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Australia's manufacturing industry is highly diverse and produces a wide range of goods and products: Primary metals such as aluminium and steel, industrial and construction materials such as chemicals, cement and bricks, through to consumer products such as electrical appliances, paper, foods, beverages and cars.
In 2008-09, EEO participants in the manufacturing sector used 1,153 PJ, representing approximately 19 percent of Australia's total energy use.
Energy Efficiency in the Manufacturing Sector
Corporations in the manufacturing sector have identified a range of energy efficiency opportunities including many related to waste heat recovery, automated process control, improved boiler efficiencies and installation of variable speed drives.
EEO participants in the manufacturing sector have reported identifying 76.9 PJ of energy savings, and adopting 37.0 PJ of energy savings. 'Adopted' energy savings includes opportunities reported under the categories of implemented, commenced implementation or to be implemented.
Energy savings in the manufacturing sector^
^ Energy savings totals include the energy savings of opportunities with a greater than four year payback, voluntarily reported by corporations.
Significant Opportunities Registers
The Chemicals Manufacturingand Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Significant Opportunities Registers contain a cross-section of the significant opportunities described by manufacturing corporations in their EEO Public Reports. The spreadsheet formats can be filtered to find specific types of opportunities of interest. The registers aim to facilitate access to different ideas that may assist corporations to identify opportunities to increase energy efficiency.
Upcoming Events
Currently there are no upcoming events for the manufacturing industry. If you are holding an energy efficiency event that will be of interest to the manufacturing industry please contact us.
Useful Resources
Resource materials that may be of use for businesses in the Manufacturing sector aiming to improve their energy efficiency include the following:
EEO Company Case Studies | A look at how some corporations in the manufacturing sector have undertaken EEO assessments and the types of opportunities they have identified and implemented. | - Alcoa [
 PDF, 864KB] - Incitec Pivot [ PDF, 464KB]
- Midland Brick [ PDF, 516KB]
- Midland Brick Update
[ PDF, 264KB] - Nyrstar [ PDF, 534KB]
- OneSteel [ PDF, 445KB]
- Orica [ PDF, 528KB]
- Industry Trials – Midland Brick, Coca-Cola Amatil, Toyota Australia
[ PDF, 761KB] - Industry Insights – Adelaide Brighton, Alcoa Australia, Goodman Fielder, Midland Brick, Nyrstar, Rio Tinto
[ PDF, 1.0MB] - Sharing the Lessons from First Assessments – Nyrstar, OneSteel, Toyota Australia
[ PDF, 474KB]
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EEO Workshop Presentations | Presentations made by industry representatives at past Energy Efficiency Opportunities workshops, describing their corporation's approach to the EEO program. | |
First Opportunities in Depth: The Manufacturing Industry (2010) | A detailed analysis of EEO results reported by the Manufacturing sector in 2006-2008.
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Energy Efficiency Best Practice Case Studies | The Energy Efficiency Best Practice program, which ran from 1998 to 2003, worked with companies and research agencies to improve energy efficiency. The result of that collaboration was a series of case studies and best practice guides, which include information on food & beverage production, aluminium production, packaging manufacturing and motors.
| Energy Efficiency Best Practice Case Studies |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Publications | The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) has developed a series of studies analysing the energy using processes, energy benchmarks, energy efficiency potential and cost effective opportunities for reducing energy usage across several industries. | |
Feedback
Is there an energy efficiency topic in the manufacturing sector for which you would be interested in further information resources or training opportunities? If yes, please email energyefficiencyopportunities@ret.gov.au.