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This article discusses the key components of the evolving emission and energy management practices. It looks at the various people, process and technology components organizations are leveraging to impact their tripe bottom line.

Various Knowledge Management practices to enable sustainability journey  include:                                                                                                                                                                        

1.   Energy data is collected automatically and stored in a central location        
2.   Emissions data is collected automatically and stored in a central location        
3.   Real-time and historical energy usage data easily accessible to decision maker        
4.   Scorecard for normalizing and benchmarking energy and carbon performance across different plants / facilities        
5.   Maintenance schedules and alerts are based on asset condition and energy efficiency        
6.   Energy costs are  taken into consideration while scheduling production         
7.   Central repository of relevant compliance laws and regulation with controls to respond to amended regulations        
8.   Drill down and aggregation in KPIs by geography, product line, mix, etc.       

The kind of data being collected to enable sustainability journey include: 

1.   Energy Usage        
2.   Energy Efficiency        
3.   Energy Price        
4.   Energy Intensity        
5.   Power Quality        
6.   Water Usage        
7.   Waste        
8.   Raw Material  (Feedstock) costs        
9.   Scope 1 GHG Emissions (All direct GG Emissions)        
10.   Scope 2 GHG Emissions (Indirect GHG emissions  from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam)        
11.   Scope 3 GHG Emissions (Other indirect emissions)       

Various methods of collecting energy and carbon data include: 

1.  Sub-meters   
2.  Sensors 
3.  Plant automation (PLC, DCS etc) 
4. Building automation  
5.  Information from utility bills is directly transferred to a software application 
6.  Manual data collection 
7.  Other Please Specify  

Energy data is being stored in databases like:

1.  Plant level database 
2.  Central repository  
3.  Separate spreadsheets

Various performance maagement systems being used  include: 

1.   Energy data is monitored in real-time         
2.   Emissions data is monitored in real-time         
3.   Control limits established to monitor energy and emissions data in real-time        
4.   Metrics established to quantify the benefits of energy management programs        
5.   Process established to compare energy usage / costs with goals and industry standards        
6.   Process established to benchmark emission level with goals and industry standards

with increasing investment in software to enable intelligence and actions from this info:

1.   Carbon Management          
2.   Energy Management / Intelligence           
3.   Dashboards           
4.   Compliance Management            
5.   Alert / Event Management           
6.   Analytics           
7.   Simulation and Modeling           
8.   Document Management           
9.   Workflows          

Source: Aberdeen Survey

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