Once we know why losses occur, we can move to the next question: What can we do to solve it?
A brainstorm session with the Team and other staff from the focus areas is the best way to come up with possible options. Options can fall in the following categories:
- Good housekeeping
- Improved process management
- Production process / equipment modification
- New technology / equipment
- Input material substitution
- On-site reuse / recovery
- Production of useful by-product
- Product modification
Click on “Option categories” for an explanation and examples for each category. You can also use Worksheet 15 to write down possible options.
There is no such thing as a “bad idea” so everyone should be encouraged to come up with as many possible options as possible! Sometimes hundreds of possible options are generated for one focus area alone.
Another source of possible options are the notes from the walkthrough of focus areas under task 2c (Worksheet 14) and the notes from the discussion with top management about energy management in the company under task 1a (Worksheet 2). See Company examples for examples from companes that participated in the GERIAP project on how they identified possible options.
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