For corporate energy managers without plant-based energy engineers, pushing new
energy practices on the plant is like pushing a rope uphill. Some will gain traction, but
many will not. If only one person is responsible for reducing energy in dozens of plants,
progress will be slow. The scope is far too large to understand the details of the energy
usage in each plant to the point of driving sustained reductions. Data collection for
reporting and energy contracts can fill the time very quickly.