ABSTRACT
Energy costs normally represent up to 30% of most corporations’ operating expenses. Low hanging fruits are the most cost-effective actions that can reduce energy use and costs. The energy team leader, energy manager, or energy champion should accompany a member of top management to the employee/management brainstorming session consisting of a large department’s personnel or several small departments or sections. Energy walkthroughs are investigations and analysis of facility energy use; it is aimed to identify measures for energy reductions and savings in greenhouse gas emissions. Energy conservation refers to reducing energy consumption by using less of energy input. Energy conservation is different from efficient energy use, which is using less energy for the same or more output. Energy centered maintenance is a continuous improvement maintenance regime that combines the physical preventive and predictive maintenance tasks with energy-related maintenance tasks that maintain the operational parameters of the equipment and its efficiency.
