Information modelling for monitoring energy-related performance

Integration of relevant variables in energy performance indicators of significant energy uses

Abstract

An energy management system compliant with ISO 50001 helps companies monitor their energy consumption and  improve their energy efficiency. Since energy management requires a large amount of data to be collected and  managed, this paper presents a method for identifying  relevant variables on energy consumption and  incorporating them into energy performance indicators. The method is compliant with the ISO 50001 and 50006 standards and uses a process information model to  manage the data. The information meta-model simplifies the transferability of the method to a wide variety of  production systems. The six steps of the method are  explained in the course of the paper, and applied to an  exemplary use case of a communition process of a mine.  Thus, it is shown how the method can contribute to the reduction of energy consumption and greenhouse gas  emissions.