Now it is time to select focus areas. A focus area can be:
- The entire plant
- A department, production line, or process step, such as the kiln or the packaging plant
- Specific (energy) equipment or resources, such as steam, compressed air, motors, or fans
The Team meets for a 1-4 hour brainstorm session to prepare a list of possible focus areas, and to choose focus areas based on for example (see Worksheet 10):
- Size of the plant
- Management’s areas of interest or concern
- High energy / resource consumption or costs
- Areas for which energy efficiency audits or project have not yet been carried out
- Expertise and knowledge of staff about a certain area
- Plans for construction or upgrading
- Available information for a certain area
Note: this information has already been collected as part of the management meeting and the pre-assessment! See Company examples for examples of companies that participated in the GERIAP project on how they addressed the selection of focus areas.
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