General Experience from 18 Energy management Projects

Many of the companies have integrated energy management systems into existing management systems. Others have gone further and extended energy management to environmental management systems.

The barriers are typically:

• Insufficient back up or interest from top management
• Replacement in top management
• Changes in project organization
• Project manager stands alone without a project group
• Missing internal resources
• Busyness in the production
• Time necessary for development of ideas
• Extension and changes in production
• Inflexible procedure for financing

Successful projects are typically due to the following factors:

• Genuine interest and engagement from top management
• More engaged members in the project group
• Time and resources allocated for the purpose
• Stability in the organization
• Personal engagement and responsibilities
• External consultants as sparring partners
• External observations and comparison
• Sufficient allocation of recourses
• Internal project groups
• Actual economic results

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