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Best Winner Guidebook: Benchmarking and Energy and Water Savings Tool for the Wine Industry. Pier Final Project Report.

DE2006862318

Publication Date	2005
Page Count	82
Abstract	Not all industrial facilities have the staff or the opportunity to perform a detailed audit of their operations. The lack of knowledge of energy efficiency opportunities provides an important barrier to improving efficiency. Benchmarking has demonstrated to help energy users understand energy use and the potential for energy efficiency improvement, reducing the information barrier. In California, the winemaking industry is not only one of the economic pillars of the economy; it is also a large energy consumer, with a considerable potential for energy-efficiency improvement. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Fetzer Vineyards developed an integrated benchmarking and self-assessment tool for the California wine industry called 'BEST' (Benchmarking and Energy and water Savings Tool) Winery. BEST Winery enables a winery to compare its energy efficiency to a best practice winery, accounting for differences in product mix and other characteristics of the winery. The tool enables the user to evaluate the impact of implementing energy and water efficiency measures. The tool facilitates strategic planning of efficiency measures, based on the estimated impact of the measures, their costs and savings.
Keywords	Energy savings Water savings Industrial plants California Energy conservation Energy consumption Auditing Accounting Economic analysis Energy efficiency Costs Benchmarks Strategic planning Evaluation Implementation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA.; California Energy Commission, Sacramento.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by California Energy Commission, Sacramento.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200617

Best Winner Guidebook: Benchmarking and Energy and Water Savings Tool for the Wine Industry. Pier Final Project Report.

Best Winner Guidebook: Benchmarking and Energy and Water Savings Tool for the Wine Industry. Pier Final Project Report.
DE2006862318

Publication Date	2005
Page Count	82
Abstract	Not all industrial facilities have the staff or the opportunity to perform a detailed audit of their operations. The lack of knowledge of energy efficiency opportunities provides an important barrier to improving efficiency. Benchmarking has demonstrated to help energy users understand energy use and the potential for energy efficiency improvement, reducing the information barrier. In California, the winemaking industry is not only one of the economic pillars of the economy; it is also a large energy consumer, with a considerable potential for energy-efficiency improvement. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Fetzer Vineyards developed an integrated benchmarking and self-assessment tool for the California wine industry called 'BEST' (Benchmarking and Energy and water Savings Tool) Winery. BEST Winery enables a winery to compare its energy efficiency to a best practice winery, accounting for differences in product mix and other characteristics of the winery. The tool enables the user to evaluate the impact of implementing energy and water efficiency measures. The tool facilitates strategic planning of efficiency measures, based on the estimated impact of the measures, their costs and savings.
Keywords	Energy savings Water savings Industrial plants California Energy conservation Energy consumption Auditing Accounting Economic analysis Energy efficiency Costs Benchmarks Strategic planning Evaluation Implementation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA.; California Energy Commission, Sacramento.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by California Energy Commission, Sacramento.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200617