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LAPSE:2023.30674
Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?
Feng-Fan Liao, Wun-Hwa Chen
April 14, 2023
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.
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energy administrator, energy audit, Energy Efficiency, energy efficiency policy programs, energy management, target of 1% electricity saving
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Liao FF, Chen WH. Will the Management Structure of Energy Administrators Affect the Achievement of the Electrical Efficiency Mandatory Target for Taiwan Factories?. (2023). LAPSE:2023.30674
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Liao FF: Green Energy and Environment Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute, 195, Sec. 4, Chung Hsing Rd., Chutung, Hsinchu 310401, Taiwan; Department and Graduate Institute of Business Administration, National Taiwan University, No.1, Se [ORCID]
Chen WH: Department and Graduate Institute of Business Administration, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106216, Taiwan
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Energies
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14
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7
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2021
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2021
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2021-04-06
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1996-1073
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