Complementarity and Overlapping among Energy Performance Indicators as part of the Sustainable Development and RECP Indicators in Cement Industry
Journal
International Journal of Contemporary ENERGY
Date Issued
2015-11-05
Author(s)
Lazarevska A. M., Bakreska Kormushoska N., Kochov A.
DOI
10.14621/ce.20150203
Abstract
The cement industry is one of the most energy intensive of all
manufacturing industries. In that respect, saving energy in the cement
production process is one of the key elements of sustainability and has
equal importance from an environmental and an economic point of
view. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for energy provide a
measure on how companies are moving towards a more eco-efficient
use of fuels.
This paper focuses on investigating energy KPIs developed within
different models. In this case, comparison is made between energy
KPIs presented as part of the Sustainable Development Indicators and
Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) model.
The aim of the herein presented work is to determine the
complementarities and overlapping among energy performance
indicators and their inter-relation with other sets of indicators utilized
for measuring contribution towards sustainable development i.e.
environmental, economy and social indicators. The attained set of
indicators can further be utilized as a pool of indicators relevant for
assessing how implementing the RECP model contributes towards
increasing energy efficiency of the production process and thus,
affects the overall sustainability of the company. The paper argues
that the nuclear energy may improve the public trust significantly and
at the same time improve the safety record by a much stronger
commitment towards the science based decision making in the
industry and the regulatory organizations.
manufacturing industries. In that respect, saving energy in the cement
production process is one of the key elements of sustainability and has
equal importance from an environmental and an economic point of
view. The Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for energy provide a
measure on how companies are moving towards a more eco-efficient
use of fuels.
This paper focuses on investigating energy KPIs developed within
different models. In this case, comparison is made between energy
KPIs presented as part of the Sustainable Development Indicators and
Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) model.
The aim of the herein presented work is to determine the
complementarities and overlapping among energy performance
indicators and their inter-relation with other sets of indicators utilized
for measuring contribution towards sustainable development i.e.
environmental, economy and social indicators. The attained set of
indicators can further be utilized as a pool of indicators relevant for
assessing how implementing the RECP model contributes towards
increasing energy efficiency of the production process and thus,
affects the overall sustainability of the company. The paper argues
that the nuclear energy may improve the public trust significantly and
at the same time improve the safety record by a much stronger
commitment towards the science based decision making in the
industry and the regulatory organizations.
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