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Energy Management Plans
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Table of Contents

Overview
Why are Energy Management Plans Important?
Who Needs an Energy Management Plan?
Synonyms & Related Terms
Typical Uses
Typical Results Achieved
Typical Symptoms
Typical Problems Encountered
Things to Consider
What's the PQA Advantage?
The Next Step
 

Overview

An Energy Management Plan is a planning document that acts as a single source for all the critical information, steps, resources, and methods you need to make efficient and effective movement to improved energy management.

When researched, developed, and written by experts, the Energy Management Plan can be used by Managers as a quick self-study guide.  Step-by-step, the reader is exposed to the important issues that should be considered before taking the first step towards a better energy future.

Why is a Energy Management Plan Important?

There are risks associated with any status-quo, as well as with change.  A Energy Management Plan gets you the critical information you need before you make that important decision to:

  • Continue doing as you have always done before
  • Change to some other technology, process, method, goal, or measurement

Nobody is an expert in everything.  By obtaining the specific expertise you need, you can rapidly achieve the same results that would take longer & cost more for you to do it yourself.

Before investing significant amounts of time, money, or other resources, it's always good to get a second, expert opinion.  If something has been missed, or assumptions are not justifiable, your risk is minimized the sooner these problems are discovered.  That is how PQA can help in the development of an effective Energy Management Plan.
 

Who Needs a Energy Management Plan?

  • Organizations that see Energy as a Strategic Factor in their successful future
  • Presidents
  • Sr. Managers
  • Financial Comptrollers
  • Engineering & Technical Managers
  • Maintenance & Service Managers
  • Office Managers
  • Anyone who needs a simple roadmap through a complex situation and unknown future

Synonyms & Related Terms

  • Risk Assessment
  • Strategic Plan
  • Business Plan
  • Technical Study
  • Business Case
  • Economic Justification
  • BAT (Best Available Technology)
  • World-Class Technology
  • Benchmarking
  • Prototyping
  • Demonstration Site
  • Scale-up test process

Typical Uses

Generally, a Energy Management Plan will:

  • Look at past, current, and future energy consumption
  • Define past, current, & future needs, constraints, & resources
  • Investigate enabling technologies that can aid efficient and effective energy consumption
  • Define criteria for judging the various Options & risks
  • Define 2 or more (preferably 3) Options

For each of the Options identified above, the Energy Management Plan usually provides:

  • Pros & Cons
  • Risks (Financial, Technical, Health & Safety, Environmental, Process, Customer)
  • Costs
  • Benefits
  • Constraint & limitations
  • Logistics, Precedence, & Successors
  • Budget Pricing (+ 20%) for the Purchase & Installation of the Proposed Project
  • Project Savings (+ 20%) calculated as Net Savings (Gross savings over current method - Operating Costs)
  • Return on Investment, Cash Flow, & Break-even Point
  • PQA's recommendations

Overall, PQA will also supply our Analysis, Findings, Conclusions, & Recommendations
 

Typical Results Achieved

Before you buy or decide, you have everything you need to make the best possible decision.  Your risk is minimized.

Typical Symptoms

You probably need a Energy Management Plan if:

  • You don't have specific, comprehensive, and current expertise in the subject matter
     
  • There are more than 1 options that have conflicting pros & cons
     
  • You have less than 3 clear choices that are acceptable to the Stakeholders (Choice only begins with 2 Options)
     
  • There are factors beyond your immediate control
     
  • There is long term consequences to your decision (ie. you're stuck with your choice for an extended period of time)
     
  • There are significant risks associated with one or more of the choices (ie. your career, or the organization's survival)
     
  • New or un-proven technology is involved
     
  • Old, antiquated technology is involved (up-date or upgrade is required)
     
  • You need someone else to blame in case things go bad

Typical Problems Encountered

  • Can't easily find the expertise you need
  • Lack of time to do a thorough job
  • Lack of data
  • Assumptions, especially un-announced or unintended or inappropriate ones
  • Personal bias
  • Do it Yourself, when you really need an expert
  • You never know what you don't know
  • Mis-Interpretations
  • Learn as you go
  • Delays, & mixed priorities cause loss of focus & continuity
  • Multi-tasking

Things to Consider Before Implementing a Energy Management Plan

  1. Why do you want to do a Energy Management Plan?
  2. How does Energy & energy efficiency rank on your organization's overall Priority list today?  20 years from today?
  3. Why is Energy & energy efficiency a significant competitive factor for your business?
  4. Why do you want to do a Energy Management Plan now?
  5. What are competitors & industry leaders doing about energy efficiency & supply?
  6. How do your customers and Stakeholders feel about Green Energy, energy efficiency, Green House Gasses, and sustainable development?
  7. What specific actions will you take once you receive your Energy Management Plan report?
  8. Would you still do a Energy Management Plan, even if government subsidies were not available?
  9. How will you find the best person to help do your Energy Management Plan?
  10. What is your budget for doing a Energy Management Plan (minimum $, maximum $, ideal $)?

 

What's the PQA Advantage?

PQA has 17 years experience at developing and/or implementing Energy Management Plans in various industries.  We have developed proprietary Energy Management Plans that ensure data are accurate, timely, believable, and useful for management to make the best decisions.  With an excellent plan, people are enthused to take action towards the brighter future.

PQA has expertise in CCPM (Critical Chain Project Management) which can achieve plan implementation 10% to 50% faster &/or cheaper.  PQA can show you how.  If there are savings and improvements to be made, doesn't it make sense to get there as soon as possible?

A Energy Management Plan implemented by PQA typically include one or more of the following features:

  • A Energy Management Plan is custom designed to each organization's specific needs.  One-size a Energy Management Plan doesn't fit all
     
  • Energy Management Plan data are collected for each of the 21 internal processes that exist in most For-Profit and Not-For-Profit organization.  This means that Energy Management Plan data is comprehensive, considers managers on a departmental, as well as a business process basis (across 1 or more departments).
     
  • Energy Management Plan data are linked to the 9 Competitive Factors (the 9 reasons why customers buy from you instead of your competitors)
     
  • Energy Management Plan data are linked to the 7 Deadly Sins for Customer Service (the 7 typical failures that occur between a company and its customers)
     
  • Customer & supplier satisfaction & loyalty survey are linked to Energy Management Plan data for generating objective & subjective data for the "soft costs"
     
  • Project analysis templates for analysis of implementation cost, savings, cash flow, ROI, and ROQ (proprietary to PQA) before a project is approved.
     
  • Energy Management Plans, and assessment, consulting, coaching, and implementation assistance can all be provided by PQA.  These ensure effective implementation at all stages of your a Energy Management Plan project.

The Next Step

If you or your organization want higher profitability, or significantly improve your stakeholder satisfaction, a properly designed and implemented Energy Management Plan system may be of interest.

 E-mail, or phone PQA (1-800-837-7046) for a free, confidential discussion of your current situation, and how a Energy Management Plan  may help.

PQA's typical recommendation is to do a rapid assessment of your organization.  This includes the accounting system, current management measurement systems, all business processes, and interviews with key personnel.  PQA then provides a report on our findings and recommendations on the Energy Management Plan or other techniques that would be beneficial.  You are provided an approximate cost to implement, as well as the currently estimated losses from the current system.  An ROI and ROQ can then be calculated for the Energy Management Plan on the proposed upgrade or implementation project.

If you decide to proceed, PQA can provide any necessary skills, training, or implementation assistance to ensure an effective system.  PQA also offers quarterly or annual assessments to ensure the results predicted in the Energy Management Plan  are actually achieved by the project continuing to work at peak effectiveness.
           
 

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