<p>Riksbyggen Fastighetsservice is a company whose businesses cope with building construction and related services. The local office of Riksbyggen Fastighetsservice in Gävle has been studied in this project. The local office locates in Näringen 20:4, which was constructed in 1989.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of this project is to make a diagnosis of the current situation; find out the most applicable way of optimizing the operation of the facility in order to reduce the energy consumption, to study costs and possible savings and provide assistance with future energy management.   </p><p> </p><p>Firstly, a study of Energy Balance was conducted. The transmission losses was 57761 KWh; mechanical ventilation losses 3855 KWh; hot tap water heat losses 9579 KWh; natural transmission and infiltration 6897 KWh. On the other hand, heat gain from internal heat was 12707 KWh; solar radiation 8521 KWh; and supply heat 56806 KWh.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, the energy costs have been checked out. 29655 KWh of electricity was consumed in 2008. 5948 KWh was used by 20 fuses electricity and 23707 KWh was for 25 fuses. Lighting, electrical equipment and machine composed the electricity consumption. Lighting consumes 13278 KWh; equipment consumes 6452 KWh; and machine consumes 9925 KWh. Lighting electricity was composed by office lighting and workshop lighting with 4798 KWh and 8480 KWh respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Electricity cost is very complicated and flexible in Sweden according to effect and consumption. The total cost of electricity consists of electricity commerce fee and electricity transmission net. Electricity commerce fee includes annual fixed fee, electricity fee, energy certificate and tax. Electricity transmission fee includes annual fixed transmission fee, grid fee and tax. Tax plays vital important role which results in huge total cost. The local office spent 43356 kr on electricity in 2008. 4798 kr was spent on office lighting, and 8480 kr was spent on workshop lighting.</p><p> </p><p>On the other hand district heating fee is composed by annual fixed fee, effect fee, energy fee and tax. The local office spent 37142 kr on 56.806 MWh of district heating in 2008. Thus, the local office purchased 86461 KWh of energies and spent 80498 kr in total in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Thirdly, to assist its energy traces and management, three tables were designed. One table is for annual energy consumption and cost in each month with all information of sub-terms on costs. One table is for annual electricity consumption for each electrical equipment and cost in accordance. Another table is for district heating consumption and cost. </p><p> </p><p>At last, energy saving possibilities was explored. One way is applying improvements or maintenance of the office construction. The result of Energy Balance shows that transmission losses were 57761 KWh which occupies 74% of the total losses, and it is the biggest bite. As the office was constructed in 1989, if improvements and maintenance can be applied to the insulation of floor, roof and walls, or change the windows, the heat losses can be reduced.</p><p> </p><p>However, the other solution might be much more applicable and financial sound. Just go to Clas Ohlson to buy LED 1 W and 3 W lamps to replace the current bulbs. Spending 3009 kr to buy 51 LED incandescent bulbs of 1W effect, and 3576 kr on 24 LED fluorescent of 3W effect, will save 12057 kr every year. The lighting electricity consumption will be reduced from 13278 KWh / year to 264 KWh / year. Instead of spending 16017 kr on lighting, 98% will be reduced, and only 318 kr will be paid. Moreover, the payback is really nice, only 0.42 year. Action! The sooner the better! 20% of energy cost will be saved!</p>

The industrial sector uses about one third of the energy end-use in the world. Since energy use in many cases highly affects both the local and global environment negatively, it is of common interest to increase energy efficiency within industries. Furthermore, seen from the industrial perspective, it is also important to reduce dependency on energy resources with unstable prices in order to obtain economic predictability. In this thesis, the energy-saving potential within the chemical pulp and paper sector is analyzed. One market pulp mill and one integrated pulp and paper mill were studied as cases. Energy system changes at the mills were analyzed through cost minimization. The thesis focuses on principal energy issues such as finding the most promising alternatives for use of industrial excess heat, possible investments in electricity generation and choice of fuel. In order to find synergies, the same system was optimized first from the perspective of different operators respectively, and then from a joint regional perspective. Also, the prerequisites for a regional heat market in the region were analyzed. This thesis reveals that the use of excess heat from pulp and paper mills for district heating does not generally conflict with process integration measures. This is partly because of the great availability of industrial excess heat and partly because the different purposes require different temperatures and thereby do not compete. Rather, the results show that they strengthen each other since steam and hot water of higher temperatures are made available for district heating when hot water of lower temperature is used for process integration. However, there are cases when the conditions are complicated by preexisting technical solutions within a system. In these cases, a combination of measures could be necessary. Furthermore, it is concluded that energy cooperation in terms of a heat market between municipalities and industries in the studied region gives opportunity for positive synergies. Switching from expensive fuels such as oil to less expensive biofuel in the region proved to be particularly beneficial. Expanding the capacity for combined heat and power generation is also beneficial for the region as well as increased use of industrial excess heat for district heating. The most financially beneficial scenarios also have the greatest potential for CO2 emission reduction; the emissions would be reduced by about 700 thousand tonnes CO2/year for the region in those scenarios. / Den industriella energianvändningen utgör en tredjedel av världens totala energianvändning. Eftersom energianvändning i många fall har negativ miljöpåverkan både lokalt och globalt är det av allmänt intresse att öka industriernas energieffektivitet. Sett ur industriernas perspektiv är det dessutom viktigt att minska beroendet av bränslen med osäkra priser för att uppnå ekonomisk förutsägbarhet. I den här avhandlingen analyseras energibesparingspotentialen inom massa- och pappersindustrin. Ett fristående kemiskt massabruk och ett integrerat kemiskt massa- och pappersbruk har studerats. Förändringar i energisystemen på bruken analyserades genom kostnadsminimeringar. Avhandlingen fokuserar på principiella energifrågor, som att utvärdera olika sätt att använda industriellt spillvärme, investeringar i elgenerering och val av bränsle. För att hitta synergier optimerades samma system ur olika aktörers perspektiv och sedan ur ett regionalt perspektiv. Även förutsättningarna för en regional värmemarknad analyserades. Avhandlingen visar att användandet av överskottsvärme från massa- och pappersindustrin till fjärrvärme generellt sett inte står i konflikt med processintegreringsåtgärder inom bruken. Detta beror delvis på att stora mängder överskottsvärme finns tillgängliga och delvis på att det är olika temperaturnivåer som behövs till de olika syftena som därför inte konkurrerar. Resultaten visar snarare att de två åtgärderna stärker varandra eftersom processintegrering gör att större mängder varmvatten av högre temperatur blir tillgängliga för fjärrvärme. Det finns dock fall då förutsättningarna kompliceras av redan befintliga tekniska lösningar inom ett system. I dessa fall kan det vara nödvändigt med en kombination av åtgärder. Vidare dras slutsatsen att energisamarbete mellan kommuner och industrier i form av en värmemarknad ger möjlighet till positiva synergier i den studerade regionen. Särskilt lönsamt visade det sig vara att byta från dyra bränslen såsom olja till billigare bränslen som biobränslen. Att utöka kraftvärmekapaciteten inom värmemarknaden är också lönsamt liksom utökat användande av industriell spillvärme till fjärrvärme. De fall som var mest ekonomiskt lönsamma har även störst möjlighet till minskning av CO2-utsläpp; utsläppen från regionen skulle kunna minskas med cirka 700 000 ton CO2/år i dessa fall.

Riksbyggen Fastighetsservice is a company whose businesses cope with building construction and related services. The local office of Riksbyggen Fastighetsservice in Gävle has been studied in this project. The local office locates in Näringen 20:4, which was constructed in 1989.   The aim of this project is to make a diagnosis of the current situation; find out the most applicable way of optimizing the operation of the facility in order to reduce the energy consumption, to study costs and possible savings and provide assistance with future energy management.      Firstly, a study of Energy Balance was conducted. The transmission losses was 57761 KWh; mechanical ventilation losses 3855 KWh; hot tap water heat losses 9579 KWh; natural transmission and infiltration 6897 KWh. On the other hand, heat gain from internal heat was 12707 KWh; solar radiation 8521 KWh; and supply heat 56806 KWh.   Secondly, the energy costs have been checked out. 29655 KWh of electricity was consumed in 2008. 5948 KWh was used by 20 fuses electricity and 23707 KWh was for 25 fuses. Lighting, electrical equipment and machine composed the electricity consumption. Lighting consumes 13278 KWh; equipment consumes 6452 KWh; and machine consumes 9925 KWh. Lighting electricity was composed by office lighting and workshop lighting with 4798 KWh and 8480 KWh respectively.   Electricity cost is very complicated and flexible in Sweden according to effect and consumption. The total cost of electricity consists of electricity commerce fee and electricity transmission net. Electricity commerce fee includes annual fixed fee, electricity fee, energy certificate and tax. Electricity transmission fee includes annual fixed transmission fee, grid fee and tax. Tax plays vital important role which results in huge total cost. The local office spent 43356 kr on electricity in 2008. 4798 kr was spent on office lighting, and 8480 kr was spent on workshop lighting.   On the other hand district heating fee is composed by annual fixed fee, effect fee, energy fee and tax. The local office spent 37142 kr on 56.806 MWh of district heating in 2008. Thus, the local office purchased 86461 KWh of energies and spent 80498 kr in total in 2008.   Thirdly, to assist its energy traces and management, three tables were designed. One table is for annual energy consumption and cost in each month with all information of sub-terms on costs. One table is for annual electricity consumption for each electrical equipment and cost in accordance. Another table is for district heating consumption and cost.    At last, energy saving possibilities was explored. One way is applying improvements or maintenance of the office construction. The result of Energy Balance shows that transmission losses were 57761 KWh which occupies 74% of the total losses, and it is the biggest bite. As the office was constructed in 1989, if improvements and maintenance can be applied to the insulation of floor, roof and walls, or change the windows, the heat losses can be reduced.   However, the other solution might be much more applicable and financial sound. Just go to Clas Ohlson to buy LED 1 W and 3 W lamps to replace the current bulbs. Spending 3009 kr to buy 51 LED incandescent bulbs of 1W effect, and 3576 kr on 24 LED fluorescent of 3W effect, will save 12057 kr every year. The lighting electricity consumption will be reduced from 13278 KWh / year to 264 KWh / year. Instead of spending 16017 kr on lighting, 98% will be reduced, and only 318 kr will be paid. Moreover, the payback is really nice, only 0.42 year. Action! The sooner the better! 20% of energy cost will be saved!

Koldioxidnivåerna ökar i takt med en allt högre världslig energianvändning. Detta har lett till reglering och bestämmelser av utsläppsrätter samt energianvändning. För att stoppa den globala uppvärmningen och minska energianvändningen har EU enats om fyra gemensamma mål att uppnå till år 2020, även benämnda 20-20-20 målen. Lika så har Sverige satt upp egna miljömål att sträva efter till år 2020. De omfattar en ökning av andel förnyelsebar energi med minst 50 procent, effektivisera energianvändningen med minst 20 procent samt öka andelen förnyelsebar energi i transportsektorn med minst 10 procent.  Tack vare lagar gällande krav på skärpt energianvändning och utsläpp strävar företag mot användandet av energieffektivare teknik och ett mer energimedvetet beteende. Energikartläggning är ett viktigt samt effektivt verktyg vid kartläggning och illustrering av ett företags energianvändning för underlättande och tydliggörande av framtida åtgärd samt förbättring.  Examensarbetet syftar till att åskådliggöra Kv. Fredens energianvändning samt ta fram ekonomiskt genomförbara energibesparande åtgärder för att sänka energianvändningen både för denna och liknande byggnader. Till hjälp för utförande har sex frågeställningar använts vilka berör och syftar till att ta reda på energifördelningen i byggnaden, brister i drift och uppehållande av inomhusklimat samt ta fram kostnadseffektiva lösningar för val av åtgärd.För tillvägagång av arbetet har fem metoder valts för besvarande av frågeställningar. En litteraturstudie utfördes med hjälp av nyckelord som ”Energy saving”, ”Energy audit” samt ”Behaviour” i online-databaser för vetenskapliga artiklar. Därefter utfördes en empirisk analys av tillhandahållen data för byggnaden, vilket möjliggjorde modellering och simulering av byggnaden i programmet IDA ICE 4.6.1. För styrkande av antaganden samt undersökning av energimedvetet beteende utfördes termografering och en kvalitativ enkätundersökning.  Efter utförande av arbetet med hjälp av nämnda metoder, konstateras bristfällig ventilation. Vid simulerad installation av FTX i byggnaden uppnås en maximal energibesparing på dryga 17 procent, vilket motsvarar en slutlig energianvändning på 97 kWh/m2. Simulerade åtgärder, exklusive FTX, vilka visar sig vara mest lönsamma för byggnaden är tätning av dörrar och fönster för minskad infiltration. Dessa två simulerade åtgärder är de mest kostnadseffektiva simulerade lösningarna för Kv. Freden samt liknande byggnader.   Den simulerade energianvändningen för byggnaden representeras av 29 procent elanvändning samt 71 procent fjärrvärmeanvändning, vilka förhåller sig till en tillförlitlighet motsvarande 97,5 procent respektive 96 procent jämfört med energidata tillhandahållen av Gävle Energi. Simuleringsprogrammet IDA ICE visade sig vara ett effektivt hjälpmedel vid simulering av en byggnads energianvändning samt applicering av möjliga åtgärder. / Carbon dioxide levels are increasing as a consequence of larger energy use worldwide. This has led to regulations and rules of emission and energy consumption. In order to stop global warming and reduce energy consumption, EU has agreed on four common goals to achieve by the year 2020, also known as the 20-20-20 goals. Sweden has also come up with its own environmental goals to achieve by the year 2020. They include increasing the share of renewable energy by at least 50 percent, improve the use of energy by at least 20 percent and increase the share of renewable energy in the transportation sector by at least 10 percent.   Due to the laws and requirements related to stricter energy consumption and carbon emissions companies strive to use more energy efficient technology and more energyconscious behavior. Energy audit is an effective and an important tool in identifying and illustrating a company's energy usage for the clarification of future measures and improvement.  The thesis aims to illustrate Kv. Freden's use of energy and come up with both economically and energy saving measures to reduce its and other similar building's energy consumption. Six questions have been used to determine the energy distribution in the building and find defects in the management and maintenance of the indoor climate and develop cost-effective solutions for the choice of measures.   Five methods were chosen for approaching and answering the questions. A literature review was performed using keywords such as "Energy Saving", "Energy Audit" and "Behaviour" in online databases containing scientific articles. Thereafter an empirical analysis of the data supplied for the building was performed, which enabled modeling and simulation of the building in the program IDA ICE 4.6.1. A thermography and a qualitative survey regarding energy conscious behavior were performed as proof of assumptions.  The ventilation in this thesis is found inadequate after applied methods.  With simulated FTX-systems installed in the building, a maximum energy saving potential about 17 percent is achieved, which corresponds to a energy use of 97 kWh/m2. Excluding FTX, the simulated measures which prove to be the most profitable for the building is the sealing of doors and windows in order to reduce infiltration. These two measures are the most cost effective energy saving solutions regarding Kv. Freden and similar buildings.  The building's simulated energy use is represented by 29 percent electricity and 71 percent of district heating usage, which compared with the energy data provided by Gävle Energi relates to a reliability equivalent to 97.5 percent and 96 percent. The simulation program IDA ICE proved to be an efficient tool for the simulation of a building's energy use and application of possible measures.

Samhället idag är beroende av energi för att fungera och att eftersträva utveckling av förnybar energi bör ha högsta prioritet. År 2013 produceras 81,6% av världens totala energi av fossila bränslen. Bostads- och servicesektorn står idag för 38 % av Sveriges totala energianvändning. På grund av att bostäder och lokaler står för så stor del av energianvändningen är det väldigt viktigt att ha noggrann koll på energiprestandan av byggnader och lokaler samt vilka energieffektiviseringar som kan utföras. Sörbyskolan är belägen i södra delen av Gävle och fastigheten ägs och förvaltas av Gavlefastigheter. År 2015 planerar Gavlefastigheter en renovering av Sörbyskolan och vill ta fram energieffektiviseringsförslag. Skolan är uppdelad på sex byggnader som inkluderar en matsal, en gymnastiksal, en förskola och tre andra skolbyggnader. I denna rapport har förskolan med tillhörande passage undersökts. Förskolan och passagen är ett envåningshus med en area på 883 m2. Speciellt för passagen är att den är uppvärmd med direktverkande elenergi. Undersökningen har skett i simuleringsprogrammet IDA Indoor Climate and Energy. Boverket har satt upp riktlinjer och krav för hur mycket energi nybyggda lokaler och bostäder får använda beroende på vilken klimatzon byggnaden befinner sig i. Gävleborg befinner sig i klimatzon II och lokaler i denna klimatzon får max använda 100 kWh/m2, år. En basmodell av hur bygganden ser ut idag skapades för att identifiera vart de största energiförlusterna sker. Sedan jämfördes olika energieffektiviseringar med basmodellen för att se hur mycket energi som potentiellt skulle kunna sparas. Basmodellen skapades genom att få fram information om byggnaden och mata in i IDA ICE. Informationen skaffades bl.a. genom en fysisk undersökning, intervjuer, jämförelse med andra byggnader på Sörbyskolan m.m. Arbetet visar fördelningen av till- och bortförd energi i byggnaden och vilka energieffektiviseringsåtgärder som är mest lämpliga för att minska energianvändningen. Resultatet pekar på att byta till nya energieffektiva fönster ger den största energibesparingen och totalt sparas 19,8 kWh/m2,år. Om alla energieffektiviseringsåtgärder utförs ger det en energibesparing på 37,8 kWh/m2,år. Det har gjorts mycket antaganden och uppskattningar för att skapa basmodellen vilket gör att den skiljer sig en del ifrån verkligheten. För att få en mer korrekt modell skulle fler fysiska undersökningar och mätningar behöva utföras på byggnaden. / Today’s society is very dependent on energy to function and to pursue development of renewable energy should have the highest priority. In 2013 81.6 % of the total produced energy in the world came from fossil fuels. The residential and service sector stands for 38 % of Sweden’s total energy use. Due to that fact it’s very important to have careful track of the energy performance of buildings and premises and what energy efficiencies can be applied. The school is located in south of Gävle and the property is owned and managed by Gavlefastigheter. In 2015 Gavlefastigheter is planning a renovation of the school and wants to develop energy efficiency proposals. The school is divided into six buildings which includes a dining hall, a gymnasium, a preschool and three other school buildings. In this rapport the preschool with appurtenant passage have been examined. The preschool and the passage is a one story building with an area of 883 m2. Particularly for the passage is that it’s heated with direct electricity. The survey have been conducted in a simulation program called IDA Indoor Climate and Energy. Boverket has set up guidelines and requirements for how much energy the newly built premises and residences may use depending on which climate zone the building is located. Gävleborg is located in climate zone II and premises in this climate zone may use a maximum of 100 kWh/m2 per year. A base model of the buildings current state were created to identify where the biggest energy losses occur. Afterwards the different energy efficiency proposals were compared with the base model to see how much energy could be saved. The base model were created by collecting data to IDA ICE. The data was collected by a physical inspection, interviews, comparison with another building on the school of Sörby etc. This work shows the distribution of supplied and xx energy in the building and what energy efficiency action that is most suitable to reduce the energy use. The result points to switching to new energy efficient windows gives the biggest savings in energy and a total of 19.8 kWh/m2, year can be saved. If all proposals is performed that will give a total saving of 37.8 kWh/m2, year. There have been a lot of assumptions and estimates to create the base model which makes it somewhat different from reality. To get a more correct model more physical examinations and measurements would be needed.

Den här rapporten har skrivits som en del av ett examensarbete på energiingenjörsprogrammet på Högskolan i Halmstad under våren 2014. Examensarbetet har genomförts i samarbete med AB Färdig Betong samt ÅF Infrastructure AB i Göteborg. Syftet med projektet är att undersöka energibesparingspotentialen hos AB Färdig Betongs produktionsanläggning på Ringön i Göteborg. Projektet har inneburit en energikartläggning av en industriell produktionsanläggning för lösbetong. Utgångspunkt för energikartläggningen har varit energiledningssystemet ISO 50001, med målsättningen att ta fram en teknisk energikartläggningsrapport i enlighet med standarden. Anläggningen har analyserats ur ett energibesparingsperspektiv. Data- och informationsinsamling samt mätningar har genomförts för att ta fram indata som beräkningsunderlag. Genom beräkningar har sedan möjliga energibesparingspotentialer och åtgärdsförslag tagits fram. Den totala energibesparingspotentialen för anläggningen innebär en besparing på 223 MWh av anläggningens totala energianvändning på 857 MWh år 2013, vilket motsvarar en minskning med omkring 26 %. Allmänna slutsatser är bland annat att all produktionsutrustning bör placeras inom klimatskalet, att all uppvärmning bör vara temperaturreglerad samt att ett mer långsiktigt energiperspektiv behövs i anläggningen. Energibesparingsmöjligheterna för anläggningen är mycket goda och investeringskostnaderna är i allmänhet låga. / This report has been written as part of a degree project at the Bachelor’s programme in energy engineering at Halmstad University in the spring of 2014. The project was made in collaboration with AB Färdig Betong and ÅF Infrastructure AB in Gothenburg. The project aims to investigate the potential energy savings of AB Färdig Betong’s production plant at Ringön in Gothenburg. The project was to make an energy audit of an industrial production plant for concrete. The starting point for the energy audit has been the ISO 50001 energy management system with the aim to develop a technical energy audit report in accordance with the standard. The plant has been analyzed from an energy perspective. Measurements, collection of data and information has been carried out to develop the input data basis. Through calculations, potential energy savings and proposals for actions were developed. Among the four largest energy saving potentials, there are two that have no investment cost at all. The total of all potentials represent a saving of 26 % of the total plant energy consumption of 857 MWh in 2013. General conclusions include that all production should be located within the building, that all heating should be temperature regulated and that a long term perspective on energy use is needed.

Submitted by RODRIGO YUJI MORI null (mori856@hotmail.com) on 2016-04-11T00:33:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO_DE_MESTRADO_RODRIGO YUJI MORI.pdf: 4084050 bytes, checksum: a21b66d1dd543073e9dc71378b3a19ba (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-04-12T18:07:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mori_ry_me_guara.pdf: 4084050 bytes, checksum: a21b66d1dd543073e9dc71378b3a19ba (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-12T18:07:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mori_ry_me_guara.pdf: 4084050 bytes, checksum: a21b66d1dd543073e9dc71378b3a19ba (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Uma das formas de reduzir os custos de produção de uma unidade de sulfatação é diminuir o consumo de utilidades, principalmente energia elétrica e vapor. Como as plantas de sulfatação liberam energia térmica durante o processo de produção dos tensoativos sulfatados, tornou-se interessante pensar em utilizar esta energia de forma racional, o que pode representar uma oportunidade para aumentar a eficiência energética. O presente trabalho tem como objetivo efetuar um estudo em uma planta real de sulfatação para propor alternativas de reaproveitamento da energia térmica disponível, proveniente dos processos da fabrica. Para definir as formas de utilização desta energia térmica, primeiro foi realizada uma auditoria energética na unidade de sulfatação em cada setor da planta. Após isto, foram apresentadas as propostas de utilização desta energia, denominadas de A, B e C, dentro de um complexo industrial. A proposta A irá consumir a energia térmica da corrente de ar/SO2 que sai do forno para gerar vapor, além de utilizar a energia das correntes de ar quente dos trocadores de calor para aquecer a água de alimentação da caldeira. A proposta B irá utilizar a energia térmica das correntes de ar quente para complementar o consumo energético em um sistema de secagem por pulverização. Já a proposta C pretende usar a energia térmica para aquecer tambores metálicos em uma estufa. A auditoria energética revelou que são consumidos 103,6 kW de energia térmica nos setores de armazenamento de enxofre e secagem da sílica, sendo descartado para atmosfera 730 kW nas correntes de ar quente, e retirados 131 kW para resfriar a corrente de ácido da torre de sulfúrico. Com as propostas, é possível aproveitar até 100% da energia térmica disponível na planta de sulfatação, aumentando em até 87% a eficiência térmica do processo de secagem por pulverização, fornecer até 98% da energia térmica para aquecer o enxofre líquido após o recebimento e promover o aquecimento de tambores em estufa. Desta forma espera-se reduzir o consumo de combustíveis utilizados na geração de vapor e aquecimento de ar para o secador, representando redução entre 9.419,00 R$/mês a 304.727,00 R$/mês, de acordo com a capacidade de operação das propostas de reaproveitamento energético. / One way to reduce production costs of a sulfation unit is to decrease the consumption of utilities, especially electricity and steam. As the sulfation plants release thermal energy during the production process of sulfated surfactants, it becomes interesting to think about using this energy in a rational way, which may represent an opportunity to increase the energetic efficiency. This paper has the objective to make a study in a real plant sulfation to propose alternatives reuse of thermal energy available in the processes of the fabric. To define ways to use this thermal energy, an energy audit was firstly fulfilled in sulfation unit to quantify the thermal energy present in every sector of the plant. In the sequence, proposals have been presented for using this energy, called A, B and C, within an industrial complex. The proposal A consumes the thermal energy of the air stream/SO2 exiting the furnace to generate steam, using the energy of the hot air flows from heat exchangers to heat the feed water of the steam boiler. The proposal B uses the thermal energy of the hot air currents to complement the energy consumption in a spray drying system. Proposal C is presented to use the thermal energy to heat metal drums in a hothouse. The energy audit showed that 103,6 kW of thermal energy are consumed in the drying of silica and sulfur storage sectors, but 730 kW are discharged to atmosphere in the hot air currents, and 131 kW are withdraw to cool the acid chain sulfuric tower. With the proposals, it is possible to use 100% of the thermal energy available in the sulfation plant, increasing the thermal efficiency of spray drying processes until 87%, providing until 98% of the thermal energy to heat the liquid sulfur after reception and promote heating drums in an oven. In this way, a reduction in the consumption of fuels used to generate steam and heating air to the dryer may represent a reduction in the range 9,419.00 R$/month to 304,727.00 R$/month, according to the operating capacity of energy reuse of proposals.

In order to reach the European aim for a sustainable growth, the “Triple 20 by 2020”, the energy audit in every sector is one of the keys of the success. In order to carry on with the energetical development, sustainability and future energy efficient systems, the energy efficiency in the industry is one of the most important matters. The Swedish industry uses 147 TWh of energy per year, which represents the 39% of the total final energy use and also the biggest energy user of the three sectors. The food processing industry only uses a 3% of the total Swedish industrial energy use, however this is 4410 GWh per year, what still has high possibilities to reduce the use of energy through different energy efficiency measures.The present study consists on an energy audit of a small-medium industrial bakery in Ockelbo, Sweden, by starting with the compilation of a few energy efficiency measures that are usually carried out on the energy audits. Then those measures have been tried to implement in the bakery in order to reduce the energy use and therefore the costs, which are the principal aims of the study, together with the approach to future energy efficiency ideas. However, the lack of electrical measure equipment has been a big limitation for the study. The method, that has been the guideline for the energy audit, is the Energy management procedure, which is a widely used method on different energy audits. The main measures that have been proposed are regarding the auxiliary processes like lighting and the compressed air system, additionaly, changes regarding the power contract and the installed power of they bakery are presented. Also different future possibilities for the heat recovery are analyzed and discussed like using the waste heat for preheating tap water for the dough processes. Additionally this study contains a wide explanation of the Swedish electrical bills that every company has to pay and probably many of them do not understand.If the presented energy efficiency measures are implemented the electrical energy use can be reduced with at least 23109 kWh per year. In terms of money, the cost savings are at least 57781 SEK per year with an investment of 106300 SEK.

The target of the diploma thesis is balance of energy usage within the property of company Uniman Englis. There is at the beginning description of heat pump for different principles of use. Then there is described geothermal energy and the possibility of gaining energy from mine water found on the company property. This thesis describes the various design options for the use of mine water and revitalization of industrial buildings. These proposals are then designed and assessed in terms of thermal energy by using the heat pump. Afterward there is provided the energy audit for chosen solutions.

This master thesis is focused on energy audit of a civil building in regards of the state legislati-on. The purpose of this energy audit is to compare energy properties of this civil building and also to design at least two variations of energy savíng solutions. These solutions are designed regarding an economic and ecological focus of the audit and the variations of energy savings.