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Energy Management
Energy management involves the efficient use and conservation of energy resources to meet human needs while minimizing environmental impact. It encompasses strategies for optimizing energy production, distribution, and consumption, as well as promoting renewable energy sources and reducing energy waste. Effective energy management is crucial for sustainable development and addressing global energy challenges.
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eBook - ePubThermal Energy Storage Technologies for Sustainability
Systems Design, Assessment and Applications
- S. Kalaiselvam, R. Parameshwaran(Authors)
- 2014(Publication Date)
- Academic Press(Publisher)
Chapter 1Energy and Energy Management
Abstract
Energy is the lifeline of all human activities and the chief catalyst for the overall development of the key sectors within a country. The role of energy sources and proper Energy Management techniques can be considered the decisive factors that merit the economic potential status for a developed country among the world’s nations. The challenges pertaining to the extraction, generation, and distribution of energy have to be confronted at every step of the energy-efficient systems design. This would help acheive the energy conservation potential as well as carbon emissions reduction. The development of state-of-the art technologies amalgamated with renewable energy integration would contribute to offsetting the future energy demand/consumption without sacrificing energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.Keywords Energy Energy Management Energy efficiency Environmental sustainability Energy conservation Energy consumption Energy sources Renewable energy integration Sustainability1.1 Introduction
Energy and Energy Management are two facets of a mature technology that would move the economic status of a country from normal to the height of societal development. A nation with a strong mission of ensuring energy efficiency at each step of its societal development can sustain higher economic growth on a long-term basis. The increasing concerns about climate change and environmental emissions have led to conserving energy through the development of several energy-efficient systems. The underlying concept behind this is the reduction of extensive utilization of fossil fuel or primary energy sources and their associated carbon emissions. From this perspective, the following sections are designed to explain energy concepts, project energy demand/consumption, and describe possible Energy Management techniques that would be helpful for the development of a sustainable future.
eBook - ePub- Mirjana Radovanovic, Stevan Popov, Sinisa Dodic(Authors)
- 2012(Publication Date)
- Academic Press(Publisher)
Energy Management is a particularly demanding challenge in all areas, especially in terms of the need to manage energy in a manner required by the modern world, which is not a simple application of the process of management in the field of energy. With the increasing intensity of energy use in the world, there has been a need to develop adequate Energy Management at all levels, where it is necessary to develop mechanisms that will react and adapt the whole process of management, depending on the character and intensity of changes taking place in the environment.The process of Energy Management can be seen in an extremely simplified way as a process that takes place from the moment of extraction of energy raw material to its final consumption and disposal of the waste energy. This process takes place in an extremely complex environment, is subject to the impact of numerous factors, and represents certain challenges in countries and regions where very stable conditions prevail and parameter changes are reduced to minimum. A particular problem is power management in the areas where frequent changes occur regarding type and intensity. Moreover, particularly challenging is the attempt to develop a unique model for Energy Management globally.With the introduction of the principle of sustainability, as the only principle of the development of mankind in the future, the issues of Energy Management are given a new dimension, which greatly differs from traditional management and imposes the need for the adoption of new solutions. In the most widely accepted context, Energy Management involves the use of a sustainable model of strategic management in the field of monitoring of energy flows in terms of production, transport, transformation, and consumption.Given the complexity of Energy Management, it is necessary to use the available approaches and modify them in accordance with the requirements of sustainability. Creating an adequate model of sustainable Energy Management is only possible with the integration of sustainable development requirements, particularities of the energy sector, and the science of strategic management. By integrating these criteria a new interdisciplinary approach to Energy Management has been created that has its own characteristics and is subject to changes depending on many factors. Therefore, it is primarily necessary to give a brief overview of the development of the science of strategy and strategic management in general.
eBook - ePubConceptualizing Germany's Energy Transition
Institutions, Materiality, Power, Space
- Ludger Gailing, Timothy Moss, Ludger Gailing, Timothy Moss(Authors)
- 2016(Publication Date)
- Palgrave Pivot(Publisher)
2012 ). Overall, the value of energy geography lies in the insights it provides into the social production of space via energy transitions, including impacts of uneven spatial development and the scalar relations and socio-spatial materiality of energy.6.3.2 Political Science
In political science, a discussion on urban energy and climate governance began over a decade ago. Although much of the literature is descriptive and policy-oriented, it makes a number of important contributions to the wider academic discussion on energy transitions. New forms of governance (Bulkeley and Kern 2006 ; Betsill and Bulkeley 2007 ), such as ‘governance by experiment’ (Bulkeley and Castán Broto 2013 ; Bulkeley et al. 2014a ), are addressed, as is the interplay of urban, national and international scales of energy and climate politics (Kern and Aber 2008 ). Further studies have provided knowledge on the institutionalization and outputs of energy governance (Monstadt 2007 ). Numerous case studies on the transformation of urban governance via climate protection and energy efficiency initiatives generate insights on the highly varied local and regional contexts of energy transitions (Emelianoff 2014 ). In addition, work on city regions and urban networks (Lee and van de Meene 2012 ) explores the spatial scope of energy transitions beyond the individual city. Finally, critical reflection on catchy keywords such as ‘smart’, ‘resilient’ or ‘low carbon ’ cities is enriching the debate on urban energy transitions in terms of its goals, discourses and representations, particularly given the very different theoretical perspectives employed, such as multi-level governance (Kern and Bulkeley 2009 ) and governmentality (Rutland and Aylett 2008
eBook - ePubISO 50001
A strategic guide to establishing an energy management system
- Alan Field(Author)
- 2019(Publication Date)
- ITGP(Publisher)
CHAPTER 1: WHY IS Energy Management A STRATEGIC ISSUE?
All organisations need to be more competitive. A part of this is using resources efficiently – lower costs can mean higher profits or, at the very least, more effective product or service delivery. Nothing new in that.However, Energy Management is as much about preventing pollution as it is conserving resources. Customers are increasingly aware of wider issues of sustainability – what was 40 years ago the realm of eccentrics is now mainstream and urgent. This is coupled with greater regulation concerning climate change and other environmental matters, which impacts many organisations. Even those who question the validity of climate change cannot deny that fossil fuel energy resources are finite and that world demand for energy is increasing, with parts of the developing world now becoming more industrialised, and consumers expecting a wider range of products.It is true that some extraction techniques such as fracking increase the timeline of energy stocks, and new technologies such as biogas can create alternative and more sustainable streams of production. However, these all have their own costs and environmental impacts. Some renewable energy sources have a lower carbon footprint but there is no free ride with any energy source, either financially or in terms of sustainability. More importantly, your customers know it.There are many ways to economise energy use, with a number of technologies and systems available to monitor and reduce consumption. ISO 50001 is a way to bring together energy policies and initiatives into a single management system. ‘Clean growth’ is a buzz phrase that in essence means better productivity but fewer greenhouse gas emissions. In October 2017, the UK government introduced the Clean Growth Strategy, which recognises the demand for enormous reductions in carbon emissions to combat climate change, together with a need for cleaner air.6
- K. Saravanan, G. Sakthinathan, K. Saravanan, G. Sakthinathan(Authors)
- 2021(Publication Date)
- CRC Press(Publisher)
62 ] will be discussed in the following sections.6.4.1 STRATEGICPLANOFENERGYMANAGEMENTPlanning policies offer development procedures related to monitor progress in terms of budgetary, performance, and estimation systems. In addition, this strategy includes the determination of quality-based aspects that denote the planning policy of Energy Management. This strategy mainly defines the planning focusing on stake-holder requirements and management, as well as concerns of human resources. It also is essential to classify unreliability and variations or gap studies addressing comprehensive concerns. Planning policy becomes a standard that signifies the identification of organization growth and puts into operation long-term and short-term objectives and endeavors with the form of regular development of the energy-based environment systems.6.4.2 LOW-CARBONTRANSPORTATIONTransportation systems are available that are secure, environmentally friendly and reasonable. Low-carbon transport provides continued reduction of the reliance on petroleum-related approaches of transportation as well as improved prominence and support of non-motorized and low-carbon transfer. The main low-carbon transportation proposal is based on transit-oriented development (TOD). Developing city regions through excellent planning produces places that are available, walkable, and contain a green city with green infrastructure. Additionally, cities that provide service through well-organized communal transportation develop into smart spaces in support of public living and serve to decrease specified levels of contamination from greenhouse gas emissions along with developing the living environment.
