There is currently an ambitious push on energy and greenhouse gas reduction in the effort to reduce our carbon footprint on the environment.
Owens Illinois is the world’s largest glass container maker and also a major energy consumer. It announced a 50% energy reduction target and a 65% greenhouse gas reduction target. The entire European Union is setting a 20% reduction target within a decade!
In both of these cases, the long-term goals are clear and measurable. The ability to achieve these goals breaks down into a small number of choices involving building construction, manufacturing processes, and clean energy supplies.
Often, long-term energy goals require reshaping basic infrastructure, supply, management and distribution. This requires a multi-year view of investment planning and implementation.
Energy prices are expected to rise 9% next year, and whether or not a business wants to save energy to save the environment or to save some money, now is a better time than ever.
A survey conducted by the Institute for Building Efficiency at Johnson Controls discovered that energy management is more of an important priority in India and China than it is in Europe and North America. At least 80% of those surveyed in India and China were more likely to consider energy management quite important, compared with 55% in Europe 53% in North America.
A common misconception with energy saving is that the investment might not yield immediate efficiencies, cost reductions, or carbon reductions. If you were to wash clothes with cold water instead of hot water for a month, would you expect to save money and reduce your carbon footprint instantly? Probably not.
It is possible that a combination of efficiency, emissions, or cost may temporarily go wrong until the next piece of the puzzle that makes up the energy solution is put into place.
Sometimes we have unrealistic expectations that energy saving will lead to results that improve cost, efficiency, and emissions every year without fail. Not every partial investment will give instant paybacks of 30% of more.
“No one would expect a half-built factory to make profitable products,” (Peter Garforth) so we should not expect half-built plans of energy saving to provide companies with smaller energy bills and an even smaller carbon footprint.
Saving on energy costs is the biggest priority of energy managers. In all regions except North America, lowering greenhouse gas emissions was the second-most important factor driving energy efficiency.
What we can do is lay out the total investment required to make possible the long-term goal, along with expected costs, emissions and efficiency profiles on a year-by-year basis.
This Summer, try some energy saving tips:
• Close windows whenever the air conditioning is on
• Close off rooms that don’t need cooling
• Clean air conditioning filters often
• Shelter rooms from sunlight (close blinds or curtains)
• Keep the furnace pilot light off in the summer
• Avoid using the oven to prevent heating of house
• Do “wet chores” in the morning to keep humidity down (washing clothes, mopping, etc.)
• Buy a low energy fan to circulate the air and make it feel cooler
Large industrial and commercial buildings can invest in a High Volume, Low Speed fan to drastically reduce long-term energy costs.
Workplaces can be warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer without raising company costs. With a Rite Hite Revolution fan, a business can benefit in numerous ways:
• Air from fan gently passes over employees to keep them cooler, productive, and comfortable
• Air is continuously circulated within the facility, keeping floors and products dry and cool
• Delivers energy cost saving of up to 30%
• Costs pennies an hour to operate
• Creates a consistent floor to ceiling temperature
• Moves air up to 7mph
• Covers 22,000 square feet
• Increases comfort and productivity
• Quiet operation
• Even in the winter, air from the ceilings is pushed down to the floor to keep employees warmer
A common misconception with energy saving is that the investment might not yield immediate efficiencies, cost reductions, or carbon reductions. If you were to wash clothes with cold water instead of hot water for a month, would you expect to save money and reduce your carbon footprint instantly? Probably not.
It is possible that a combination of efficiency, emissions, or cost may temporarily go wrong until the next piece of the puzzle that makes up the energy solution is put into place.
Sometimes we have unrealistic expectations that energy saving will lead to results that improve cost, efficiency, and emissions every year without fail. Not every partial investment will give instant paybacks of 30% of more.
“No one would expect a half-built factory to make profitable products,” (Peter Garforth) so we should not expect half-built plans of energy saving to provide companies with smaller energy bills and an even smaller carbon footprint.
Saving on energy costs is the biggest priority of energy managers. In all regions except North America, lowering greenhouse gas emissions was the second-most important factor driving energy efficiency.
What we can do is lay out the total investment required to make possible the long-term goal, along with expected costs, emissions and efficiency profiles on a year-by-year basis.
This Summer, try some energy saving tips:
• Close windows whenever the air conditioning is on
• Close off rooms that don’t need cooling
• Clean air conditioning filters often
• Shelter rooms from sunlight (close blinds or curtains)
• Keep the furnace pilot light off in the summer
• Avoid using the oven to prevent heating of house
• Do “wet chores” in the morning to keep humidity down (washing clothes, mopping, etc.)
• Buy a low energy fan to circulate the air and make it feel cooler
Large industrial and commercial buildings can invest in a High Volume, Low Speed fan to drastically reduce long-term energy costs.
Workplaces can be warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer without raising company costs. With a Rite Hite Revolution fan, a business can benefit in numerous ways:
• Air from fan gently passes over employees to keep them cooler, productive, and comfortable
• Air is continuously circulated within the facility, keeping floors and products dry and cool
• Delivers energy cost saving of up to 30%
• Costs pennies an hour to operate
• Creates a consistent floor to ceiling temperature
• Moves air up to 7mph
• Covers 22,000 square feet
• Increases comfort and productivity
• Quiet operation
• Even in the winter, air from the ceilings is pushed down to the floor to keep employees warmer
Equipment World is a proud distributor of Rite Hite products. Contact us for a customized quote on how to save energy in your workplace. Call 1-800-465-6955 or visit us at http://www.equipworld.com/ References:
http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2010/07EnergyExpert.html
http://www.jsonline.com/business/95472149.html
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