For operators managing a handful of facilities, site-by-site energy management is workable. Each plant has its engineer, its utility contracts, and its own set of improvement projects.
The system is imperfect, but it functions well enough to keep the lights on and costs roughly in check.
Scale that to 20, 50, or 100 sites, and the math stops working. What passes for a strategy at a single facility becomes a liability across a portfolio. [Read more…] about From Site Projects to Portfolio Programs: How Industrial Operators Are Rethinking Energy Strategy