This document discusses how to improve industrial energy efficiency programs' ability to engage industrial facilities. It uses an analogy of these programs "courting" facilities but notes facilities have other priorities. A survey found most facilities are only opportunistically motivated by incentives. The document recommends program administrators screen facilities for receptiveness, quantify investment risks and returns, and recognize that energy management requires change management skills. It suggests sponsoring onsite energy manager pilots to link energy savings to facilities' core business goals and managers' careers.
12. Honeymoon First?
≒ Recognize: ENERGY MGMT = CHANGE MANAGEMENT
≒ Sponsor energy manager pilot placements*
≒ Speak to core business agendas
Rate and magnitude of wealth created.
≒ Good for the company? Yeah, but...
Whats good for the facility managers career?
From cost center to pro鍖t center
From costs savings to boos5ng return on invested capital
ENERGY MGMT = RISK MGMT = FUTUREPROOFING
12 息2013 Energy PathFINDER.com
*Published report: Onsite Energy Manager Pilot Programs
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