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Energy Management Systems in Practice ISO 50001: A Guide for Companies and Organisations

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These guidelines are an updated version of the EN 16001 guidelines previously published in five editions, newly adapted to ISO 50001. more[...] login_required

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Energy Management Handbook

The studies examined the challenges faced by companies, and explored costeffective energy-saving methods. more[...] login_required

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Energy Efficiency and Energy Management Handbook

Handbook for preparation of projects, training of staff and help in implementing of energy efficiency projects for the operating programme "Energy Efficiency and Green Economy". more[...] login_required

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Turner, Wayne C.

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Doty, Steve

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Energy Management Handbook

Coverage of energy auditing, economic analysis, boilers and steam systems, heat recovery, cogeneration, insulation, thermal storage, indoor air quality, utility rates, energy systems maintenance, and more. more[...] login_required

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From Waste to Energy – Successfully and Safely

Metso Corporation
Paula Niemistö

The Riverside Resource Recovery Energy from Waste Facility, the largest such facility in the United Kingdom, is located on the bank of the River Thames in London. Metso’s automation solutions play a significant role in managing the waste-to-energy plant successfully and safely. The plant produces around 478,000 MWh of electricity a year, which is the equivalent produced by burning 191,000 tons of coal. more[...]

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Bouttier-Stref, Sandrine

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Fighting Climate Change

Thales Group
Sandrine Bouttier-Stref, Thales Group

Thales is responding to the major issue of climate change by implementing a strategy of at-source reduction of CO2 emissions, helping to raise awareness of climate-related issues through a number of programs and partnerships, and promoting products and services that support the emission-reduction initiatives of its customers and society at large. more[...]

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Corporate Philanthropy

Yüksel Holding A.S.
Deniz Sazak, Yüksel

Athletics is not as popular as soccer or basketball in Turkey. Therefore, even though there are many promising Turkish young athletes, finding sponsorships for athletics is not easy. The Yılmaz Sazak International Athletics Meetings (YSIAM) have been organized now for 18 years under the main sponsorship of Yüksel. In parallel with Yüksel’s environmental sustainability strategy, the YSIAM is the first carbon-neutral track-and-field organization in Europe. The organization of the Meetings by Yüksel includes the integration of philanthropy into management processes and business activities. Corporate volunteering is achieved by the employees of Yüksel, who work for the Meetings to contribute to athletics in Turkey. more[...]

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Bettercoal: Tackling sustainability issues in coal purchasing

RWE
Marga Edens, RWE

The energy transition has many facets. Not only is the structure of electricity generation shifting, but the procurement of fossil fuels is changing as well. In ever more places in the world, natural gas and coal are now being traded on commodity markets, somehow comparable to petroleum. It has not always been this way, especially with coal, which was previously obtained mainly from domestic mines. But this is changing now. In Germany for example, 2018 will mark the end of domestic extraction. Germany is already supplying a huge amount of its demand forcoal from other continents. This leads to new challenges with regard to sustainability issues. The markets have become a great deal more liquid. Most of the coal on offer comes from mines in South Africa, Colombia, and Russia; their geological features allow coal to be extracted at significantly lower costs than in Western- European countries like Germany. However, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the conditions under which such mining takes place and allegations have been made that the mining in thesecountries has an negative impact on workers, the local people and the environment. Many of these countries do not have the detailed environmental impact assessments, socially acceptable resettlements, and rules for workers’ representation in decision-making that we take for granted in OECD-countries. Often the statements issued by mining companies contradict reports from environmental associations, human rights organizations, and trade unions. more[...]

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The Production Hall as a Passive-energy Building

Klaus Hübscher, Weidmüller
Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG

It is not only in the area of products and solutions that Weidmüller strives to maximize energy efficiency and conserve resources. The electronics specialist from Detmold also focuses on sustainability in its own production processes, its building infrastructure, and in cross-sector technologies. The reason for this is that energy efficiency begins long before the electricity socket. more[...]

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Salmon Education on the Fish-shaped Island

Sakhalin Energy
Anna Lygina, Sakhalin Energy
Natalia Gonchar, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company

Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. was founded in 1994 to develop the Piltun- Astokhskoye and Lunskoye oil and gas fields off the shore of Sakhalin Island. The company was the first in Russia to start offshore hydrocarbon production from ice-resistant platforms and liquefied natural gas production. It can be justifiably proud of its achievements in the field of environmental protection and social responsibility. more[...]

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Getting to the Bottom Line of Environmental Impacts

Camilla Crone Jensen, Novo Nordisk
Scott Dille, Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk

Companies depend on services provided by nature, such as fresh water, clean air, healthy biodiversity, and productive land, and their impact on the environment stretches far beyond what goes in and out of a production site. However, the total environmental cost of doing business is not fully accounted for in today’s financial disclosures. Novo Nordisk has looked beyond its own business operations to track the true cost of its environmental impacts. more[...]

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MAN Lives Its Commitment to Climate Protection

Yvonne Benkert, MAN SE
MAN SE

As a global player in the transportation and energy sectors, MAN has a special responsibility to contribute to the reduction of the global carbon footprint. MAN lives up to this responsibility – in its Climate Strategy, it has set a clear objective: a 25 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from the company’s production sites by 2020 (baseline: 2008). The MAN Group has already cut CO2 emissions by 77,000 tons since 2008 – primarily due to the dedication and creativity of its employees, who initiate and carry out climate-protection projects at its sites. Resource scarcity, climate change, globalization, and urbanization are global challenges. MAN actively addresses these issues through its comprehensive corporate responsibility (CR) strategy. At MAN, CR finds concrete expression in four fields of action: integration, economy, environment, and people. Integrating economic, environmental, and social responsibility into its business practices is central to MAN’s success. MAN’s employees are essential to this process – they are its CR ambassadors. Only with their participation can MAN find fitting answers to the most urgent questions of our time. more[...]

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