The best way to cut emissions is to reduce energy consumption. Reducing the energy consumption of your manufacturing operations is essential for meeting new regulatory requirements for sustainably produced products, which is important if you plan to export to markets like Europe.
Additionally, lowering energy use helps you to cut costs and improves the efficiency of your operations.
Let’s take a look at some practical, actionable steps you can take to reduce your carbon emissions by reducing your energy consumption.
Engage Utility Management and Auditing Services
By soliciting utility management and auditing services, you can analyse your energy consumption patterns to find ways to improve them. Many manufacturers overlook inefficiencies in their energy use. Fortunately, by seeking auditing services, you can identify where energy is being wasted or used inefficiently and take corrective action.
Through these services, you can ensure that you are being billed correctly, while reducing waste, optimising electricity usage, and lowering your carbon emissions.
Implement an Energy Management System
An energy management system (EMS) can help you monitor, control, and optimise your energy usage.
With an EMS integrated into your operations, you can collect real-time data on energy usage across various production stages. With remote monitoring capabilities, you can even oversee multiple sites at once.
An EMS provides valuable insights into how energy is being consumed in your operations. It allows you to have more control over energy usage and to make data-driven decisions for improvement.
This type of system can also help you identify peak use periods, minimise waste, and find ways to either automate energy efficiency or implement process improvements. Ultimately, investing in an EMS will result in a substantial reduction in your electricity consumption and the associated carbon emissions.
Power Factor Correction
Implementing power factor correction can significantly improve your operation’s electrical efficiency and reduce emissions.
The power factor is a measure of how effectively electrical power is being used. A low power factor indicates that your facility is using more power than needed to perform a given task. By installing capacitor banks, you can improve your power factor.
The benefit of a power factor correction system is that it reduces the amount of reactive power in the system, ensuring more efficient operation and lowering energy consumption.
This reduces strain on the electrical grid, resulting in a decrease in carbon emissions for your organisation.
Energy Management Solutions offers these types of energy efficiency enhancements to help your manufacturing business reduce emissions and become a more sustainable enterprise. Contact us today to learn more.