The changing concept of sustainability and economic opportunities for energy-intensive industries

Schönsleben, Paul; Vodicka, Matthias; Bunse, Katharina; Ernst, F.

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2010.03.121

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“…This paper is based on results in the area of energy efficient manufacturing. Over the last decade, the importance of carbon emissions and energy efficiency as critical factors in production management increased and the changing concept of sustainability creates new economic opportunities and risks in manufacturing (Schönsleben et al, 2010;Srivastava, 2007).…”

Section: Research Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating energy efficiency performance in production management – gap analysis between industrial needs and scientific literature

Bunse

Vodicka

Schönsleben

et al. 2011

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Research Focusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating energy efficiency performance in production management – gap analysis between industrial needs and scientific literature

Bunse

Vodicka

Schönsleben

et al. 2011

Journal of Cleaner Production

632

388

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“…Sustainability management aims to integrate the management of economic, ecological and social factors in business management [34]. Furthermore, companies may choose different business strategies: passive-reactive with lower commitment and pro-active with higher commitment [35]. Energy management influences not only energy demand and costs but also the energy-related environmental and social impacts that affect, for example, a company's position in the carbon market, customers' willingness to pay and shareholders' willingness to invest.…”

Section: Concepts Of Energy Management and Energy Performance Measurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…All management functions perform activities, which affect energy performance either directly or indirectly. Both strategies involve risks and opportunities [35]. Energy management is therefore subject to the same contextual and methodological challenges as sustainability management: how should it be defined in different management functions and become integrated into overall business management?…”

Section: Concepts Of Energy Management and Energy Performance Measurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Energy management is therefore subject to the same contextual and methodological challenges as sustainability management: how should it be defined in different management functions and become integrated into overall business management? Furthermore, companies may choose different business strategies: passive-reactive with lower commitment and pro-active with higher commitment [35]. Both strategies involve risks and opportunities [35].…”

Section: Concepts Of Energy Management and Energy Performance Measurementioning

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Success factors of energy management in energy-intensive industries: Development priority of energy performance measurement

Sivill

Manninen

Hippinen

et al. 2012

Int. J. Energy Res.

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SUMMARY Economic, environmental and social pressures have increased the need for business organisations to control and manage their energy performance on a continual basis. Responding to these pressures follows a learning curve that is influenced by changing drivers and barriers. Consequently, different energy management factors have different development priorities over time. This paper explores the development priority of one factor, namely, energy performance measurement, in the energy‐intensive industrial sector, which is the most advanced industrial sector in its energy management learning curve. In addition, the paper identifies the research and development needs of energy performance measurement that are required to further improve energy performance. The results are based on interviews carried out with managers and operators in three energy‐intensive industrial sectors in Finland. Energy performance measurement is found to be the third development priority in energy management, behind resource and commitment issues. This represents a paradox as resources and commitment are prerequisites for energy performance measurement to be developed, whereas energy performance measurement influences the very same issues by enforcing changed behaviour. Several deficiencies are identified in energy performance measurement in the temporal, systemic and organisational dimensions. Research should be continued towards the implementation of energy performance measurement as a process, the integration of energy performance metrics into overall management and the development of metrics for different industrial sectors, companies and operating cultures. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…In fact, the advantages of adopting energy efficiency solutions can be summarized in: direct costs reduction, regulations respect, processes at low energy consumption, positive product image [2]. Techniques and tools to support and implement energy efficiency in production management are still required and different topics could be analyzed including monitoring, measuring, collecting, analyzing, controlling, and scheduling of material and energy flows of the entire production system [3].…”

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A smart web-based maintenance system for a smart manufacturing environment

Alexandru

Mauro

Fiasché

et al. 2015

2015 IEEE 1st International Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Leveraging a Better Tomorrow (RTSI)

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Abstract-Maintenance is a practice in manufacturing that had never been available to remote control and management until the introduction of web-connected portable smart devices. In the last years several studies and applied research have been conducted for achieving this objective in an efficient way and with the aim to enhance the business activity related to. Remote access and role-specific data distribution can become the next level upgrade of maintenance, diagnostic and flow control management using smart sensors, actuators, and smart consumer devices (smartphone, tablet, etc.).In this project, a real case is presented, an Italian company, the end user of the project, tried to achieve this goal creating with the all consortium, a new web-services based server application in order to have remote access to the data stream, which permits to have the machine status available on the web, very strict time responses, a better user profiling and innovative control system based on smart devices monitoring real time machine data and sending notification sounds when needed. The result is a platform connecting, using the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, industrial machineries with a smart device android app and with a web application running on a normal browser.

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The changing concept of sustainability and economic opportunities for energy-intensive industries

Cited by 52 publications

References 10 publications

Integrating energy efficiency performance in production management – gap analysis between industrial needs and scientific literature

Integrating energy efficiency performance in production management – gap analysis between industrial needs and scientific literature

Success factors of energy management in energy-intensive industries: Development priority of energy performance measurement

A smart web-based maintenance system for a smart manufacturing environment

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