LAPSE:2023.20013
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LAPSE:2023.20013
Impact of Energy Monitoring and Management Systems on the Implementation and Planning of Energy Performance Improved Actions: An Empirical Analysis Based on Energy Audits in Italy
Carlos Herce, Enrico Biele, Chiara Martini, Marcello Salvio, Claudia Toro
March 10, 2023
The implementation of monitoring tools and energy management systems (EnMSs) supports companies in their long-term energy efficiency strategies, and they are essential to analyse the effectiveness of energy performance improvement actions (EPIAs). The first fundamental step towards increasing energy efficiency is the development of energy audits (EAs). EAs provide comprehensive information about the energy usage in a specific facility, identifying and quantifying cost-effective EPIAs. The crucial role of these tools in clean energy transition is remarked by the European Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), which promotes the implementation of EAs and EnMS programmes. The purpose of this work is to better understand the link between EnMSs (specifically ISO 50001) and EAs in the EED Article 8 implementation in two industrial and two tertiary sectors in Italy. Moreover, the impact of company size, energy monitoring systems, and EnMSs on planned and/or implemented EPIAs is analysed. Our findings show that, albeit the complexity of the variables involved in energy efficiency gap, the “energy savings/company” and “EPIA/site” ratios are higher in enterprises with an EnMS and monitoring system. Thus, a correct energy audit must always be accompanied by a specific monitoring plan if it is to be effective and useful to the company decision maker.
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energy audits (EAs), Energy Efficiency, energy management systems, energy performance improved actions (EPIAs), manufacturing industry, tertiary sector
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Herce C, Biele E, Martini C, Salvio M, Toro C. Impact of Energy Monitoring and Management Systems on the Implementation and Planning of Energy Performance Improved Actions: An Empirical Analysis Based on Energy Audits in Italy. (2023). LAPSE:2023.20013
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Herce C: Energy Efficiency in the Economic Sectors Laboratory (DUEE-SPS-ESE), Energy Efficiency Unit Department, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Ital
Biele E: Energy Efficiency in the Economic Sectors Laboratory (DUEE-SPS-ESE), Energy Efficiency Unit Department, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Ital
Martini C: Energy Efficiency in the Economic Sectors Laboratory (DUEE-SPS-ESE), Energy Efficiency Unit Department, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Ital
Salvio M: Energy Efficiency in the Economic Sectors Laboratory (DUEE-SPS-ESE), Energy Efficiency Unit Department, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Ital
Toro C: Energy Efficiency in the Economic Sectors Laboratory (DUEE-SPS-ESE), Energy Efficiency Unit Department, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Ital
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Energies
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14
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16
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4723
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2021
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2021-08-04
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