First and foremost Lean and Green is a way of thinking about how information, products and services move through your business processes. The traditional notion of producing and moving in large batches of products or services (information, goods, or paper), is costly and is quickly becoming obsolete. The new "Lean Way" of thinking is to those work elements moving continually within your system without stopping - from order to delivery.
Energy Value Stream Mapping
Until now, reduced energy consumption has been
a by-product of lean waste elimination and we have not had a vehicle with which
to capture the energy waste or to quantify it. The tool we now use is Energy Value
Stream Mapping (EVSM). EVSM creates a practical visualization of wastes,
including energy, in the processes. From the drawing and analysis of the EVSM,
a comprehensive Future State and Implementation Plan is created with measurable
improvements identified.
In simplified form EVSM follows a work unit
through a process capturing both the value and non-value added activity within
that process and creates a metric showing actual processing time and the time
that the work unit spends (the lead time) going through the value stream.
Lead-time is typically measured in days or weeks and processing time is
measured in minutes or hours. EVSM follows a product through a process
capturing the energy consumption both the process energy and the energy used
outside the process activities. Once those metrics are in place we can then
create a plan to systematically remove the energy waste from the process
without affecting the way the product or service is produced and without
purchasing any new equipment.
Lean Value Solutions provides an Energy
Audit is an analysis of a single building or campus, which indicates how and
where that building or campus can reduce energy consumption and save energy
costs. The audit identifies where your building
or campus is wasting energy. Many
buildings waste huge amounts of energy, without realizing it. An Energy Audit
reveals how and where energy is wasted, and methods for reducing energy waste
and overall energy consumption.
Saving Energy Makes Sense - Lower
energy consumption means lower energy costs. We prioritized energy saving based
on favoring the steps which save money in the short-term as well as long-term
vs. the initial cost to implement. Assessments
include virtually any process that consumes energy, including heating, lighting,
ventilation, air conditioning, motors, controls, compressed air systems,
industrial process, power generation, etc. We analyze hundreds of different
efficiency measures and work with you to pinpoint the opportunities that will
create the most value and benefit in terms of energy savings, process
improvements, or reduced maintenance costs.
Client Benefits
Total Energy Waste will be identified and reduced systematically through an Energy Reduction Plan. The key to a successful implementation is to reduce or eliminate the waste without affecting the way the product is made or the service delivered. Technical solutions should be planned and implemented through structured Lean events in the same way any other Lean events are executed.