“Leadership is a process of creating environment that influence others to achieve group goals. People support an environment they try to create. – Dale Carnegie”
Managing your energy related issues in the organisation has always been misapprehended. Management team has always thought that energy has to be managed in a different unique way, and usually they will leave it to the technical team. The major issue in most organisations are lack of leadership and management commitment from the upper level management toward energy conservation and energy efficiency. Leaving the energy manager alone to handle the energy issues will be a major failure to the organisation. The leadership and management commitment element is the thrust to the successful energy management system.
To inculcate the energy efficiency and conservation culture, management has to demonstrate a visible leadership and commitment. The Figure 1‑1 below shows the pyramid of energy management system. The company vision toward energy efficiency has to be clear and well understood by the workers.
Figure 1‑1: Energy Management Pyramid
Dow Company Case Study
The 2015 energy intensity target for Dow is 25% reduction, on top of the 38% already achieved since 1990, is clearly a stretch goal. Dow has created a Strategy Board of very senior leaders charged with driving energy efficiency as part of Dow’s approach to climate change and energy policy. This leadership team establishes the company’s energy policy and goals and sets priorities. Each individual business then develops its own goals in support of the overall business strategy, provides resources and capital funding, and measures individual leader performance in delivering energy efficiency.
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