Development of Specific National Energy Benchmark Model for Sri Lankan Apparel Industries
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2018
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Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka
Abstract
The development of specific national energy benchmark model for apparel industries
is a fundamental requirement for efficient assessment and monitoring of energy
consumption of the Sri Lankan apparel sector. Thus, this model could be used as a
base for the energy labelling and energy star programs, which would be implemented
for the apparel sector in the near future. In the context of this study focuses on
analysing the energy consumption data of significant number of reference apparel
industries have been analysed in order to construct a relationship between the energy
consumption and the significant factors, which would affect to the final energy
consumption. The total energy consumption of the apparel sector does not only
depend on its total production (output) and/or operating hours, but also several other
factors such as age of the building or factory, the outside weather conditions, number
of floors, occupants' behaviour, general maintenance, etc. The mostly used simple
benchmarking method, which is normalized by means of the total production and/or
operating hours, is not adequate in the process of effective recognition of the energy
efficient apparel industries. Hence, the regression model developed with the above
explanatory factors is necessary for identifying the energy performance. The final
model developed with the above explanatory factors facilitates to determine whether
an apparel industry uses energy more efficiently than other similar industries. And
also the model could be used to encourage the poor energy performers in the apparel
sector to improve their efficiency.
Keywords: Energy benchmark, Energy efficiency, Apparel industry
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Information System, Technology, Industrial Management