Industrial Energy Management
Posted by Marty Michael on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 @ 02:25 PM
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.