Energy Management
Generate Cost Savings and Improve Sustainability
- Do you want to identify energy waste and opportunities for cost savings?
- Are you utilizing best practices to optimize your plant’s energy systems?
- Are you looking for ways to enhance your competitiveness?
Energy
Assessments
Work with GaMEP energy experts to identify and prioritize opportunities to generate significant cost savings and reductions in energy use.
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Utilizing experience gained from conducting energy assessments at hundreds of facilities throughout Georgia and worldwide, GaMEP engineers will perform an energy assessment of your entire facility, identifying and prioritizing areas for improvement.
GaMEP will:
- Perform a thorough walk-through of your facility.
- Learn about your plant, equipment, operations, and goals.
- Determine what energy systems in your facility need to be addressed and measured.
- Identify low- or no-cost areas for improvement.
- Recommend capital improvements that meet your financial goals.
- Develop an action plan for next steps.
By completing a facility-level energy assessment, you will:
- Prioritize opportunities
- Generate cost savings
- Promote continuous improvement
- Reduce environmental impact
Georgia manufacturers with fewer than 500 employees could qualify for a no-cost energy assessment through the Department of Energy’s Industrial Training and Assessment Center (IAC) Program.
Energy
Performance Metrics
Develop accurate performance indicators to gain a clear picture of what drives energy consumption throughout your facility.
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By correctly measuring your energy performance, you will be able to more accurately compare performance over time, predict future energy consumption based on operating changes, and verify savings from energy improvement projects.
Many companies use a simple ratio called “energy intensity” (energy consumption per a unit of production such as Btu/lb or kWh/unit) to measure energy performance. However, this metric does not take into account variables such as weather, production changes or mix, or non-productive baseloads, all of which can result in an inaccurate picture of the facility’s actual energy performance.
GaMEP’s energy management team will help develop accurate performance indicators using a spreadsheet tool that utilizes linear regression analysis. This tool and the resulting energy metrics will more accurately compare performance over time, predict future energy consumption based on operating changes, and verify savings from energy improvement projects.
GaMEP will:
- Study your plant’s processes, products, and energy consumption patterns in real time.
- Collect energy, production data, and other variable information to establish a baseline.
- Use a software modeling tool to assess how changing business variables affect energy consumption and then establish a baseline model.
- Teach your team to utilize this tool to better understand cost savings opportunities and present to upper-level management using predictive energy-performance metrics.
By implementing energy performance metrics, you will:
- Allow your team to make data-driven decisions
- Predict future cost savings
- Reduce energy consumption
Large Energy Systems Assessments
Reduce or control your costs by 20% or more for energy systems such as compressed air, steam, process heating (ovens, dryers, etc.), large fans and pumps, and/or chilled water.
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GaMEP energy engineers, designated as qualified energy system specialists by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will conduct assessments on your large energy systems. Utilizing data loggers, instrumentation, and DOE software tools to model the systems, our team will recommend both operations and maintenance (O&M) and capital measures to improve your energy performance.
Manufacturers that utilize this service typically experience energy cost savings of 20% or more.
GaMEP will:
- Use instrumentation to measure energy consumption on your systems.
- Model your systems’ energy performance.
- Identify low-cost, operational energy savings opportunities.
- Teach you how to gain management support for implementation.
- Give you long-term access to the software tools for future use.
By conducting a large energy system assessment, you will:
- Save money
- Promote systematic improvements
- Set your company up for long-term success
50001 Ready
Incorporate ISO 50001 best practices into your small- to medium-sized manufacturing plant to build a culture of continual energy performance improvement and improve business opportunities.
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The 50001 Ready program, developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), provides a structured approach and the tools to help companies build a culture of continual energy performance improvement. Instead of a certification program, you will implement the best business practices of ISO 50001 by completing 25 tasks from the 50001 Ready Navigator, self-attesting to their completion, and measuring and improving energy performance over time.
Organizations of all sizes should implement a structured energy-management system to cut operational costs, achieve continual performance improvement, manage energy risks, and stay competitive in the marketplace. If you are a Tier 1 or Tier 2 supplier, you will meet sustainability requirements of many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). If you want to become a supplier, 50001 Ready can make your company more attractive to these OEMs.
GaMEP will:
- Conduct a gap assessment to compare what you currently have in place with the requirements of the ISO 50001 standard.
- Develop a customized plan to implement the 25 tasks within the 50001 Ready Navigator online tool.
- Establish a strong foundation for getting started with 50001 Ready Navigator.
- Develop a baseline using the Energy Performance Indicator (EnPI) Lite Tool and track performance.
- Identify significant energy usage and opportunities for improvement.
- Develop and conduct initial internal audit programs.
By using GaMEP’s 50001 Ready service, you will:
- Increase business potential
- Satisfy OEM sustainability requirements
- Reduce energy costs
- Gain recognition from DOE
ISO 50001 Implementation
Learn to successfully implement an ISO 50001 energy management system at your plant to increase energy efficiency, reduce environmental impact, control costs, and enhance competitiveness.
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Propel your organization to the next level of energy performance by working with GaMEP team members who helped develop ISO 50001 and have successfully implemented this international best practice at dozens of companies around the world. Our energy management project managers will help you develop an energy management system that addresses all critical aspects of energy performance by implementing ISO 50001, the international standard for energy management systems.
GaMEP will:
- Conduct a gap audit to compare what you currently have in place with ISO 50001 requirements.
- Identify significant energy uses, consumption, and opportunities for improvement.
- Track energy performance against an established energy baseline.
- Assist with the initial internal audits and management reviews.
- Develop a customized implementation plan.
By implementing ISO 50001, you will:
- Improve data intelligence
- Greatly reduce energy costs
- Show your commitment to sustainability
Lean-Green Assessments
Utilize the lean tools to not only look at your productivity, material, and processes, but also to examine your energy and environmental waste to maximize savings within your plant.
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When examining process improvement opportunities for production, are you accounting for environmental and energy savings? If not, you should be.
GaMEP’s operational excellence experts will work hand-in-hand with GaMEP energy and environmental specialists to implement a value-stream map that looks at productivity, material, process, energy, and environmental waste to maximize savings within your plant.
GaMEP will help you:
- Map your current process.
- Plan the process you want to achieve.
- Identify areas to improve your processes and productivity.
- Eliminate material, energy, and environmental waste.
By utilizing a lean-green assessment, you will:
- Generate savings
- Eliminate waste
- Drive innovation
Integrated Management Systems
Do you have more than one management system in your plant? If so, by making minor modifications you can integrate your systems, reducing duplication of efforts and saving your company time and money.
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Do you have multiple management systems (i.e. quality, energy, environmental, health and safety) with asynchronous documentation and reporting activities?
If so, by making some modifications you can combine manuals, forms, and processes into one streamlined management system, reducing duplication of efforts and saving your company time and money.
GaMEP will:
- Identify the organization’s different management systems and determine how they are working within the company’s overall business.
- Pinpoint opportunities where the systems can be streamlined and easily integrated.
- Identify key personnel to establish a team-based approach.
- Develop a roadmap to integrate the systems throughout the organization.
By integrating your management systems, you will:
- Save time
- Streamline processes
- Enhance communication
- Improve performance
Renewable Energy Assessment & Analysis
Research and assess renewable energy alternatives to support your company’s long-term strategy for sustainability and energy management.
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GaMEP’s energy and sustainability experts will work with your team to understand your energy needs, discuss short- and long-term goals for renewable energy sourcing, and identify opportunities for implementing renewable energy sources at your facility.
GaMEP will:
- Identify the most cost-effective renewable energy sources for your company (solar, wind, biomass, etc.).
- Support in the planning and transition of facilities to use cleaner energy sources
- Prepare a report to help your team present the pros and cons of each option to decision makers.
By using renewable energy, you will:
- Reduce your dependency on fossil fuels
- Help you meet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals
- Decrease your carbon footprint
Energy Training & Events
GaMEP hosts events and training courses designed specifically for manufacturers.
View our upcoming events and open enrollment training sessions below.
Looking for customized training options? Contact your region manager for more information.
ISO 50001 Energy Lead Auditor Training
Fundamental Concepts for Energy Management
Understanding ISO 50001-2018
Understanding ISO 50001-2018 + Basic Energy
Gain knowledge of foundational energy management terminology and concepts as well as basic elements of ISO 50001.
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