An energy monitoring system is fundamental to understand how energy is consumed, which production area mainly requires energy and when the consumption occurs.
The Tradable Certificates for Energy Savings TCES even known as White Certificates are meant to promote and support energy efficient initiatives among industrial, civil and service players, both public and private ones.
The ISO 50001 is an international voluntary standard that offers the organizations a system to optimize the energy efficiency of all their processes and to promote more efficient management of energy.
Compressed-air systems present often leakages, an underestimated wastage which generates unnecessary high operating costs but which can easily be eliminated.
The Italian decree D.Lgs. 102, July 2014, 4th, imposed an Energy Audit to any large enterprises or energy-intensive firms by December 2015. Such Energy Audits last four years and a new one must be performed by that time.
Energy Manager has been introduced in Italy since 1982 by law 308/1982 but has got a full recognition by law 10/1991 as referent for the saving and use of energy.
The Demand Side Management DSM is a service offered by energy-intensive firms which agree in suspend electric availability in case of national emergency.
The contributions allocated annually by the European Community, by the State and by the Regions can be an interesting opportunity for the companies that interested in the Industry 4. 0