The Team should carry out the Implementation and Monitoring Plan approved by top management.
Use Worksheet 16 to record the monitored results for each option. These should at least include:
- Economic results: one-off investment costs, annual operating/ongoing costs, annual cost savings, and payback period
- Environmental results: energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental results (depends on each option, such as water use, raw material use, solid waste, wastewater, other air emissions, noise, odors and dust)
- Other results: e.g. any other benefits from the option (e.g. improved legal compliance, reduced injuries) and barriers encountered
In practice, the monitored results will often be slightly different from the feasibility analysis data.
Without monitoring it will be very difficult to convince management that energy efficiency projects are beneficial to the company. You need to proof especially the financial benefits of implemented options to get their support for future projects. It is also important to communicate (interim) results throughout this phase to management and staff to:
- Show management that energy efficiency is good for business and gain their support for future projects
- Reward staff for their efforts in improving energy efficiency and encourage them to come up with new options
See Company examples for examples from companies that participated in the GERIAP project on how they implemented options and monitored results.
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