Introduction to Industrial Energy Efficiency: Energy Auditing, Energy Management, and Policy Issues

Patrik Thollander · Magnus Karlsson · Patrik Rohdin · Johan Wollin · Jakob Rosenqvist

Jan 2020 · Academic Press

About this ebook

Introduction to Industrial Energy Efficiency: Energy Auditing, Energy Management, and Policy Issues offers a systemic overview of all key-aspects involved in improving industrial energy efficiency in various industry sectors. It is organized in three parts, each dealing with a particular perspective needed to form a complete view of related issues. Sections focus on energy auditing and improved energy efficiency of companies from a predominantly technical perspective, shed light on energy management and factors that hinder or drive the adoption of energy efficiency practices in the manufacturing industry, and explore energy efficiency policy instruments and how they are designed, implemented and evaluated.

Practicing engineers in the field of energy efficiency, engineering and energy researchers coming into the field, and graduate students will find this book to be an invaluable reference on the fundamental knowledge they need to get started in this area.

• Provides, in one volume, a comprehensive overview of energy systems efficiency and management that is applied to various industrial processes
• Explores operational measures for improvement, including case studies from varying countries and sectors
• Discusses the barriers to, and driving forces for, improving energy efficiency in industrial settings, including technical, behavioral, organizational and policy aspects

About the author

Dr. Patrik Thollander is a professor of energy systems in the Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University and guest professor at Department of Building, Energy and Environment Engineering, University of Gävle. Patrik is conducting research related to improved energy efficiency in industrial energy systems. In addition to this, he is involved in courses in energy systems, modeling, energy auditing, energy management, and industrial energy policy.

Dr. Magnus Karlsson is an associate professor of energy systems in the Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University. Magnus is conducting research related to improved energy efficiency in industrial energy systems. In addition to this, he is involved in courses in energy systems, modeling, optimization, energy auditing, energy management, and industrial energy policy.

Dr. Patrik Rohdin is an associate professor of energy systems in the Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University. Patrik is conducting research related to improved energy efficiency in industrial energy systems and in buildings. In addition to this, he is involved in courses in energy systems, building energy systems, modeling, energy auditing, energy management, and industrial and building energy policy.

Dr. Johan Wollin is the Global Director of Energy Management at Volvo Construction Equipment. Johan has worked with Lean and Toyota Production System inside Toyota’s Operations Management Development Division to build fundamental understanding of the thought process and philosophy behind Lean as well as the practical implementation on the shop floor. Johan holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Coventry University, UK.

Mr Jakob Rosenqvist is currently working as Energy technician at Tranås Energi where he is working with energy audits and metering. Jacob previously spent almost ten years as a Research technician in the Energy systems team in the Department of Management and Engineering at Linköping University, Sweden. Jakob is an experienced lecturer in energy systems, industrial and building energy systems, energy auditing, as well as energy metering.