Corporate Energy Management- Perspectives and Motivations

Abstract

There is no product, there is no service that can be provided without the need to expand or consume energy. Since the founding of these United States, our industrial capacity and national wealth had grown to be the greatest in the world. This is in great part due to our ingenuity and the availability of abundant and inexpensive energy. So much so, it is taken for granted. It is taken for granted until it is not available or the costs impact our choices or our standard of living (the ability to put food on the table, to take advantage of the best health care in the world, to secure a reasonable retirement, to survive a bitter cold winter or sweltering summer or for a business to survive in a globally competitive market place). Energy awareness and management is a key to our continued success and growth.