3
Energy
Energy is essential for human development and energy
systems are a crucial entry point for addressing the most
pressing global challenges of the 21 st century, including
sustainable economic and social development, poverty
eradication, adequate food production and food security,
health for all, climate protection, conservation of
ecosystems, peace and security.
[Jo+2012, p. 4]
Nowadays, producing companies are facing various economic and social changes. Environmental driven topics, such as global warming, CO 2 emissions and
resource depletion have become strategically relevant aspects. The sustained use
of energy and other resources has become a basic requirement for a company
to competitively perform on the market. Chapter 3 briefly describes the development of the global energy market (section 3.1), relevant terms and definitions in
the context of energy in section 3.2 and energy efficiency (section 3.2.2) as well
as the meaning of energy consumption in manufacturing systems in section 3.2.3.
The correlations in the area of energy costs are explained in section 3.3, followed
by a depiction of energy saving potentials in production plants in section 3.4.
Reference to advanced literature will be made in the appropriate places of the
text.
© 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_3
39
Energy
Energy is essential for human development and energy
systems are a crucial entry point for addressing the most
pressing global challenges of the 21 st century, including
sustainable economic and social development, poverty
eradication, adequate food production and food security,
health for all, climate protection, conservation of
ecosystems, peace and security.
[Jo+2012, p. 4]
Nowadays, producing companies are facing various economic and social changes. Environmental driven topics, such as global warming, CO 2 emissions and
resource depletion have become strategically relevant aspects. The sustained use
of energy and other resources has become a basic requirement for a company
to competitively perform on the market. Chapter 3 briefly describes the development of the global energy market (section 3.1), relevant terms and definitions in
the context of energy in section 3.2 and energy efficiency (section 3.2.2) as well
as the meaning of energy consumption in manufacturing systems in section 3.2.3.
The correlations in the area of energy costs are explained in section 3.3, followed
by a depiction of energy saving potentials in production plants in section 3.4.
Reference to advanced literature will be made in the appropriate places of the
text.
© 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_3
39