Responsibility Of Buyer (Industrial energy consumers)  

Improving Awareness

Industries must put in efforts to increase their awareness of opportunities for energy conservation in their specific Industries categories

 

Permanent In-house Energy Auditor 
     Industries must look within, not without.  External Energy auditors and consultants cannot alone contribute on a continuous and committed basis to energy conservation programs.  This is best done be the industry itself by installing the equivalent of a financial accounting system whose very presence ensures that inefficiency, wastage or inadequacy will be detected and therefore be targeted for control.

Learning through sharing  
Indian industries, especially in intensely competitive areas are very tight-lipped about their achievements in energy savings.  Even large corporate groups only encourage intra group sharing than with other units in the same industry outside.  
A great pity, as bench - marking and sharing experiences can actually help learning and growing as is the experience of global companies.  

Recognize that there is no free lunch  
     If supplies are offering sometimes free (e.g. buy the instrument, get the software free) watch out for the hidden costs that show up only later.  If the supplier has invested in quality of design, and manufacture, offers new technology and techniques and supports you technically and after-sale, don’t expect it free! Instead expect good value for money.  

Ask to be educated  
     The supplier knows his product best.  Find out about his reliability, track record, certification  of quality, support and why it scores over other products. Glossy promotions and literature do not necessarily guarantee product quality and support.
 

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