Superior Energy Performance® (SEP), administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office, is a certification program that verifies improvements in energy management and performance in industrial facilities. Industrial facilities can take advantage of SEP tools, resources, and protocols to set energy performance targets and then achieve and measure sustained savings to earn certification at the Silver, Gold, or Platinum level. Nine SEP certified facilities realized $87,000 to $984,000 in annual savings from no-cost or low-cost operational measures and have saved an average of 10% of energy costs within 18 months of implementing SEP.
Learn more about SEP:
- What is SEP?
- What have been the results manufacturers have achieved?
- What are the benefits that manufacturers claim about SEP?
- How is DOE supporting SEP?
- How does a manufacturing facility implement SEP?
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1. 1 | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy eere.energy.gov
Achieving Superior
Energy Performance
April 2, 2014
Paul Scheihing
Technology Manager,
Technical Assistance
Advanced Manufacturing
Office
www.manufacturing.energy.
gov
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• Energy management and ISO 50001
• What is SEP?
• What are the SEP Results?
• What have manufacturers said are the benefits
of SEP?
• How can your facility start implementing SEP?
• What is DOE’s role in SEP?
• What are the latest projects by DOE to expand
SEP adoption?
Agenda
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How can you achieve these objectives in your facility?
• Identify new opportunities for improving energy performance
• Move to a higher level of sophistication in data utilization
• Achieve energy improvements with little to no capital investment
• Build greater confidence among senior management that you are
achieving returns and delivering results
• Broaden energy management engagement to employees at all
levels, including top levels of management
• Integrate energy performance into management practices
• Receive external recognition for third party verified results
• Contribute to national goals to strengthen the economy, protect the
environment, and reduce dependence on foreign oil
The Energy Challenge in Facilities Across the Country
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• Time and again, industrial energy efficiency has been demonstrated
to be cost effective while having a positive effect on productivity
• Despite this, energy efficiency improvements with very favorable
payback periods often do not get implemented
• Even projects that are implemented may not be sustained due to
lack of supportive operational and maintenance practices
Problem: Energy efficiency is not integrated into daily
management practices.
Solution: Staff at all levels within an organization need to be
engaged in the management of energy on an
ongoing basis.
Energy management requires an organization to shift from a project-
by-project approach to one of continual improvement in energy
performance
Project Approach vs. Energy Management
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Continuous cost reduction from energy management systems
Senior management commit to program
Initial savings
sustained
Low cost operational improvements
first – then investment
Becomes company
culture
SOURCE: Kahlenborn et al. (2012), based on Lackner & Holanek (2007).
Structured Approach to Energy Management
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• Help an organization institutionalize the policies, procedures, and tools to
systematically track, analyze, and improve energy efficiency—leading to
continual improvements in energy performance
• Can increase energy efficiency by 15% or more in an industrial facility via
operational changes; new technologies offer further improvements.
• Requires an organizational change in culture
• Requires that top management be engaged in the management of
energy on an ongoing basis.
Systems ProcessesFacilities Equipment Personnel
Scope of Energy Management:
What is an Energy Management System (EnMS)?
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New international best practice in energy management
leading to:
• continual improvement of energy performance;
• greater reliability of sustained energy savings;
• better utilization of energy data in making
decisions;
• more strategic deployment of energy efficient
technologies (e.g. advanced monitoring systems),
and
• integration of energy efficiency practices into
daily organizational operations.
• Developed in
collaboration with
input from 56
countries
• Global impact: many
countries are
adopting ISO 50001
as national
standard.http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/management-standards/iso50001.htm
ISO 50001 - Energy Management systems
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4.5 Implementation and
operation
• Training
• Documents
• Communication
• Design
• Operational control
• Procurement
4.6 Checking
• Measuring
and monitoring
• Legal requirements
• Internal auditing
• Nonconformance,
corrective, preventive
• Records
4.1 General requirements
4.2 Management responsibility
4.3 Energy policy
4.4 Energy planning
– Energy review
– Energy baseline
– EnPI
– Objectives, targets
& action plans
4.7 Management
review
ACT
DOCHECK
PLAN
Blue text represents new data-driven sections in
ISO 50001 not in ISO 9001 & ISO 14001
ISO 50001: Plan-Do-Check-Act
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ISO 50001:
March 2014
United States – Looking ForwardCountry
ISO 50001
Certified Sites
(Mar. 18, 2014)
Global 6,912
Germany 3,240
France 966
Netherlands 407
United Kingdom 348
Italy 228
Spain 205
Sweden 192
India 140
Korea 121
Turkey 108
United States 58
- The number of ISO 50001 certifications around the world is rapidly growing.
- Historically, ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 accelerated only 3 to 4 years after introduction
Source: Reinhard Peglau, German
Federal Environment Agency
ISO 50001 Adoption: Nearly 3 years since publication
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ISO 50001
Components in place:
• Top Management
• Energy Team
• Policy
• Planning
• Baseline
• Performance Metrics
Superior Energy Performance
Single facility ISO 50001 conformance with
verified energy performance improvement
ISO 50001
ISO 50001 is a
foundational tool that
any organization can
use to manage
energy.
SEP Certification Requirements
SEP certification recognizes facilities that demonstrate energy management
excellence and sustained energy savings.
Certification Requirements: An ANSI-ANAB Accredited Verification Body conducts a
third-party audit to verify the following:
1. Energy management system conformance to ISO 50001
2. Applicant meets energy performance improvement and additional requirements in
ANSI/MSE 50021
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Certification Levels
Performance
Characteristics
Silver Gold Platinum
Energy
Performance
Pathway
Energy
Performance
Improvement
Meets a specified energy performance threshold over the last 3 years:
5% 10% 15%
Mature
Energy
Pathway
Uses Best Practice
Scorecard to earn
points for energy
management best
practices and
energy performance
improvements.
Energy
Performance
Improvement
Meets 15% energy performance improvement threshold
over the last 10 years.
Score on Best
Practice
Scorecard
(out of 100 total
points)
At least 35 points
Minimum of 30 points
for energy management
best practices
At least 61 points
Minimum of 40 points for
energy management best
practices and 10 points for
energy performance
(beyond 15% over the last
10 years)
At least 81 points
Minimum of 40 points for
energy management best
practices and 20 points for
energy performance
(beyond 15% over the last
10 years)
Facilities are certified silver, gold, or platinum based on the level of their achievement.
Two pathways are offered: 1) energy performance and 2) mature energy.
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The energy
performance
improvement is over
a 3-year period,
including capital and
operational
improvement.
** Mature energy
pathway performance
improvement is over
a 10-year period
Facility Name
% Energy Performance
Improvement
Mack Trucks | Macungie, PA ** 41.9
Volvo Trucks, NA | Dublin, VA 25.8
Dow Chemical Company | Texas City, TX: Manufacturing facility 17.1
Bridgestone Americas Tire | Wilson, NC ** 16.8
Harbec Plastics | Ontario, NY 16.4
3M Canada Company | Brockville, Ontario, Canada 15.2
Cook Composites and Polymers | Houston, TX 14.9
Cummins | Whitakers, NC 12.6
General Dynamics | Scranton, PA 11.9
Allsteel | Muscatine, IA 10.2
Cooper Tire | Texarkana, AR 10.1
Olam Spices | Gilroy, CA 9.8
Owens Corning | Waxahachie, TX 9.6
Dow Chemical Company | Texas City, TX: Energy systems facility 8.1
Nissan, NA | Smyrna, TN 7.2
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | West Austin, TX 6.5
3M Company| Cordova, IL 6.2
SEP Certified Plants – as of March 2014
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Average quarterly percentage energy savings as a
function of average quarterly baseline energy
consumption for all nine facilities. Results are
aligned across facilities so that the first quarter
starts when the facilities received their first SEP
training. Subtracting the BAU quarterly energy
savings percentage from quarterly post-first training
energy savings percentages reveals savings
attributable to SEP.
Cost Benefit Analysis - Nine SEP-certified industrial facilities:
• Improved energy performance by 10% on average and saved more than $500,000
over business-as-usual in the first 18 months of SEP implementation.
• 74% of energy and energy cost savings after EnMS implementation came from
operational (no or low-cost) actions
Data and Metrics: Making the Business Case
View full study at:
www.superiorenergyperformance
.energy.gov/pdfs/sep_costbenefit
s_paper13.pdf
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• SEP marginal payback figures are calculated for each plant
by dividing SEP costs (not including capital project costs)
by associated SEP operational energy savings beyond
business-as-usual operational energy savings prior to SEP
SEP Payback
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At its vehicle assembly plant in Smyrna, TN, Nissan achieved the
following by implementing SEP:
• Improved energy performance by 7.2% over 3 years
• 4-month payback
• $938,000 total annual energy savings
Nissan Case Study: >$900K savings with 4 month payback
View this and other SEP case studies at:
http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/successes_and_testimonials.html
“SEP adds rigor, analysis, and gives good guidance. It’s
one thing to have a target and objective, but SEP gives
tools that empower you to be more disciplined and prove
the impact certain activities have.”
-Nissan North America Energy Team
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• First ISO 50001 facility in US
• 25% improvement in energy
performance over 3 years
• $866,000/year operational
savings
• $377,000 cost to implement
SEP
• 5 month payback
Billboard at the Roanoke, Virginia Regional Airport. Image: Volvo
Trucks
Volvo Trucks Case Study: >$800K savings with 5 month payback
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• First U.S. defense contractor to
be SEP and ISO 50001 certified
• 11.9% improvement in energy
performance over 3 years
• $956,000/year operational
savings
• $255,000 cost to implement SEP
• 6 month payback
“SEP brought to light many energy intensity savings
opportunities that were previously hard to justify.
With the EnMS system in place and metering
instruments installed, it is much easier to justify
improvement projects, and management is more
receptive to these proposals.”
- Stephen Cannizzaro, Sustainability Manager
See the case study at:
http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/succe
sses_and_testimonials.html
General Dynamics Case Study: >$900K savings with 6 month payback
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SEP certified facilities achieve greater
savings potential
SEP creates higher confidence in
energy efficiency investments
“External verification and validation is critical.
Certification adds to the confidence in
calculations and savings.”
— Nissan, Smyrna, TN
Third-party verification bolsters a plant’s
internal reputation and the company’s public
image
“At first, we didn’t appreciate the value of third party
verification, but our facility has evolved to value
third party verification as critical. Any facility can
claim energy savings, but a third party verification
proves the savings to be real.”
— Schneider Electric, Smyrna, TN
“Third-party certification removes any
potential of “green washing” and provides
credibility to savings.”
— General Dynamics, Scranton, PA
“The established targets required by SEP kept the
team at 3M Canada motivated and dedicated to
achieving those targets. Since ISO 50001 does not
specify particular energy savings targets on its
own, along with SEP we're able to truly
demonstrate our level of achievement, which we're
quite proud of.”
—3M Canada, Brockville, Ontario
“SEP has helped justify expenditures to
management. The measurement and verification
requirement helps to identify real cost savings,
allowing us to reinvest those savings into
additional energy projects.”
— Cooper Tire, Texarkana, AR
“The verification was more important than the
management standard because it provides a
performance metric. SEP provides the ability to
have proven performance metrics to quantify
actual savings, giving both internal and external
credibility to savings claims.”
— Volvo Trucks, Dublin, VA
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End User Testimonials
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• Advantages of the rigor of SEP:
– Improves measurement of energy performance of manufacturing processes
– Helps find new savings opportunities that were not originally apparent, including
those that are low/no cost
• Highlights process energy savings:
– Enables incentives and measureable improvements on the process energy side
of manufacturing (vs. focusing on specific pieces of equipment or measures)
– Engages process engineers in energy management
• Promoting the business case for SEP:
– SEP provides plant managers top level metrics on the bottom-line business
value
– Plant managers are confident presenting real and accurately calculated savings
to management due to third party verification
End User Noted Benefits of SEP
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SEP Certification Process
4. Audit and Certify
The SEP Verification Body
will used certified audit
personnel to verify your
facility’s conformance to
SEP requirements.
1. Enroll
Enroll in SEP, no matter
how far along you are in
the process. There is no
commitment involved.
2. Implement
Implement an EnMS in your facility
using the various available
resources and work towards
meeting SEP requirements.
3. Apply
Once ready, submit an application
to the SEP Administrator. When it
is approved, the application will
be sent to your selected SEP
Verification Body.
5. Maintain
After the initial SEP certification, we encourage your energy team to take steps to continue
improvements in energy performance. The SEP Verification Body will conduct annual
surveillance audits to ensure the EnMS is maintained.
6. Recertify
SEP Certification lasts for 3 years. In order to maintain certification, your facility will have to
apply for recertification and undergo a recertification audit, similar to the initial certification
audit, to show that the requirements are still met.
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A range of implementation resources available:
• eGuide for ISO 50001: Use this web-based toolkit to implement an EnMS
consistent with ISO 50001, https://ecenter.ee.doe.gov
• eGuide Lite: Download and use this starter toolkit to learn the basics of
energy management and build internal or supply chain capacity,
http://ecenter.ee.doe.gov/EM/SSPM/Pages/home.aspx
• Certified Practitioners in EnMS: Hire a CP EnMS to assist with
implementing ISO 50001 and preparing for SEP certification. Some
companies have sent internal staff to the training and certification to build
this expertise in house,
• Learn more about CP EnMS training:
http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/energy_professional.html
• Find a CP EnMS: http://ienmp.com/pro_search/index.php?action=1
• EnPI Tool: Enter energy consumption data and easily adjust for variables
to receive a normalized view of energy performance and calculates SEP
metrics, http://ecenter.ee.doe.gov/EM/tools/Pages/EnPI.aspx
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SEP Tools and Resources
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Comments on the eGuide
from users:
“Excellent job! VERY
helpful and almost
exhaustive.”
“This is one of the best, if
not the best, government
guides I've ever used. It's
easy to navigate,
concisely and clearly
written, logical. Thank
you!”
• Step-by-step guidance to implement an EnMS
• Simple, clear instructions and guidance
• Taking action made easier using templates, checklists, forms, and samples
Implementation Resources: eGuide for ISO 50001
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• SEP is based on a strong foundation of international and
national standards and protocols
http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/standards.html
• ISO 50001
• ANSI/MSE 50021: additional SEP requirements beyond ISO 50001
• SEP Measurement and Verification Protocol
• SEP Best Practice Scorecard
• SEP Certification Protocol
• Additional useful resources include:
• ASME System Assessment Standards
http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/asme.html
• ENERGY STAR® energy management guidelines
http://www.energystar.gov/buildings/about-us/how-can-we-help-you/build-
energy-program/guidelines
Additional SEP Tools and Resources
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Get Started: Visit the Redesigned SEP Website
Visit our new website: www.superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov
Additional website features:
• Access SEP software tools and technical resources,
(http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/resources_to_pursue_sep.html)
• Read case studies and watch video testimonials from SEP-certified facilities.
(http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/successes_and_testimonials.html)
• See the latest certification results
(http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/results.html)
• Find professional training and credentialing opportunities for your staff.
• Sign up to receive the latest SEP updates.
− Enrollment: Open to any U.S. industrial facility at any
stage of the SEP implementation process,
http://superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov/enroll.html
− Application: Any U.S. industrial facility may submit an
application for certification when ready for its SEP audit.
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What is DOE’s role in SEP?
What are the latest projects by DOE
to expand SEP adoption?
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Current Activities
• DOE acts as the SEP Administrator and is currently developing, testing
and refining the administrative processes for industrial plants to enroll
and apply for SEP certification
• DOE provides recognition for SEP achievements and is working to build
overall program recognition
• New SEP Initiative: Better Buildings SEP Accelerator
DOE’s Role In Development and Support of SEP
Development of SEP
• DOE worked with the U.S. Council
for Energy-Efficient Manufacturing
(U.S. CEEM) to develop SEP
• DOE also partnered with state and
regional energy efficiency partners
to conduct SEP demonstrations
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Better Buildings Industrial SEP Accelerator
The Industrial SEP Accelerator is part of the Better Buildings initiative to
transform markets for accelerated energy efficiency.
Purpose: DOE is exploring ways to make SEP certification easier and more
affordable for industrial facilities.
• SEP Enterprise-wide Accelerator: Companies are testing strategies to
implement SEP across a corporation, business unit, or multiple plants to
benefit from economies of scale. Six Partners committed, with 30
participating facilities located in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico:
– 3M Company, Cummins Inc., General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems,
Nissan North America, Inc., Schneider Electric, Volvo North American Group
• SEP Ratepayer-funded Program Accelerator: Utilities and energy
efficiency program administrators are testing SEP as a practical, energy-
saving program offering for their industrial customers.
– Bonneville Power Administration, Efficiency Vermont, Northeast Utilities, including
Connecticut Light & Power Company, Yankee Gas, and NSTAR Electric & Gas
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/betterbuildings/accelerators/
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Paul Scheihing
Technology Manager, Technical Assistance
Advanced Manufacturing Office
US Department of Energy
paul.scheihing@ee.doe.gov
202-586-7234
http://www.superiorenergyperformance.energy.gov
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/manufacturing/index.html
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/manufacturing/tech_assistance/index.html
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►Receive SEP certification
►Obtain third-party verification
►Achieve energy performance
improvement targets
►Conduct rigorous measurement &
verification of energy performance
SEP
Foundational Energy
Management (e.g., ENERGY STAR
For Buildings & Plants)
ISO 50001
Fundamental approach to developing a systematic
energy management program based on industry
best practices and benchmarking tools
Standard Energy Management
System (EnMS) framework for
global industrial operations
Verified energy
performance
►Re-assess
►Evaluate progress
►Implement plan
►Create action plan
►Set goals
►Baseline energy performance
►Establish energy policy
►Receive ISO 50001 certification
►Achieve ISO 50001 EnMS
►Management reviews
►Conduct internal EnMS audit
►Formally document EnMS
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Steps in EnMS Progression
Strategic Energy Management Continuum