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4. Why carry out an energy audit and with whom?
4.1 Motivations
There are two types of motivation for carrying out an energy audit: "voluntary" and "compulsory".
Voluntary motivations are specific to the company and relate to :
financial concerns; seeking financial savings by reducing energy bills and their weighting in the cost price or sales, reducing expenses, increasing profit margins;
problems related to staff comfort, characteristics of the product(s) and/or raw materials, operating conditions of the production line, conflict between comfort and production conditions ;
investment and energy optimization projects;
energy choice ;
performance,...
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Energy diagnostic procedure
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Energy – Industrial energy diagnostics - BP X30-120 - 2006
- Energy audits – Part 1: General requirements - NF EN 16247 – 1 - 2012
- Energy audits – Part 2: building - NF EN 16247 – 2 - 2014
- Energy audits – Part 3: processes - NF EN 16247 – 3 - 2014
- Energy audits – Part 4: transport - NF EN 16247 – 4 - 2014
- Energy audits – Part 5: Energy auditor skills - NF EN 16247 – 5...
Regulations
Law no. 2005-781 of July 13, 2005 on energy policy guidelines (Loi POPE)
Law no. 2013-619 on various provisions for adapting to European Union law (DDADUE) in the field of sustainable development of July 16, 2013
Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 25, 2012 on energy efficiency
EU Amendment 4/2014 establishing...
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Public organization in charge of environmental protection and energy management ADEME
Association des professionnels et des métiers du froid AFF
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