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水务部门的能源管理:政策声明审查
Robert B Sowby1, Easton G Hopkins1
1Civil and Construction Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
概括
水务部门的专业协会可以促进公用事业公司的能源管理. 政策声明间接支持这一点,但需要具体的指导来解决现有的差距.
科学领域:
- 环境工程 环境工程
- 公共政策 公共政策
- 可持续的管理 可持续的管理
背景情况:
- 水和废水公用事业是重要的能源消费者,但能源管理在很大程度上是自愿的.
- 现有的法规侧重于水质和环境问题,而不是能源效率.
- 专业协会可以弥合公共政策和内部公用事业行动之间的差距.
研究的目的:
- 分析水务部门专业协会的政策声明,以支持能源管理.
- 确定这些陈述如何通过道德,可持续性,可负担性和资产管理来间接证明能源管理的合理性.
- 突显水务部门关于明确能源管理指导的政策缺口.
主要方法:
- 综述了来自三大水务行业专业协会的10份政策声明:ASCE,AWWA和WEF.
- 对陈述进行定性分析,以确定其相关性和支持能源管理原则.
- 在现有的政策环境中,确定能源管理的间接理由.
主要成果:
- 很少有政策声明直接涉及水和废水公用事业的能源管理.
- 现有声明通过将能源管理置于更广泛的背景,如可持续性和可负担性,提供间接支持.
- 分析显示,由于缺乏关于能源管理的最终声明,政策存在差距.
结论:
- 专业协会的政策声明为促进水务部门的能源管理提供了基础.
- 协会显然需要制定有关能源管理的明确政策声明.
- 制定有针对性的政策将明确立场,并为公用事业公司设定预期,推动对能源效率的行动.
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