Energy Management in Industry
Energy management in industry: how can you optimize it to stay compliant, cut costs and your carbon footprint while improving performance? We explain it all!
Requirements and challenges related to energy management in industry
Energy management in industry involves monitoring, understanding, and optimizing energy consumption. Today, faced with fluctuating energy costs and regulatory requirements, energy management in industry is no longer an option but a major strategic challenge.
Energy management to meet regulatory requirements
In just a few years, French and European legislation has tightened considerably. Among the obligations requiring better energy management in industry are those of the DDADUE law.
Mandatory industrial energy audit before October 11, 2026, to be renewed every 4 years for all companies (requirement at SIREN level) consuming annually between 2.7 GWh and 23.6 GWh of energy.
Obligation to implement an energy management system compliant with ISO 50001 by October 11, 2027, for companies (obligation also applies to SIREN numbers) consuming more than 23.6 GWH of energy per year.
Note: if the industrial company implements an ISO 50001 EnMS, it is exempt from the requirement for the regulatory energy audit.
While the DDADUE Act already imposes significant constraints on industrial companies, it is not the only regulation to consider. Indeed, the reform of the European carbon market (EU-ETS) is also disrupting the practices of the highest-emitting industries.
The principle is simple: set CO2 emission quotas, progressively reduce the number of available quotas, and increase the cost associated with greenhouse gas emissions. With this reform, the State hopes to encourage the highest-emitting players towards decarbonisation.
To remain compliant and avoid increasing their budgets, industrial companies now have no choice: they must optimize their energy management. This involves defining and implementing an energy management policy to integrate their actions into a continuous improvement process.
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The challenges of energy management in industry
Production activities often entail significant energy expenditure; however, optimizing this type of consumption helps address various challenges simultaneously—climatic, regulatory, economic, and societal:
Protect margins against price volatility
Taking back control of your energy helps limit overconsumption, reduce your energy bill and therefore protect your margins.
Accelerate site decarbonisation
Knowing your consumption and managing it effectively is a key lever to reduce your carbon footprint.
Enhance the company’s image
Customers, suppliers and investors are increasingly attentive to the environmental impact of the companies they do business with. To stay competitive, you need to demonstrate your efforts in the energy and environmental transition.
Build resilience
With volatile energy prices and the environmental impact of fossil fuels, strong energy management in industry is essential. In particular, it helps diversify your energy mix to make the factory more resilient.
To meet these challenges and turn them into value, energy management in industry must be carried out rigorously.
Energy management in industry: how do you implement an effective approach?
To implement effective energy management in industry, the first step is to appoint an Energy Manager. This person, equipped with specific technical energy skills, plays a key role in industrial energy management. They analyze consumption trends, adjust the operation of facilities, and ensure the follow-up of the action plan. But to sustainably optimize the plant’s energy performance, the Energy Manager must above all rely on an accurate baseline assessment.
The energy audit: the prerequisite for adopting the right approach
During this stage, all or at least 80% of the site’s consumption is mapped. The most energy-intensive processes are then identified, and an initial action plan is developed. Beyond the visibility it provides, the audit also helps establish the baseline. This is essential for evaluating future changes in energy performance.
Once the action plan is determined, the Energy Manager will then have to monitor the energy objectives and the associated EPI (Energy Performance Indicators). Far too often, these elements are tracked using an Excel file based on manual readings taken in the plant. The result: a time-consuming method and a lack of data reliability.
When energy management relies on digital control
To optimize the monitoring of energy consumption, it is recommended to implement an EMS (Energy Management Software), such as MyDametis.
Interconnected with your systems (PLCs, communicating industrial sensors, supervision, ERP, etc.), this software automatically collects your data and allows you to create, identify, and highlight simple or complex EPIs. The monitoring of your EPIs is then simplified and automated through dashboards and reports, both available via the platform.
Furthermore, MyDametis supports industrial companies in obtaining and maintaining ISO 50001 certification. The energy review is 100% digitalized, and the configuration process is guided step-by-step to simplify compliance and facilitate the maintenance of the energy management system.
In summary, an industrial company that adopts a tool like this ensures easier decision-making and saves time, while sustainably improving its energy management and thus its performance.
The benefits of such an approach
Given the complexity and sometimes time-consuming nature of energy management, more and more industrial companies are choosing to structure their approach with an EMS software.
Results?
- Simplified day-to-day energy management
- Time savings that let you focus on project follow-up
- Financial savings
- A reduced carbon footprint
- Teams more engaged with the energy topic
A closer look at a real-life case with our client Piveteaubois
The quantified results for 2025 following the implementation of MyDametis.
€264,000
in energy savings
10,800 MWh
of energy saved
Some figures related to project implementation:
ROI 1.5 years
initially estimated at 2.5 years
70%
of the project funded by CEE
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