ELECTRICAL ENERGY AUDIT AND CONSERVATION MEASURES EDISON E. MOJICA, Ph.D Professional Electrical Engineer (PEE) ASEAN Engineer (AER) ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE) Energy Management System The energy and electricity demand in the Philippines have increased drastically over the last decade, driven by the increasing economic activity, population growth, and heavily subsidized energy prices. ELECTRICAL ENERGY SHORTAGE As an ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, how can we be of help to the electrical energy shortage in the Philippines? CMO 88 SERIES OF 2017 CMO 88 SERIES OF 2017 Energy Management System An energy management system can help at providing competitive advantage of energy and recognizing the value to maintain strategic focus considering the rate of change in the usage and effect of technology management. Energy Management System But before engaging to any electrical energy management system, a means to conserve energy, there should be an execution of energy audit, particularly in electricity, which is the primary step towards improving energy consumption at the facility level and ensuring a degree of acceptable efficiency. Energy Audit The execution of systematic audit of energy consumption (sometimes called energy assessment or energy study) is essential to energy utilization and energy conservation. The energy audit of the electrical system may be obtained from the electrical energy equation in integral form and the time integration extended over a specified period of time (days, months, or years). Energy Audit The evaluation may allow accounting for all energy present in the electrical system showing that the energy balance is maintained on the specified time. Energy Audit This balanced system can be used to generate the different performance indicators to assess the electrical system from different perspective and, thus, identify the improvement actions that will make the electrical system more efficient. This will enable the management to make informed plan, decision and policy based on statistical energy report. 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Electrical Energy Conservation Measures Electrical Energy Conservation Measures Electrical Energy Conservation Measures Electrical Energy Conservation Measures Electrical Energy Conservation Measures R.A. No. 11825 The Philippine National Government passed a law that urges different businesses to voluntarily conserve energy. The Republic Act No. 11825, also known as Energy Efficiency and Conservation, becomes the muscle in the enforcement of the previous law and compliance is now mandatory. The main objectives of this law are to safeguard a sufficient, stable energy supply, cushion the impact of high imported-fuel prices, and protect the environment in support of Philippine economic and social development goals. This law emphasizes that a higher energy efficiency can promote higher productivity and non-compliance to this law will result in severe penalties. R.A. No. 11825 The Department of Energy (DOE), as the executory body, raises the amount of penalties to be paid including mandatory jail time to persons or entities that violate any of the provision of this law. This law requires retrofitting of old buildings to conform with the “Guidelines on Energy Conserving Design on Buildings” issued by the DOE, in consultation with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The same is done to new building constructions for permitting purposes. R.A. No. 11825 Establishments are mandated by this law to employ Certified Energy Conservation Officer (CECO) for Type 1 establishment and a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) for Type 2 establishment. The Type 1 establishment consumes 500,000 to 4,000,000 kWhr of electrical energy per year while a Type 2 establishment consumes more than 4,000,000 kWhr annually. This law mandates the submission of the Energy Consumption and Conservation Reports (ECCR) as an output of an energy audit to the DOE. R.A. No. 11825 Establishments who will comply will receive incentives such as income tax holidays and duty-free importations. Also, companies implementing energy efficient projects may be entitled to non-fiscal incentives such as technical assistance from government agencies in the development and promotion of energy efficient technologies. Take away At present, people in the world are finding ways to conserve electrical energy in an effective and less cost manner. Every government is finding ways to supply the necessary demand of electrical energy, more so, the government is finding ways to conserve the electrical energy being an essential way to reduce the demand. An initiative to conduct an electrical energy audit, through an energy management system, is an effective manner to reduce the demand and this can start from each one of us. Thank you.
