Programme Development

How It Works

1. Strategic Planning

   Using the inventory of opportunities, we prepare the optimal sequence of implementation of those opportunities that make a difference. This is a collaborative exercise, as the optimal solution depends upon customer priorities and resource availability. Our experienced consultants have many years of experience processing these issues and communicating the findings.

2. Strategic Plan Tracking

   Any strategic plan can go out of date as sites evolve and must be tracked to keep it valuable and relevant. We have developed processes to draw on the various elements of our partner energy management service, SAPERA. In this way, our customers can report accurately on progress and be able to explain the positive and negative variances.

3. Feasibility studies

   In many cases, the benefits and impacts between options or between opportunities may not be immediately clear. In these cases, we conduct detailed feasibility studies in which competing solutions and their variations are assessed, and clear recommendations are made for the best solution. We have the expertise to carry out the correct modelling of baseline and future loads of variation options and to understand the engineering, operational and environmental impact.

4. Capacity Studies

   As energy partners, we are frequently asked to conduct capacity studies to determine what capability exists within existing site utilities and infrastructure, considering end-of-life and business continuity. This also includes recommendations for optimum upgrades, which also integrate the outputs of our other services.

5. Resilience Studies

   The strategic use of energy invariably touches on the important topic of resilience. In our approach, we consider both on-site and supply chain issues here, and this becomes more complex as multi-source and multi-generator types become common in energy and sustainability strategic plans. We have developed our EM3 resilience assessment framework to allow structured and logical resilience assessment.

6. Investigations & Deep dives

   Our partnership with our customers as energy specialists means that we have a perspective when investigating events affecting production, health and safety and/or the environment. Our deep dives look for the story behind the events that explain the symptoms, and in collaboration with our customers, we look to arrive at a diagnosis.