10. The first step towards energy savings

10.1 Company energy situation

To save energy, you need to know your energy situation as precisely as possible.

To get off to a good start, it's a good idea to take stock of the types of energy used (purchased, own production), the uses to which these energies are put on the industrial site, the actual energy requirements, and to assess the site's level of energy performance by calculating one or more indicators such as specific energy consumption.

By comparing it with known indicators, it...