METI / ECCJ / ACE Training Program MTPEC06 (2007.01)

Energy conservation audit (Factory/Building) for fact-finding

Management (management standard, operation-manual, maintenance, measurement, record,etc.)
Loss & Efficiency (heat, steam, electricity etc.) --- furnace, boiler, pump, air conditioner, lighting, etc.
< document review, walk-through check, measurement (with measuring instruments) and discussion >
* Proposal : counter measures for improvement, and effect estimation (energy & cost saving amount)

What is an ESCO Project ?

ESCO:Energy Service Company
- An ESCO project is
  an energy conservation project undertaken
  as “a business activity of a private enterprise (ESCO)”
Definitions of ESCO Project
- There are various kind of business types and definitions.
  All service related to energy
- Energy center business (Energy supply business)
- Heat source facility operation (Contract energy management): UK
- Characteristics:
  Performance contracting: USA, Canada, Japan, EU
- Third party finance

Recently, ESCO Project is getting popular also in Japan.
There are 100 more over ESCOs in Japan.

Cost and Profit of ESCO Project

Breakdown of Combined Order Value by Type of Service

Source : Jun. 2004, Survey of Japan Association of Energy Service Companies (membership 107 companies)

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