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Energy Effectiveness

Strategic Objectives, Energy and Water at the Heart of Enterprise

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  • Demonstrates how to define, measure and balance an organization’s unique needs within an integrated energy savings approach;
  • Highlights suggestions for evaluating success and proving energy savings’ financial and cultural impacts;
  • Case studies based on successful projects assess techniques such as energy audits, management using monitoring and controls systems, organizational change methodologies, and ISO "continuous improvement" strategies in the context of a full program of effective energy management

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Introduction

    • Sandra McCardell
    Pages 1-11
  3. The Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
    2. Energy Around the Globe

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 15-24
    3. Managing in Organizations

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 25-31
    4. The History of Energy Use

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 33-40
    5. Energy Flows and Water Flows: Types of Energy

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 41-57
  4. Organizations and Energy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. Energy Inside Organizations: The Four Fields

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 75-85
    3. Benefits, Barriers, and Opportunities

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 87-97
    4. Tools and Methodologies

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 99-114
  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-117
    2. Energy and Water in the System and for a Purpose

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 119-126
    3. Utility Benefits and Risks

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 127-132
    4. Utility Bill Analysis

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 133-147
  6. Part IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-151
    2. External Assessment

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 153-159
    3. Goals

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 161-166
    4. Internal Assessment

      • Sandra McCardell
      Pages 167-170

About this book

This book describes practical ways to understand energy and water use in organizations and then manage or control that use, thereby reducing risk and cost.  The author presents a strategic framework to focus on the types of questions that should be addressed internally,  Including evaluation of potential projects, planning and implementing energy projects, and evaluating results.  The premise is that no modern organization can exist without energy, despite the fact that energy is also one of the mandatory inputs that receives little to no attention in most organizations.  This work highlights methodologies and projects that illuminate ways in which energy management is central to an organization’s success, considering in each case the four main determinants of energy use:  People, Buildings, Equipment /Processes, and the Environment. The book constitutes a complete energy savings resource for business owners, middle managers, and building and energy managers, providing options, free tools, and flexible project templates.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Current-C Energy Systems, Inc., Albuquerque, USA

    Sandra McCardell

About the author

Ms. McCardell is President of Current-C Energy Systems, an Energy Services Company (ESCO) in the American Southwest.   She provides expertise in alternative energy and energy efficiency, community and economic development, green building, financial analysis, sustainability, and strategic planning for a variety of organizations and communities. Over the past three decades, Ms. McCardell has focused on “green” efforts in the US and in other countries.. She has acted as Advisor to Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water under a USAID project, as a Community Developer on the Navajo Reservation defining and implementing energy projects, and as an advisor or consultant to hospitals, manufacturing organizations, engineering companies, nonprofits, school districts, and others.  Ms. McCardell also serves as Adjunct Professor for the University of New Mexico Branch Campuses (Valencia / Gallup), teaching classes in green building, renewable energy, and energy efficiency.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Energy Effectiveness

  • Book Subtitle: Strategic Objectives, Energy and Water at the Heart of Enterprise

  • Authors: Sandra McCardell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90255-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90253-1Published: 29 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07975-8Published: 22 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90255-5Published: 19 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 238

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 90 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Innovation/Technology Management

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eBook USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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