Energy Management

Energy management is an integrated, municipal/company-wide effort that involves making business decisions about equipment, establishing procedures that ensure greater energy and process efficiency, and encouraging behaviors that save energy. These actions result in real dollar savings and environmental benefits. Increased productivity, greater efficiency, and cost savings are just a few good reasons to develop and implement an energy management program.

What are the key elements of an Energy Management program?

Synapse can help ensure a successful Energy Management program.

We consider these elements:

  • Develop a plan for reducing energy use. Identifying a staff energy management team and points of contact who ensures accountability.
  • Conduct or facilitate a systems assessment to calculate baseline energy use, solve operating problems, and identify improvement opportunities.
  • Identify strategies with the greatest return on investment, and analyze life-cycle costs during initial system designs or when planning upgrades.
  • Factor the non-energy benefits into business decisions, such as enhancing public image, employee commitment, product quality, productivity, and reliability.
  • Adopt a financial approach that relates performance and efficiency to financial and other corporate goals.
  • Establish a recognition program for energy management achievements, and provide company-wide opportunities for communicating ideas and replicating savings.

Developing and implementing a sustainable Energy Management program requires outside guidance and internal support and commitment. Synapse Risk Management can assist your company in designing the plan that best meets your needs and uses.

Synapse looks at ways to decrease costs associated with Operation and Maintenance by evaluating your current system and making improvements as needed. Synapse looks at:

Operations and Maintenance Benefits

  • Reduced maintenance costs
  • Reduced purchases of ancillary materials
  • Reduced water consumption
  • Lower cooling requirements
  • Reduced labor costs
  • Lower costs of treatment chemicals

Production Benefits

  • Reduced product waste
  • Increased Production
  • Improved product quality
  • Increased production reliability
  • Shorter process/cycle time

Environment

  • Reduced hazardous waste
  • Reduced dust emissions
  • Reduced waste water output
  • Reduced CO, CO2, NOX, SOX emissions

Utility Bill

  • Achieved rebate/incentive
  • Reduced/eliminated demand charges