Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?

Abstract

Since 2014, Taiwan has promoted a 1% annual electricity saving target to promote electrical efficiency efforts. As the industrial sector accounts for approximately 60% of the overall electricity consumption of Taiwan, this sector presents the greatest opportunity for improving Taiwan’s overall energy efficiency. Here, the energy audit data of industrial energy users are analyzed via logistic regression to understand the factors impacting their likelihood of achieving the targeted 1% electricity saving. Of the variables under study, the number of employees and the rank of the energy administrator were significantly correlated with the likelihood of reaching the electricity saving target. Within the management structure of the factory, energy users with higher-ranking energy administrators are more likely to achieve the targeted 1% electricity saving. As it is impractical to rapidly increase the number of employees, higher-ranking employees, i.e., factory executives, should be appointed as energy administrators to improve users’ electrical efficiency and thus reach the targeted 1% annual electricity saving. Based on the findings of our research, we put forward a point of view that in addition to the introduction of new technologies to improve energy efficiency, it can also be achieved through adjustments to the management structure of energy administration.

Analysis of Energy Use and Energy Savings: A Case Study of a Condiment Industry in India

“…Energy auditing is one of the most effective approaches to investigate the running energy consumption situation that leads to saving possible energy usage by means of suitable measures of an energy sector. There are several studies performed concerning energy use and energy savings considering building energy application and effects of the management structure of energy administrators on the achievement of energy efficiency [5,6], impact of non-financial factors [7], flexible measures of industrial energy systems [8], primary energy use and emissions throughout the life cycle [9], energy demand in residential sectors [10,11], energy performance of specific buildings [12,13] and multiple buildings or plants [14][15][16] and the effects of energy audit and energy policy on energy efficiency in industrial sectors [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. For example, focusing on the energy consumption of an education institute in Rabigh City, Saudi Arabia, an energy audit was done by Sait [19].…”