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Energy auditing for IPPC
facilities in Ireland
The Rising Energy Demand
Total Primary Energy Requirement (TPER)
16
120
GDP (Constant 1995 market prices)
14
100
80
10
8
60
6
40
4
20
2
0
0
1992
1993
1994
*MTOE: Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
GDP (Billion Euro)
TPER (MTOE*)
12
Fuel Sources
9
Energy (MTOE*)
8
1990
7
1995
6
1998
2002*
5
4
3
2
1
0
Coal
Peat
Oil
Natural Gas
Renewable
Energy
IPC Licensing
 Principal policy response to regulating industrial
pollution in Ireland
 Addresses all sites with significant polluting potential
 Commenced in 1994
 Covers all potential environmental impacts of a site
 Use of BATNEEC (e.g. ELV’s)
 Requirement for Environmental Management System to
drive continual environmental improvement
IPPC Directive
 Energy efficiency auditing was not a specific
requirement of the older IPC licences
 In anticipation of the transposition of the directive into
Irish National legislation, energy efficiency audits
became mandatory in IPC licences from 1999 onwards
 IPPC Directive transposed into Irish National
legislation in 2003
IPC Licence Requirements
 Audit to be carried out within one year of date of grant
of licence
 Nature and extent of audit programme to be agreed in
advance with EPA
 Audit recommendations to be incorporated into sites
Environmental Management Programme
 Summary of audit findings to be submitted to the EPA
 Audit to be repeated at intervals as required by the EPA
What is an Energy Efficiency Audit?
 A systematic process to determine the quantity and cost
of each form of energy to a building, process,
manufacturing unit, piece of equipment or a whole site
 Carried out to cover a given period of time
Development of the Guidance Note
 Published in 2003
 Designed to be a simple and generic guide to the audit
process
 Can be used by an on-site operator or contractor
 Encourages a continuous, cyclical auditing process
 Also acts as a source of information on energy
mangement (websites, reference documents)
Overview of Guidance Note
 Process is broken down into discrete steps
 Preparation
 Execution
 Analysis
 Reporting
Preparation
 Designation of responsibilities
 Determination of scope of audit (e.g. areas to include in
audit, collection of existing energy data, etc.)
Execution
 Assessment of each of the energy-consuming systems
on site
 Comparison of sites energy management system with
best practice
 Guidance is provided for these steps
Analysis
 Energy performance of systems (or whole site) is
assessed using appropriate energy performance
indicators (EPI’s)
 EPI’s provide a means of quantifying energy costs and
consumption against important factors such as level of
production or site occupancy, etc.
 Energy performance can be benchmarked against EPI’s
from other similar sites
Analysis (Cont’d)
 A list of recommendations is identified to improve
energy performance at the site
 A set of actions is developed with responsibility, target
dates and resources being allocated for implementation
 Guidance is provided in quantifying actions in terms of
energy savings, cost savings and return on investment
 Recommendations for action must be incorporated as
Objectives and Targets into the sites Environmental
Management Programme (requirement of the IPC
licence)
Reporting
 It is a licence requirement that two reports be prepared
for each energy audit
 Main report – to be maintained on site
 Summary report – to be submitted to the EPA as
part of the sites Annual Environmental Report
Conclusion
 Response from Industry has been positive
 Too soon yet to say what impact the Guidance Note will
have on Irish Industry in terms of energy efficiency
 IPC licensing system has probably had a positive
impact on the industrial and energy sectors with regard
to energy efficiency over the last ten years
Eco-efficiency of the Industry Sector
GHG Emissions from Industrial Processes
300
Index of Industrial Production
250
1995 Index = 100
Final Energy Consumption by Industry
200
150
100
50
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Eco-efficiency of the Energy Sector
GHG Emissions from Energy
Total Energy Demand
200
GDP (Constant 1995 market prices)
180
1995 Index = 100
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40
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0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Conclusion (Cont’d)
 Hopefully, the development of a lower energy intense
economy has begun in Ireland
Where to find the Guidance Note
 Energy Guidance Note is available for download at the
EPA’s website at www.epa.ie
 Can be found at
http://www.epa.ie/NewsCentre/ReprtsPublications/Guidance