Ireland leading the way in Energy Management

IrelandLeading the way inEnergy Management

Energy Efficiency – the Sustainable Enterprise ImperativeThe sustainable energy agenda is already creating jobs in Ireland, and one of the central pillars of the nation’s next phase of economic development is energy efficiency. The nature of new clean energy solutions is exactly where Ireland’s enterprise strengths lie: innovation, technology and knowledge-led services.

This publication highlights how international companies based in Ireland have recognised the leadership role that Ireland is playing

in the development of energy management systems and supporting standards. Irish experts are also leading energy management

programmes globally, while many Irish-based multinationals are transferring knowledge developed in Ireland to their global

counterparts.

It has become apparent as the energy management systems story has unfolded that these have become a common link tying

together all aspects of the energy sector. Energy management is not only pivotal to driving down overhead costs but is also driving

innovation and market needs. With its energy experts and highly skilled workforce, the country is leading the way in continued energy

management systems development and deployment. It has become a test-bed location for project and prototype development in

relation to energy technology and this is acknowledged worldwide.

The starting point for setting any standard is commitment at the top. I welcome the commitment given by the Government in this

area and the lead taken by Industry in Ireland in the development of a national standard for energy management which is now

reaping concrete enterprise rewards.

The scale of the enterprise opportunity across the sector is immense and I would like to acknowledge the continued collaboration

and support of IDA, Enterprise Ireland and all involved to ensure Ireland maximises this opportunity.

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Foreword

Brendan Halligan

Brendan Halligan Chairman, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Energy efficiency and the development of innovative solutions to energy challenges is of critical importance for all companies in Ireland, regardless of size or location. Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland are working together to deliver a range of energy research initiatives for the benefit of Irish industry.

Through the strategic support for state-funded research in Irish Higher Education Institutes, Enterprise Ireland

and IDA Ireland are enabling Irish manufacturing companies to be more competitive through increased energy

efficiency and the discovery of innovative, alternative energy solutions.

The establishment of industry-led activities such as Technology Centres in Energy Efficiency (I2E2), Bioenergy

and Biorefining and the International Energy Research Centre, as well as major investments by global companies

such as IBM’s Smarter Cities Technology Centre and United Technologies Corporation’s Energy and Security

Research Centre, position Ireland as a global innovative clean-tech hub for the development of integrated

energy solutions, attracting high quality jobs to Ireland and creating a vibrant community of innovative

businesses.

Energy Management Creates Enterprise Opportunities

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Frank Ryan Chief Executive, Enterprise Ireland

Barry O’Leary Chief Executive Officer, IDA Ireland

What arE thE BEnEfits of an EnErgy ManagEMEnt systEM (EnMs)?

The objective of an EnMS is to establish a systematic process for managing and

continually improving your energy performance.

In summary, the process requires:

• Creatinganenergypolicy

• Definingenergydemand

• Developingenergyobjectives

• Settingmeasurabletargets

• Implementingenergyprogrammes

• Monitoringandcorrectiveaction

• Ongoingmanagementreview

Once fully implemented, energy management is integrated into the routine

management of your company and you can sustain energy savings over the longer

term. With ongoing improvement (a key element of the standard), you remain alert

for new opportunities to save energy as they arise.

Making energy management a part of your culture leads to a wide range of

benefits, including cutting your energy expenditure at every opportunity.

In addition, where emission targets apply, an EnMS can help to put a framework

around the management of your organisation’s energy needs to determine,

understand and comply with legal requirements, thus avoiding penalties.

Experience has demonstrated that an EnMS not only saves you money; it can also

improve operational efficiency and, as a result, have a positive effect on productivity

and competitiveness.

raising thE standard – EnMs in irELand and intErnationaLLy

The Irish EnMS Standard IS 393 was developed in 2005 by the National Standards

Authority of Ireland (NSAI) in consultation with the Sustainable Energy Authority

of Ireland (SEAI) and industry representatives. The standard was designed so that

it could be easily incorporated into existing management activities.

IS 393 was one of the first EnMS of its type in the world. It led the way in

providing the blueprint for a new European EnMS standard EN 16001 (published

in August 2009).

The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has since developed an international

standard, ISO 50001 (published June 2011). Currently, a suite of guidance standards

are being developed to support its implementation. Within this project, Ireland has

a pivotal role in the development of a guidance standard for implementation and

maintenance, and improvement of an EnMS.

As more and more organisations seek to take control of energy expenditure and

carbon emissions, the increasing demand to use more cost effective or renewable

forms of energy supply, ensures a continuous improvement process. To support this

growing demand, we can see the emergence of an energy services market, both in

Ireland and internationally.

EnERgy MAnAgEMEnT SySTEMS & STAnDARDS

Ireland Plays a Leading Role

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Development of guidance standards supporting ISO 50001

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The International Standard ISO 50001

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The European Standard En 16001

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hoW irELand BuiLt up EnErgy ManagEMEnt ExpErtisE

A voluntary network of companies working to maintain strong energy

management and environmental protection practices has been operating in

Ireland since 1995. It is referred to as the Large Industry Energy Network (LIEN)

and is facilitated by SEAI.

Since the LIEN began,160 companies, representing up to 60% of Ireland’s industrial

energy use, are improving their energy performance by 2% per year. Long-term

members have improved energy performance by 33% between 1995, when it

started, and 2010.

By 2010, around 45 companies across 65 sites were formally certified to EN 16001

and had achieved substantial improvements in energy efficiency, as well as savings.

These companies are currently implementing the new ISO 50001 standard.

The SEAI Energy Agreements Programme, a subset of the LIEN, is centred

on commitment to ISO 50001 implementation. Through this Programme,

11% of Ireland’s National Primary Energy Requirement will be managed through

implemented EnMS in the near future. In the five years after the introduction

of the IS 393 standard in Ireland, up to €150m in avoided energy costs, has been

achieved through a wide range of energy efficiency measures.

Ireland now has one of the highest take-up of EnMS in the world while the LIEN

has established itself as one of the world’s leading energy efficiency networks.

Meanwhile, the SEAI/industry partnership has turned Ireland into an international

leader in energy management. The country has accumulated highly skilled

personnel with expertise, experience and know-how on the efficient

implementation of EnMS. International and national industries that harness

this resource can lead the way in energy management and reap all the benefits

associated with it.

EnErgy ManagEMEnt standards in irELand:

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Irish Energy Management Standard IS 393

EnERgy MAnAgEMEnT SySTEMS & STAnDARDS – IRELAnD PLAyS A LEADIng ROLE

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Irish success stories

Many Irish businesses are specialists in energy management and

are providing their expertise to organisations around the world.

Here are some of the success stories.

Certification Europe’s work focuses mainly on EnMS standards. The company was established in 1999 and has 41 employees in its headquarters in Dublin. It also has offices in the UK (including in Northern Ireland), Turkey, Italy, Japan, South Africa and Canada.

www.certificationeurope.com

“We have seen a steady increase in the number of organisations becoming more environmentally conscious while also seeking to reduce operational costs. A certified EnMS system can greatly assist this.”

Michael Brophy CEO, Certification Europe

IRISH SuCCESS STORIES

Certification Europe

Certification Europe is an international certification, training and inspection services provider. It focuses strongly on emerging business-centric standards. It provides a range of external, independent audit services in the area of business (risk) management standards, including EnMS certification services.

The company is a world leader in EnMS system services. In 2009 it issued the world’s first accredited certificate to EN 16001 and it is a leading certification body for the international standard ISO 50001. It runs highly successful energy management training courses, enabling delegates to take a proactive approach to their management of energy.

Analysis conducted in 2010 confirmed that clients who have availed of Certification Europe’s energy management certification schemes have saved 102 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy. This is enough to power more than 20,000 households for a year.

Clients range from SMEs to large-scale multinationals in both the public and private sectors. Each receives a tailored assessment process for their energy management needs. Certification Europe’s experience lies primarily in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail, services and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industries, where work has been conducted in the EU, North America, Africa and Asia.

Clients have been able to greatly reduce their energy costs, improve operational efficiencies and maintenance practices while also reducing their carbon footprint.

World-leadIng CertIfICatIon Body

Michael Brophy, CEO

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Crowley Carbon was established in 2008 and delivers energy efficiency technology to the industrial sector. The company is headquartered in Dublin and also has offices in London, Sydney and a development centre in Sofia.


Crowley Carbon

Crowley Carbon has developed and patented a range of energy efficiency products for the commercial and industrial market. The company also provides a full turnkey energy efficiency service including products from lighting to converting waste heat to electricity. On average the company has delivered reductions of 25% in the total energy spend of its clients. Since its founding, the company has delivered projects that have saved its clients over 15 million litres of oil per annum and this number is quadrupling every year.

Clients include major multinationals such as Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Carillion Plc., Dawn Foods and also government agencies such as the UK Ministry of Defence.

“We see Crowley Carbon as one of the global leaders in what has become, in a short space of time, a multi trillion dollar industry.” – George Polk, Founder of the European Climate Foundation

“…Companies like Crowley Carbon are quietly making a profound difference in global carbon reduction.” – From the book Reinventing Fire by Amory Lovins

delIverIng energy effICIenCy tHrougH teCHnology

“We believe, for our clients, nothing delivers faster and more permanent cost and CO2 reduction than energy efficiency. Ignoring energy efficiency is like burning the front door to keep your house warm!”

norman Crowley Chairman, Crowley Carbon

norman Crowley, Chairman

www.crowleycarbon.com

Enerit, an Irish company founded in 2004, provides EnMS software to energy users and energy management consultants globally, including the USA, UK, India and Ireland.

www.enerit.com


Enerit

Since 2004, Enerit has developed and delivered environmental software for public sector organisations and multinational corporations internationally. It has been involved in implementing key energy management standards, including IS 393 and EN 16001.

In June 2011, Enerit launched the world’s first ISO 50001 software. It is the only systematic energy management solution which helps users to convert energy information into dynamic integrated organisation-wide action plans. Its ultimate goal is to get teams working together to drive down energy costs.

Enerit software saves 40%–50% of the time required by staff to run a systematic energy management programme and deals with all ISO 50001 energy information in one integrated system.

Enerit has built up a range of global multinational clients in the industrial and construction sectors, all of which are large energy users including Pfizer, Milan and Rome airports, the Fraunhofer Institutes, hotels, universities, hospitals and retail stores.

World firsts from Enerit customers include: the world’s first university – University College Cork – to certify to ISO 50001, and the first Pfizer site (Loughbeg, Ireland) worldwide to achieve ISO 50001.

Energy savings are between 10% and 20% in the first year for organisations new to energy management. Enerit brings extra energy cost reductions of 5% year-on-year for companies with a track record in systematic energy management.

World’s fIrst Iso 50001 softWare developer

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“The growth of the international market for EnMS is driven by the need to reduce energy costs and demonstrate corporate social responsibility. We predict that this will result in over one million companies worldwide adopting ISO 50001 over the next 10 years.”

paul Monaghan CEO, Enerit Ltd

Mike Brogan, COO and Paul Monaghan, CEO

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eNMS was founded in 2009 by Liam McLaughlin to provide energy management consultancy to large energy users nationally and internationally working mostly in the food and drink, electronics, pharmaceutical and public sectors.


eNMS Ltd

eNMS is a leading international energy management services company. Liam McLaughlin, the Managing Director of eNMS, is an appointed international energy management system expert with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). He has spoken at international events in Europe, Asia, North and South America and Africa on behalf of a number of clients.

Liam’s experience with energy management systems has led to his membership of the ISO Technical Committee 242 which is currently developing guidance standards to support the implementation of ISO 50001. All of this experience has enabled Liam to lead his company to become one of the leading international energy management and ISO 50001 consultancies.

The eNMS team continues to grow and has a number of Irish and international partners increasing their capabilities. Due to eNMS’s operational methodology, including extensive use of cloud computing, there are no geographical limits to where it can operate. This is reflected in its global projects portfolio.

eNMS is currently developing online energy management systems for clients in Europe and Asia. This is a collaborative initiative with Enerit, an Irish-based EnMS software developing company (see previous page).

Effective energy management systems help in identifying low-cost sustainable opportunities and eNMS clients have made savings of up to 50% of their energy use without having to invest in capital projects. eNMS consultants have provided energy advice to many high-profile clients, including ADB, Novartis, Millipore, EMC, Pfizer, Intel, MSD, Roche, GSK, Eli Lilly, ConocoPhillips and Aviva.

InternatIonal expert In Iso 50001

“A systematic approach to energy management can yield substantial improvements in energy efficiency and thus reduce costs and environmental impact.”

liam Mclaughlin Managing Director, eNMS Ltd

Liam McLaughlin, Managing Director

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PM Group, founded in Ireland in 1973, is an international engineering, architecture and project management design firm with over 1,600 staff based in 25 locations worldwide including Ireland, UK, Poland, USA, China, and India.

www.pmgroup-global.com

“Our clients are putting increasing importance on sustainability and energy efficiency. through our technology team we have invested heavily in design tools and training for engineers and architects to provide a world-class sustainability and energy efficient design capability. Many of our clients have received awards for projects that we have designed, including J&J Janssen Biologics Facility which has won the ISPE and CIBSE Sustainable Facility of the year Awards.”

dave Murphy CEO, PM Group

IRISh SuCCESS StORIES

PM Group

PM Group collaborates with many of the world’s leading private companies and major public sector organisations and is involved with various types of projects ranging from the design and construction management of facilities for biotech, advanced manufacturing and food companies to energy benchmarking studies.

PM Group has found that the increased focus by the industrial sector on energy and environmental issues has created a growing market for energy management service providers both at home and abroad. Now well established in the energy services sector, PM Group has led many successful, award winning, energy efficient projects around the world, including an energy efficient design project at the GSK Biologicals facility in Belgium.

“PM Group’s approach to energy efficient design for the new vaccines manufacturing facility under construction in Belgium has been both innovative and effective.” – Jon Ashley, GSK Biologicals

Con Leddy, who is responsible for PM Group’s Sustainable Energy Engineering services, states that “Most new designs can achieve significant improvements in energy efficiency if addressed early in the design phase through the correct tools and processes.”

In 2010, PM Group was commissioned to conduct an energy benchmarking study of the pharmaceutical sector in Singapore, which compared Singapore plants’ energy performance with peers at home and abroad, and recommended improvements as a result.

Winning Business aBroad

Dave Murphy, CEO

Multinationals achieve EnMs savings

International businesses are increasingly looking at ways of reducing their

cost base and many have realised the benefits to adopting an EnMS.

Some Irish-based multinationals explain how they’re leading the trend globally.

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duBlIn enMs a Model for google offICes InternatIonally

google is a global technology leader focused on improving the ways people connect with information. It has research centres and offices located internationally. Its European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) HQ, located in Dublin, is its largest operation outside the uSA, employing nearly 2,000 people.

Google has always been keen to use and integrate new technologies to improve building management performance and reduce or eliminate energy waste.

In its Dublin operations (office and data centres), Google uses building management systems (BMS) and EnMS with other integrated technologies to monitor measure and manage its energy. The successful introduction of EnMS in its Dublin offices has led to similar EnMS being introduced in several of its EMEA offices. Google’s data centres are some of the most efficient in the world, using only 50% of the energy of most other data centres.

In 2008, Google Ireland implemented the IS 393 Energy Management Standard in its Dublin office. In 2009, they transitioned to EN 16001 and since 2011 they successfully transitioned to International Standard ISO 50001. This implementation was achieved through a strong partnership with Google’s facilities service partners and SEAI. Since 2008, Google’s Dublin office has realised savings of over €360,000 in utilities usage, accounting for 435 tonnes of CO

2 or 5.7 million kWh of energy in its 210,000 sq ft

office space.“Having an energy management system in google gives us far greater visibility and control over our energy use and expenditure. Having implemented the energy management system in Dublin, google is now expanding the framework across other offices in Europe.”

James Bowen Facilities Manager, Google Dublin

MuLTInATIOnALS ACHIEvE EnMS SAvIngS

Google

dIageo strIves for ContInuous enMs IMproveMent

Diageo employs over 22,000 people worldwide in the premium drinks industry. Around 1,500 of these are based across sites in Ireland. Diageo’s largest site in Ireland is St James’s gate, the home not only of guinness, but also its European brewing operations. Diageo also has international locations in Asia, the united States and Africa among others.

Diageo’s co-ordinated energy and environmental policies ensure that its dedicated staff continuously seek opportunities to improve and enhance the organisation’s environmental impact and performance. EnMS brings a competitive advantage to the business.

Over the last five years alone, Diageo’s European Beer division has demonstrated year-on-year financial savings of over 10% against its annual utilities budget.

Diageo’s St James’s Gate site achieved IS 393 certification in April 2007, making it one of the first production sites in the world to gain certification to an energy management standard. According to Tony O’Sullivan, the Energy Manager at St James’s Gate, “the energy team has found that they are more focused on proactive energy management as a result of the structured approach of IS 393.”

The Diageo European Beer Region has continued to build on this success. Other Diageo operations in Ireland have achieved certification and are transitioning from EN 16001 to ISO 50001. Within the last few months the Kilkenny St Francis Abbey Brewery Operation has been awarded IS0 50001 certification.

Many initiatives have been shared and successfully applied across the global Diageo business as part of the rollout of best-practice technologies. Irish suppliers have been a key element in the success of Diageo’s programme, offering competitive and highly capable resources in specific utilities and energy technology areas. In some cases these suppliers have become commercial partners, to support a sustained programme over many years.

“Developing a sustainable energy efficiency approach across our European Beer Business continues to be critical to achieving financial targets and our environmental commitments. EnMS are helping us to shape the thinking and approach to energy across the Diageo business globally.”

Conor Browne European Beer Leader on Energy Management


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Intel Ireland sets exaMple for sItes gloBally

Intel Ireland was established in 1989 and employs 4,000 people in the manufacture of silicon microprocessors in Leixlip, and 200 people in its Product Development Centre in Shannon. Intel has a global manufacturing presence and employs over 100,000 people worldwide.

Intel states that the introduction of an Energy Management System has provided a route to bring energy to the forefront with a clearly articulated site energy policy by management. This is supported by investment in energy efficiency in excess of €5 million in recent years. Projects range from intelligent lighting to the reduction of cleanroom natural gas based heating requirements by over 30%, using heat recovery chillers that use the energy from waste heat.

In 2011, the Intel Ireland campus was certified to ISO 50001, becoming the first Intel site globally to do so. Certification to ISO 50001 is recognition of the management ownership, systems and operational control of energy at the Intel Ireland campus. As this standard requires a systematic framework, the system is documented and can be transferred to other sites. Since the certification of the Ireland site, a sister site in Costa Rica has completed stage one of the certification process and will soon adopt the EnMS.

“The systematic approach to energy management provided by our Energy Management Systems has provided a valuable structure for engagement within the organisation and is helping us to identify the priorities for improved energy efficiency. It enables us to continue to do our very best in caring for the planet.”

Brendan Cannon Corporate Affairs Director, Intel Ireland


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IrIsH CeMent IMproves energy effICIenCy per tonne despIte output deClIne

Irish Cement, founding company of the CRH group, has been producing high-quality cement products in Ireland since 1938 for home and export markets. CRH plc, headquartered in Ireland, is one of the top five companies in the building materials sector worldwide. It employs around 75,000 people at 3,600 operating locations in 35 countries.

In 2008, Irish Cement committed to implementing EnMS in accordance with IS 393. Through the application of the EnMS, energy efficiency initiatives have been identified in cement facilities across CRH globally and implemented in the areas of metering, lighting, and automated monitoring of utilities among other initiatives. The combined effect of these initiatives is an 11% decrease in energy consumed per tonne in 2010, despite a considerable reduction in production output.

Barry Leonard, Managing Director, Irish Cement, said: “The development of our EnMS has allowed us to optimise the energy efficiency of our technology investments. This is best illustrated by the achievement of improved energy efficiency per tonne despite a decline in market conditions.”

Focus has now turned to certification of the EnMS to ISO 50001.


Irish Cement

“The next step for Irish Cement in the area of sustainable energy is to displace a proportion of our fossil-fuel usage with specially prepared waste-derived alternative fuels. Success in this area will allow us to balance our energy efficiency focus with the long-term sustainability benefits of using renewable energy sources.”

Martin Wills Sustainable Development Manager, Irish Cement

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pfIzer Ireland proJeCts lead to suBstantIal savIngs

Pfizer was one of the first major pharmaceutical companies to locate in Ireland, arriving in 1969. The business has over 4,000 employees across eight locations in Ireland, in addition to global offices.

Ireland is a leading manufacturing base for Pfizer globally. Total investment by the company in Ireland exceeds $7 billion. Pfizer’s Irish operations manufacture some of its best-selling and newest medicines which are then exported to global markets.

Pfizer Ireland has achieved multiple successes in the area of energy management. Coordinated and led by a number of energy teams, 415 projects have been successfully implemented at Pfizer’s Irish sites over the past five years – leading to substantial savings in electricity, natural gas and mains water consumption. Year on year, the sites have achieved their targets to reduce site energy consumption by 5%. These projects have been adopted across the Pfizer network of operations globally.

Pfizer Newbridge and Little Island are certified to EN 16001 and Pfizer Loughbeg recently achieved the ISO 50001 certification. The remaining Irish facilities plan to achieve certification in the near future.

Pfizer has found that ISO 50001 is a key enabler that embeds a structure which ensures energy is managed in an efficient and responsible way. It enables the efficient management of energy use, raises awareness of energy usage, engages senior leadership in energy planning, and focuses the site on real energy opportunities. It also enables future energy-saving opportunities to be easily identified.

“The leadership demonstrated by the Pfizer Ireland sites in pursuing energy management certification is just another example of their commitment to environmental sustainability. Their projects are being replicated across Pfizer operations globally.”

Marty Brown Director, Pfizer Global Engineering and leader of Pfizer’s Energy & Climate Change Programme


Pfizer Ireland

Energy Management Professionals Ireland - EMPI

EMPI was formed in 2011 by a group of energy consultants with a common aim of improving the standards of service which is offered by energy consultancy professionals. The group consists of members from a broad spectrum of the energy services sector and many of the founding members have been operating in the sector for the past 15 to 20 years.

The creation of EMPI is a strong indicator of the energy management experience that has developed within Ireland. EMPI is striving for professional excellence, sharing best practices as well as insights and innovation in the area of energy management.

The vision of EMPI is to foster world-class energy management services in the interests of customers, members, the environment, and protect the independence and integrity of the profession.

See www.empi.ie for further information.

sustainable Energy authority of irelandWilton Park House, Wilton PlaceDublin 2, Ireland

T. +353 1 8082100 [email protected]. +353 1 8082002 www.seai.ie

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is partly financed by Ireland’s EU Structural Funds Programme co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union.

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