retrofit in Ireland. New insights into the attitudes of investors was presented and the multiple benefits of energy efficiency explored.
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Investments in energy efficiency not only result in a reduction of energy consumption —the ener-gy benefit— but they also entail non-energy benefits such as improved product quality, reduced production time or improved comfort in sales area. Non-energy benefits significantly improve the business case of energy-efficiency investments in the business sector by raising their strategic character.
Within this context, the aim of this webinar is to discuss a methodology to describe and analyze the industrial non-energy benefits of energy efficiency. Linking energy, operational, strategic and fi-nancial aspects, this new conceptual framework enables to move away from the common view of energy as a commodity (where the only goal is to save kilowatt-hours) to adopt a new perspective on energy and energy services as strategic value for businesses.
This methodology will be further developed and documented by Task 26 Multiple Benefits of Ener-gy Efficiency, a project of IEA Demand Side Management Energy Efficiency Technology Collabora-tion Program, in close collaboration with practitioners, academic researchers and public program-mers. People or Institutions interested by Task 26 are most welcome to contact me.
Multiple benefits will also be discussed in-depth with a panel at this year’s IEPPEC June 7-9 Am-sterdam.
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Developed under SEAF H2020 (Sustainable Energy Asset Framework), a European Commission funded project led by Joule Assets Europe that ran from 2016 to 2018, eQuad is a holistic online platform and set of services created to bridge the gap between Sustainable Energy Asset (SEA) projects and financiers, catalysing market growth in Europe. Since its commercial launch in May 2018, over €160 million of SEA projects from 5 countries have been submitted to eQuad. Joule has now gone through multiple cycles of processing projects and matching them to investors.
This webinar will therefore challenge Joule’s original hypothesis of the “finance gap” against real market experience post launch of the eQuad platform.
Energy-intensive industries – energy efficiency policies and evaluationsLeonardo ENERGY
The webinar will review results from academic evaluations of energy efficiency and climate mitigation policies that have targeted energy-intensive industry on EU and Member State level. The EU emissions trading system, by some portrayed as Europe´s flagship policy to tackle climate change, has had little effect in triggering innovative low-carbon solutions. Other policy approaches taken by Member States have centred on site-level energy management practices linked with national incentives and obligations that stimulates industrial energy efficiency as a strategy aiming at multiple objectives. Remarks are also made about policy design and the role of evaluation to foster policy improvements.
Suggested reading: Stenqvist, C. (2013). Industrial energy efficiency improvement - the role of policy and evaluation. Doctoral dissertation. Lund: Lund University.
Speakers for this webinar: Christian Stenqvist
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OVERVIEW & CHALLENGES OF LOGISTICS INDUSTRY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY INLOGISTICS INDUSTRY –
AREAS OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT & APPROACHES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT LOGISTICS
DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS & THE WAY FORWARD
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Retrofitting the building stock is a challenging undertaking in many respects - including costs. Can it nevertheless qualify as a measure under the Energy Efficiency First principle? Which methods can be applied for the assessment and what are the results in terms of the cost-effectiveness of retrofitting the entire residential building stock? How do the results differ for minimization of energy use, CO2 emissions and costs? And which policy conclusions can be drawn?
This presentation was used during the 18th webinar in the Odyssee-Mure on Energy Efficiency Academy on February 3, 2022.
A link to the recording: https://youtu.be/4pw_9hpA_64
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Energy efficiency is sometimes called "the greatest market failure of all times" - it makes so much sense, is imperative to achieve the energy transition affordably, and yet it remains difficult to achieve the energy efficiency potential that technological and policy innovations promise to deliver. Is this because our technological and policy advances fail to reach all energy users in the same way? We believe that there is a significant percentage of the human population who can be regarded as “hard-to-reach (HTR) energy users”. These are the people policymakers, utility programme managers and research experts often struggle to engage with when designing and rolling out technological and behavioural interventions. Their barriers and needs are different to those "lower hanging fruit" energy users we understand well. This HTR audience segment becomes even larger once we expand from hard-to-reach individuals and groups in the residential, to those in the non-residential, particularly the commercial sector – especially if we look across all fuels and energy services, including mobility. This, potentially very large energy user segment is the focus of this new research collaboration and we present our first findings in this webinar.
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What is the added value of monitoring the flexibility, comfort, and well-being of a building? How can occupants be better informed about the performance of their building? And how to optimize a building's maintenance?
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Link to the recordings: https://youtu.be/ZCFhmldvRA0
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The National Insulation Association of Ireland (NIAI) will host a seminar during the SEAI Energy Show (RDS, 30-31 March 2022) on the importance of deep retrofit and how a fabric first approach incorporation insulation is essential to realise Ireland's energy and carbon reduction targets. Other key factors that are an essential part of the overall package, such as airtightness and new technologies, will also be discussed.
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CMD 2013: Continued demand for pulp - new possibilities in energyValmet Oyj
Valmet's first Capital Markets Day was held on November 26, 2013 in London.
Presentation material by Jyrki Holmala, Business Line President, Pulp and Energy.
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Recording available at https://youtu.be/lPT1o735kOk
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Workshp: Innovation and regulation in the framework of the energy transition -Funseam/ Tr@nsnet-
https://funseam.com/innovation-and-regulation-in-the-framework-of-the-energy-transition/
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http://www.leonardo-energy.org/webinar/3rd-photovoltaic-grid-parity-monitor-residential-consumers-session-1
IIEC ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE 2013:EE implementation-player's perspectiveZAINI ABDUL WAHAB
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Business Potentials In Energy Efficiency Implementation
Success Stories in energy efficiency programs and projects implementation
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Energy Efficiency Industry Development & The Way Forward for Malaysia
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As operators in shale producing regions across the world face uncertainty over oil prices, many E&P companies, big and small are veering increasingly towards more consistent proven plays, with the world famous Permian Basin being at the top of many strategic priorities lists. With both rig count and production per rig growing steadily throughout 2014, and oil production expected to reach an all time high of 2 million bpd in 2015, the most established shale play in the US is showing no signs of slowing down.
The recovery potential in the Permian is not a concern here, but maintaining barrel margins on crude by driving down production and artificial lift costs is now mission-critical. By exchanging the very latest case studies, tried and tested lift technology innovations and failure prevention techniques, operators in the Permian can learn enough to make sure even marginal wells remain economics in 2015.
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Next generation of sustainable Mg primary productionMartin Tauber
Although, Magnesium still has a strong position in the “lightweight material-mix”, it has certainly lost ground to Aluminium, Carbon Fibre and Reinforced Steel. While being rated as immature for applications like automotive sheet, alternatives are mostly chosen above Magnesium because of supply related issues. New Magnesium primary producers and projects in the pipeline are forming a more sustainable supply base on a global level, and will provide different industries with a beneficial metal, building on strong environmental arguments. Toyota recently announced its intention to completely eliminate all CO2 emissions, including materials, parts and manufacturing, from a vehicle’s lifecycle. The paper will provide an overview of possible CO2 footprint benefits in the Mg primary project pipeline, and show its advantage over other lightweight material. It will also discuss existing and conceptional tools on how the Magnesium industry benefits could influence future public and private procurement. The paper also aims to support the next generation of global magnesium primary supply and is intended to provide the magnesium industry with beneficial arguments mainly around the sustainability context for high volume growth.
INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS
OVERVIEW & CHALLENGES OF LOGISTICS INDUSTRY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY INLOGISTICS INDUSTRY –
AREAS OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT & APPROACHES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT LOGISTICS
DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS & THE WAY FORWARD
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A link to the recording: https://youtu.be/4pw_9hpA_64
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Link to the recordings: https://youtu.be/ZCFhmldvRA0
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Energy Efficiency Obligations (EEOs) are a strong driver of energy savings in Europe and around the world. Many Member States have chosen EEOs as an important policy to support compli-ance with Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. This webinar draws on the recently pub-lished “Toolkit for Energy Efficiency Obligations” to discuss elements of EEO design, and specif-ically to answer: What are the main considerations for designing, implementing, and (over time) improving EEOs? What are examples of best practices that have led to successful schemes? And what are some of the most frequent barriers and how might they be over-come?
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Recording available at https://youtu.be/lPT1o735kOk
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Workshp: Innovation and regulation in the framework of the energy transition -Funseam/ Tr@nsnet-
https://funseam.com/innovation-and-regulation-in-the-framework-of-the-energy-transition/
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The Photovoltaic Grid Parity Monitor analyses PV competitiveness with retail electricity prices for residential consumers and assesses local regulation for self-consumption of 21 cities in 12 countries (Australia, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Spain, UK, USA).
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Given that PV Grid Parity represents a unique opportunity to develop a local and sustainable power generation technology in a cost-effective way, this Monitor aims at giving benchmark elements and good practice models to foster the development of this technology.
http://www.leonardo-energy.org/webinar/3rd-photovoltaic-grid-parity-monitor-residential-consumers-session-1
IIEC ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE 2013:EE implementation-player's perspectiveZAINI ABDUL WAHAB
Key highlights:
Business Potentials In Energy Efficiency Implementation
Success Stories in energy efficiency programs and projects implementation
Barriers & Counter Measures For Sustainable Energy Efficiency Programs Implementation in Malaysia
Energy Efficiency Industry Development & The Way Forward for Malaysia
Permian Artificial Lift & Production Optimization 2015marketinglbcg
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The recovery potential in the Permian is not a concern here, but maintaining barrel margins on crude by driving down production and artificial lift costs is now mission-critical. By exchanging the very latest case studies, tried and tested lift technology innovations and failure prevention techniques, operators in the Permian can learn enough to make sure even marginal wells remain economics in 2015.
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The 2nd in the highly rated series, this year's Permian Artificial Lift & Production Optimization 2015 is coming back with the brand new angle of "cutting costs and improving recovery", to guide operators through times of uncertain oil prices.
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Sustainable Consumption and Production in value chainsRajat Batra
Lessons learnt from on-ground projects, trying to imbed sustainability into value chains are shared - perceptions about Indian consumers are challenged and business case for SCP in value chains is put forth
Chris Allwein spoke to the OCTC Annual Conference on May 3, 2016, about the legal requirements behind energy efficiency and the benefits for both provider and customer.
Also included are presentations by Jon Williams on AEP Ohio Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Solutions, given by Gary Swanson.
Business Models for Ultra Low Emission Vehicles & SustainabilityGavin Harper
Presentation given to the International Energy Agency's Experts' Group on Research & Development Priority Setting for the workshop Life in the Fast Lane, Evolving Paradigms for Mobility and Transportations Systems for the Future at the U.S. Department of Energy, Washington D.C.
Adapting Project Productivity to a Different World of Competition by Harry Be...AVEVA Group plc
The oil & gas industry faces long-term price pressures from new competitors and future project portfolios need to be scalable and flexible, avoiding the high risks, costs, and poor productivity of the past. Lessons in efficient manufacturing will need to be learned. Industry expert, Harry Benham, formerly Shell, explains how to put energy projects back on track and discusses the 5 key actions to catalyze reduction in project size and complexity and increase performance.
Find out more how AVEVA can transform your business here >> www.aveva.com
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More details: http://www.wri.org/events/2017/05/innovations-green-tariffs-spring-2017
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Tom MacLean, Manager, Customer Renewable Energy, Puget Sound Energy
Tim O'Brien, Economic Development Manager, Omaha Public Power District
Kirk Myers, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Megan Smith, Director of Climate and Energy Initiatives, Office of King County Executive
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Energy efficiency: a profit center for companies!
1. Catherine Cooremans − DSMU Webinar May 12th, 2016
Energy Efficiency: A Profit
Center for Companies!
Catherine Cooremans, MBA, PhD
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• Context
• Energy efficiency: a profit center
for companies!
– concept
– examples
– Toolbox
• Task 26 Multiple benefits
of energy efficiency
• Conclusion
Plan
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Source: Philippe Benoît, Several IEA strategic actions to increase
energy-efficiency, EEMR 2015 and Multiple Benefits, ECEEE
workshop, Brussels, October 21, 2014.
A huge energy-efficiency potential remains untapped:
in the business-as-usual scenario, “two-thirds of the
economic potential to improve energy efficiency remain
untapped in the period to 2015.”
Context I – Energy-efficiency gap
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Research finding 1:
• Financial logic is not decisive
• Strategic logic is more important
in businesses’ investment choices
Context II - Investment decision-making
Research finding 2:
• A huge diversity is observed between
companies’ situations and behaviors
• even within the same industry
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Strategy:
“a balance between
internal resources
and external factors
in order to build a
durable competitive
advantage, through
resources
allocation”.
(Johnson & Scholes, 1999)
Internalresources
External factors
competitive
advantage
Goal :
3 dimensions of strategy
Strategic logic
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An investment is strategic
if it contributes to create, maintain or develop a
sustainable competitive advantage (Cooremans, 2011).
Definition
Strategic logic
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The classical engineering “technico-
economic” approach…
… does not work (well enough).
Investment
decision-
making
Energy
savings
Financial
savings
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Definition:
all the benefits entailed by an energy
performance action which are not specifically
energy benefits (i.e. energy savings
translated into monetary savings) in and of
themselves.
Terminology:
Multiple benefits, ancillary benefits,
secondary benefits
Multiple impacts
Non-energy benefits of Energy Efficiency
Context III - NEBs
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International Energy Agency (IEA):
Capturing the multiple benefits of energy-
efficiency, Paris, September 2014
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Energy efficiency:
A profit center
I. The concept
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Profit ?
Costs
Turnover
Risks
How to increase sales?
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Costs
Value
proposition
Risks
The 3 dimensions of
competitive advantage
The value
for
customers
Borne to
create the
value
proposition “Strategicity”
Borne to
create the
value
proposition
Turnover
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“a set of
benefits
that a
product (or
a service)
promises to
deliver”
Kotler, 1999
Competitive advantage
Value proposition first!
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For many companies, strategic advantage is
based on a “superior value” stemming from
providing unique benefits and not for offering
lower prices.
As emphasized by Michael Porter:
“value, instead of cost, must be used to
assess competitive position since firms often
deliberately raise their cost in order to
command a premium price via differentiation”
(Porter, 1985:38).
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Categorizing companies on a “value-cost” scale
to understand the main source of their
competitive advantage
Out of a
sample of
20 Swiss
companies:
Value
proposition
Costs
14
4
2
Source: Canton de Vaud,
Programme Energy Audits Large-
Scale Consumers, 2014-2018
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• Examples of positive characteristics (benefits of
use for customers) attached to companies’ value
proposition: quality, purity, reliability, precision,
versatility, efficiency, design, innovation, diversity,
availability, service, technical support, prestige.
• Companies: for many of them, value proposition
is the main source of their competitive advantage
(and thus of their sales).
• Energy services are often key to guarantee the
value proposition.
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Energy efficiency
a profit center
II. Examples
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• 4.5-star hotel: window replacement
• Municipality: replacement of pumps in a
sewage pumping station.
• Building: boilers replacement
• Beverage industry: filling line replacement
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Example 1 - 4.5-star hotel: window replacement
Description of the current situation and its weaknesses:
• The single window glazing no longer meets the new
legal standards.
• Half of the rooms are over-heated by the sun in the
afternoon.
• The traffic noise is a real bother.
Description of the energy efficiency action:
•Replacing existing windows with double-glazed windows.
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Costs
Value
proposi
tion
Risks
• Improved products quality
• Enhanced image and brand
stronger
• Customer loyalty up
• Increased product
attractiveness
• Reduced commercial risk
• Reduced CO2 risk• Reduced energy costs
• Reduced CO2 costs
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Ex. 2 - Municipality: improvement of a sewage
pumping station performance Source: Pye and McKane, 2000
Description of the current situation and its weaknesses:
• Twin pumps (40-hp direct drive, wound rotor motor) handle
340 000 gallons of raw sewage per day.
• One pump handled the entire peak flow under normal
operation, while the second pump kicked in only in extreme
conditions.
• The system experienced frequent breakdowns, occasional
flooding and sewage spills.
Description of the energy efficiency action:
•A smaller, 10-hp pump with direct online motor starters and a
level control system with float switches is added. The new pump
handles the same volume as the original pumps during non-
peak periods, but runs for longer periods of time. The old pumps
handle infrequent peak flows.
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Costs
Value
proposi
tion
Risks
• Better service quality (less
noise for residents)
• Better service reliability
• Better image
• Higher customer and
employee loyalty
• Lower flooding risk
• Lower break-down risk
• Lower energy costs
• Lower maintenance costs
• Longer equipment lifetime
• Pumping capacity increased
(by 25%)
Source: Pye and McKane, 2000
• Lower legal risk
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Ex. 3 – Commercial building: boilers replacement
Description of the current situation and its weaknesses:
• The two current boilers, in the basement, are over-sized
and outdated.
• Maintenance costs are high.
Description of the energy efficiency action:
• One new, more energy-efficient, boiler is installed.
• It is sized according to real needs.
• 2 additional parking places are created in the space
saved.
• The storage rooms for bicycles is enlarged.
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Costs
Value
proposi
tion
Risks
• Higher product quality
• Higher product reliability
• Stronger image & branding
• Higher customer loyalty
• Higher product attractiveness
• Occupancy rate up
• Lower vacancy risk
• Lower break-down risk
(boiler)
• Lower CO2 risk
• Lower energy costs
• Lower maintenance costs
• Leasing income up
• Additional income (parking)
• Lower “brown” risk• Lower CO2 costs
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Ex. 4 – Beverage industry: filling line replacement
Source: Marina Santoro, Samuel Gerber & Team, Lucerne University of Applied
Sciences and Arts - School of Engineering and Architecture
Description of the current situation and its weaknesses:
•Bottle filling line for multiple types of bottles and
beverages can’t meet production requirements over the
whole year and must be compensated with overtime on
Sunday.
•The system is outdated.
Description of the energy efficiency action:
• A new filling line is installed with faster filling speeds,
reduced working hours for the same productivity,
reduced cleaning need & reduced water & energy
consumption.
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Costs
Value
proposi
tion
Risks
• Higher product quality
• Higher product reliability
• Stronger image and
branding
• Higher employees’ &
customers’ loyalty
• Higher product attractiveness
• Lower accident risk
• Lower commercial risk
• Lower break-down risk
• Lower legal risk
• Lower CO2 risk
• Lower energy & CO2 costs
• Maintenance costs down 45%
• Rejection rate down
• Reduced water needs
• Staff costs down (automation + no Sundays)
• Reduced chemicals needs
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BEVERAGE INDUSTRY Proj. Proj. Proj. Proj. Proj. rorororororororororororororo Proj.
Investment project "replacement filling line" Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 aaaaarararararararararar Year 20
Investment flows
Cash-flow after taxes 216'537 216'537 216'537 216'537 216'537 216'537
Capital expenditure -5'600'000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terminal value 0
Terminal value after taxes 0
Investment flows "Replacement filling line" -5'600'000 216'537 216'537 216'537 216'537 216'537 216'537
Discount rate 6%
ANALYSIS OF THE FLOWS WITHOUT LOAN
NPV 20 years @ 6% -3'116'334
IRR -2.3%
Pay-back time (years and months) 25.86
(CHF)
Evaluation of project financial attractiveness:
energy cost reductions only
NPV heavily negative: -3.1 millions CHF –
IRR negative: -2.3% – Simple pay-back time > 25 years
Source of the figures:
Marina Santoro, Samuel Gerber & team, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - School of Engineering and
Architecture
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BEVERAGE INDUSTRY Proj. Proj. Proj. Proj. Proj. rorororororororororororororo Proj.
Investment project "replacement filling line" Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 aaaaarararararararararar Year 20
Revenues
Revenues
Energy benefits - Financial savings from electricity consumption reduction 186'600 186'600 186'600 186'600 186'600 186'600
Energy benefits - Financial savings from natural gas consumption reduction 29'937 29'937 29'937 29'937 29'937 29'937
Non-energy benefits 1 - Maintenance cost reduction 225'000 225'000 225'000 225'000 225'000 225'000
Non-energy benefits 2 - Material cost reduction 115'000 115'000 115'000 115'000 115'000 115'000
Non-energy benefits 3 - Staff cost reduction 550'000 550'000 550'000 550'000 550'000 550'000
Non-energy benefits 4 - Reduction of product losses 90'000 90'000 90'000 90'000 90'000 90'000
Non-energy benefits 5 - Reduction of special equipment 10'000 10'000 10'000 10'000 10'000 10'000
Total gross revenues 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537
Depreciation 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net income before taxes 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537
Taxes 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net income after taxes 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537
Depreciation 0 0 0 0 0 0
Free cash-flows after taxes 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537
(CHF)
Including multiple benefits
in the financial analysis
Source of the figures:
Marina Santoro, Samuel Gerber & team, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - School of Engineering and Architecture
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NPV highly positive: 8,2 millions CHF
IRR 21.1% – Simple pay-back time 4.6 years
Source of the figures:
Marina Santoro & team, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - School of Engineering and Architecture
Evaluation of project financial attractiveness:
energy cost + other cost reductions
BEVERAGE INDUSTRY Proj. Proj. Proj. Proj. Proj. rorororororororororororororo Proj.
Investment project "replacement filling line" Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 aaaaarararararararararar Year 20
Investment flows
Cash-flow after taxes 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537
Capital expenditure -5'600'000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terminal value 0
Terminal value after taxes 0
Investment free cash-flows "Replacement filling line" -5'600'000 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537 1'206'537
Discount rate 6%
Free cash-flows analysis:
NPV 20 years @ 6% 8'238'888
IRR 21.1%
Pay-back time (years and months) 4.6
(CHF)
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Energy efficiency
a profit center
III. Toolbox
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“The value chain disaggregates a firm into its strategically relevant
activities in order to understand the behavior of costs and the
existing and potential sources of differentiation” (Porter, 1985:37)
Value process mapping
The Generic Value Chain (Porter, 1985)
At the
company level:
the value
chain
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At operational level:
process mapping
Process mapping (George, et al., 2005:40)
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Aluminum foil production process map
Process
supplier
casting
Pusher
furnace
Cold mill
Thermal
treatment
Hot mill
Process
customer
“Safety is always the priority issue. Secondly, product quality,
reliability and energy are other important criteria”.
Mr Germanier, Novelis Switzerland, Energy & Project Manager, 18 March 2015
Operational analysis
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Process mapping & energy services
Combustible fuel
(diesel fuel for worklift)
Natural gas
Low-voltage electricity
Medium-voltage electricity
High-voltage electricity
Compressed air
Water
ENERGY CARRIERS
Primary / secondary
Casting
Pusher
furnace
Hot mill Cold mill
Thermal
treatment
Air conditioning x x x x x
Automation (electronic regulation) x x x x x
Atomization -- -- -- -- --
Cleaning -- -- -- -- --
Electric induction -- -- -- -- --
Electrolysis -- -- -- -- --
Heat - low temperature -- -- -- -- --
Heat - medium temperature -- x -- -- x
Heat - High temperature x -- -- -- --
Humidification -- -- -- -- --
Hydration -- -- -- -- --
Lighting x x x x x
Motive power - fixed (propulsion, electric drive system) -- -- x x --
Motive power - mobile x x x x x
Refrigeration - positive cold x x x x x
Refrigeration - negative cold -- -- -- -- --
Ventilation x x x x x
VALUE CHAIN ACTIVITIES OF ALUMINUMFOIL PRODUCTION
ENERGY SERVICES
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Energy services key contributions to process:
security (critical values) - quality, quantity
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• Manufacturing of blades for the paper industry:
strategic risk of temperature drift in warehouses and
production area.
• Production of motion sensors for aeronautics:
importance of strict climatic conditions in production areas.
• Industrial bakery: cooling units production influences
product quality (cold chain stability & reliability) and the time
between processes (water cooler and fermentation
chamber).
Examples of key energy services and
related constraints in industrial operations:
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In order to assess the contribution of an energy-efficiency
project to a company process, the following elements have
to be analyzed:
• Security
• Products (goods & services – quantity & quality)
• Energy services
• Time (speed of production process)
• Flexibility
• Consumables (energy carriers, lubricants, etc.)
• Waste and emissions (by-products)
1. Operational analysis
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3 methods to define magnitude:
• Estimation
• Calculation
• Measure
Benefits (or impacts) of energy-efficiency
projects are quantifiable!
Information does exist in companies:
you just have to ask the right people!
2. Financial analysis
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Stronger competitiveness
Higher profitability
Lower
costs
Lower
risks
Value
proposition
more
attractive
• Higher quantities
sold
and / or
• Higher unitary price
= higher turnover
• Higher turnover
• Lower costs
= Higher profit
3. Strategic analysis
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Task 26
Multiple Benefits of
energy efficiency
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Why Task 26 ?
According to M_Key research project, out of 140
answers to our survey, 55% of companies rarely or
never include NEBs in their investment calculations:
• 15%: never
• 40,7%: yes, sometimes
• 31,4%: very often
• 14.3%: always or almost always
M_Key (“Management as a Key Driver of Energy Performance”) research project is part of
the National Research Programme "Managing Energy Consumption" (NRP 71) of the
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Further information on the National Research
Programme can be found at www.nrp71.ch.
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Why Task 26:
two different and parallel business cultures
and interests:
Energy people who
care about:
• Energy consumption of
facilities and equipment
Production people who
care about:
• Product quality
& reliability
• Safety of process
& facilities
• Flexibility
• Production time
• (Environmental impact)
• (Energy costs)
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STRATEGIC
LEVEL
Top
management
OPERATIONAL
LEVEL
Middle &
front-line
management
PRODUCTION
FINANCE
DPT
ENERGY
MGT
CEO
• Energy is considered non-core business,
non-strategic, thus a secondary issue.
• Energy manager has difficulty accessing and
communicating with top management and production.
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Task 26 - why ?
The non-energy benefits of energy efficiency
have to be:
• analyzed ex ante (i.e. before projects
start), at project level, with convenient
analytical tools
• better documented and quantified
• communicated in a convincing way to
stakeholders
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Task 26 - why ?
Bringing concrete and applicable solutions to
several important needs:
• Need to enlarge the usual technical approach applied to
energy-efficiency projects.
• Need to propose training to engineers working on energy-
efficiency projects & to supply them with MBs data.
• Need to attract businesses attention to the decisive
contribution of energy services to their core business.
• Need to bridge energy and climate communities.
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• Tool box conception: an analytical tool to be used
ex ante to better identifying and assessing MBs related
to energy-efficiency projects.
• Tool box delivery:
– conception and realization of templates for
workshops in participating countries.
– marketing & communication campaign.
• Learning base: conception and development of a
learning base containing data on MBs, organized by
business activity & municipality type, energy-efficiency
measure type and geographical location.
• Dissemination: one-day “Toolbox Training Sessions”,
webinars & online courses.
Task 26 - what:
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Macroeconomics
Societal level
Microeconomics
Individual - project level
Supply
side
Demand
side
Energy delivery
Energy delivery
Health & well-being
Industrial
productivity
Public budget
Households
Municipalities Commercial
companies
Residential
buildings
Industrial
companies
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• June 2016 – May 2019
• 4 expert workshops:
Nov. 2016 – May 2017 - Sept. 2017 – March 2019
Task 26 - when:
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BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
Investment project "Replacement filling line" Year 0
Investment flows
Cash-flow after taxes
Capital expenditure -5'600'000
Terminal value
Terminal value after taxes
Investment flows "Replacement filling line" -5'600'000
Discount rate 6%
ANALYSIS OF THE FREE CASH-FLOWS
NPV 20 years @ 6% -3'116'334
IRR -2.3%
Simple pay-back time (years and months) 25.9
Integrating the multiple benefits of energy-efficiency:
a multi-level and comprehensive analysis to raise
strategic and financial attractiveness
of energy-efficiency investment projects
Costs
Value
propositi-
on
Risks
Financial analysis Risk analysis
Operational & strategic analysis
54. IEA DSM / IETS TAKS 26
Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency :
• We most welcome new collaborations and partners.
• Please contact me or Maja Dahlgren (co-project leader), from
the Swedish Energy Agency, in case of interest or for
information regarding this project:
cooremans@ecodiagnostic.ch
maja.dahlgren@energimyndigheten.se
Thank you for your attention!
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