7
Summary and Outlook
“As the saying goes, the stone age did not end because we
ran out of stones; we transi-tioned to better solutions. The
same opportunity lies before us with energy efficiency...”
Steven Chu (Former United States Secretary of Energy
and Nobel Laureate (1997) Dr. Steven Chu in his letter to
the employees of the U.S. Energy Department [Ch2013].)
The final chapter briefly summarizes the contents and the research results of this
book. In addition, an evaluation of the developed methodology is conducted and
an outlook on possible future work is given.
7.1
Summary
The aim of this book was to develop a simulation-based optimization methodology for improving energy efficiency in production without requiring large
financial investments in new, efficient production technologies. The problem, the
motivation, and the research questions were described in chapter 1. In chapter 2
the relevant theoretical background on the state of the art of simulation and
optimization technologies, as well as on the combination of the two was outlined. Chapter 3 comprised the basic principles of energy, necessary definitions
of energy consumption, energy efficiency and energy saving potentials in manufacturing processes and production systems. It also described the composition of
energy costs. The detailed literature review in chapter 4 showed that the approaches described in literature do not satisfactorily solve the problem of integrating
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part of Springer Nature 2021
A. C. Römer, Simulation-based Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Production,
Forschung zur Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft | Advanced Studies
in Business Digitization, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32971-6_7
195
Summary and Outlook
“As the saying goes, the stone age did not end because we
ran out of stones; we transi-tioned to better solutions. The
same opportunity lies before us with energy efficiency...”
Steven Chu (Former United States Secretary of Energy
and Nobel Laureate (1997) Dr. Steven Chu in his letter to
the employees of the U.S. Energy Department [Ch2013].)
The final chapter briefly summarizes the contents and the research results of this
book. In addition, an evaluation of the developed methodology is conducted and
an outlook on possible future work is given.
7.1
Summary
The aim of this book was to develop a simulation-based optimization methodology for improving energy efficiency in production without requiring large
financial investments in new, efficient production technologies. The problem, the
motivation, and the research questions were described in chapter 1. In chapter 2
the relevant theoretical background on the state of the art of simulation and
optimization technologies, as well as on the combination of the two was outlined. Chapter 3 comprised the basic principles of energy, necessary definitions
of energy consumption, energy efficiency and energy saving potentials in manufacturing processes and production systems. It also described the composition of
energy costs. The detailed literature review in chapter 4 showed that the approaches described in literature do not satisfactorily solve the problem of integrating
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,
part of Springer Nature 2021
A. C. Römer, Simulation-based Optimization of Energy Efficiency in Production,
Forschung zur Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft | Advanced Studies
in Business Digitization, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32971-6_7
195