Outsourcing Energy Management: Saving Energy and Carbon through Partnering

This book offers a comprehensive guide to outsourcing energy management, discussing the risks and benefits and taking managers through the process of deciding whether to outsource or not, and finding and assessing an outsourcing partner. This book describes energy management outsourcing as a way of addressing the current energy challenges facing all organisations, namely high and volatile energy prices, the need to mitigate climate change and potential supply constraints as oil production peaks. These problems are likely to intensify in the coming years, yet most organisations have reduced in-house capability to address them, thus outsourcing is increasingly seen as an essential part of any strategy to reduce energy use and carbon emissions. The author describes the basic processes of energy management and how to outsource them in a strategic way to achieve maximum results. The validity of this process can be verified by a new model of energy management looking at total costs, which is presented in the book. Managers looking to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions through the use of external service providers will find Outsourcing Energy Management an ideal 'how to do it' guide.Contents: Introduction. Part One The Importance of Energy: Oil peaking and the decline of fossil fuels; Climate change; Legislation and regulation. Part Two The Energy Management Process: Energy management. Part Three Outsourcing Energy Management: Why outsource?;The outsourcing cycle. Part Four Energy Service Companies: The supply of outsourced energy solutions; Future trends for ESCOs. Overall Summary; References; Bibliography; Internet resources; Glossary; Resources; Index.About the Author: Steven Fawkes is General Manager of RWE Solutions UK where he has developed and implemented innovative energy services contracts with companies such as Sainsbury's, Diageo, and others. He has been a consultant to the UK Government and more recently to the Carbon Trust. He has published over 85 papers and articles, of which 65 have been concerned with energy management and energy policy.