Industrial Energy Management
By Marty Michael on Jul 27, 2009
I find it interesting that the world talks about energy management all of the time, but we too often focus on the most visible items around us without really attacking the areas where it can make the biggest difference.
According to the US Department of Energy, the industrial manufacturing industry is one of the largest users of energy and subsequently also one of the largest opportunities to reduce energy waste. Water, Air, Gas, Electric, and Steam produce the acronym WAGES. For each letter in WAGES, the opportunity to save energy can be 10 times the savings gained by taking every SUV off the road.
Not that I am advocating that gas guzzlers are ok, but should we be putting more time and money into areas that give us the biggest return? Stay tuned and I will elaborate more on this subject in the coming weeks.
In the mean time, visit www.eere.energy.gov/industry/ to get the unbiased information.
Martin Michael
SMART Manufacturing Practices
About the Author
Martin is the Principal for Enterprise Manufacturing Software Solutions at Avanceon. Martin leads the company vision to provide innovative technology solutions to industrial and manufacturing companies, to improve their ability to respond in today’s rapidly changing market place. Martin is a long time business leader in the area of on-line production systems; cloud computing, manufacturing execution systems, and track and trace solutions. Martin works directly with clients to improve their productivity, speed to production, and manufacturing quality in response to direct client feedback.
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