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Return on investment in industrial systems

Learn how to combine savings, availability and life cycle to evaluate an industrial investment.

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Return is not just energy saving

Industrial projects can also create value through greater availability, quality stability, maintenance reduction and additional production capacity.

These effects need to be separated, documented and treated with conservative assumptions to avoid double counting.

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Compare scenarios on the same basis

Investment, operating costs, downtime, useful life and residual value must use the same horizon. Production scenarios and energy prices help to see the sensitivity of return.

For modernizations, it is important to compare the project also with the cost of maintaining the current system, including obsolescence and increasing risk of failure.

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Confirm the result after start-up

Indicators and reference conditions defined in the study allow monitoring of real performance. The subsequent measurement transforms investment into learning for the next projects.

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