To provide knowledge and awareness of energy evaluation techniques and analysis for company according to the current EU regulations and guidelines with recommendations to reduce GHG emissions.
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Description
MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSESSMENT:
To provide knowledge and awareness of energy evaluation techniques and analysis for company according to the current EU regulations and guidelines with recommendations to reduce GHG emissions.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ASSESSMENT:
Students are asked to carry out an energy evaluation of Company A located near Ancona, Italy. The
company is interested in improving of the energy use/ source and is committed to reduce GHG
emissions of 100% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050. As a result, the company proposed a new
idea of Leaf Community (Figure 1) in order to create an environmentally sustainable integrated
community with zero-carbon emissions. In 2016, the company generated 40% of the total electricity
use from the own renewable sources (solar and hydropower) while 60% of the electricity was
provided by the microgrid (ENEL), which controls the whole community. According to ENEL, only
43% of their energy production was carbon free.
You are provided with layout of the company (Figure 1) and data for the energy production for 2016
(available at ME5522/ BBL/ Assignment 2).
You are asked to carry out analyses of the data provided and propose practical improvements to the
energy improvements of the company and reduction of GHG emissions.
It is recommended to use Energy management or Life cycle assessment software but it is not
compulsory.
Instruction Files
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