Fuel Efficiency Booklet 13 Waste avoidance measures

Publication Year

1997

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Withdrawn

Abstract

Waste avoidance is a much-neglected route to energy cost reduction. Waste avoidance is a simple concept to understand. For any given building, process or vehicle there is a level of energy consumption which represents efficient operation. This will occur when all system are functioning as intended and where occupants, operators, drivers and maintenance staff are using plant, systems and controls correctly. As soon as there is any deviation from this ideal, one or two things will happen: either there will be a drop in energy consumption accompanied by loss of service, or energy consumption will increase, probably without any symptoms evident to those concerned. Such an increase in consumption is unnecessary and therefore constitutes avoidable waste.

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