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 is about understanding, monitoring and optimizing energy consumption. Today, 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.
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.
Note: if the industrial company implements an ISO 50001 EnMS, it is exempt from the requirement for the regulatory energy audit.
While the DDADUE law is already quite restrictive for industrial players, it is not the only regulation to consider. The reform of the European carbon market (EU-ETS) is also shaking up the habits of the highest-emitting industries. The principle is simple: make the main greenhouse-gas emitters pay by increasing the cost of emissions allowances to encourage these players to decarbonise.
To stay compliant and avoid inflating their budgets, industrial companies now have no choice: they must optimize their energy management.
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Beyond legal compliance, optimizing energy management is an equally fundamental strategic challenge for industry.
The challenges of energy management in industry
Production activities are often synonymous with significant energy spend; however, optimizing this type of consumption helps address several challenges at once—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. With energy-specific technical skills, this person plays a key role in industrial energy management. They analyze consumption trends, adjust how installations operate, and ensure action-plan follow-up. But to sustainably optimize the factory’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 step, 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 drawn up. Beyond the visibility it provides, the audit also helps set the baseline. Essential for assessing future changes in energy performance.
Once the action plan has been defined, the Energy Manager will then need to track the energy objectives and the associated KPIs. Far too often, these are monitored from an Excel file based on manual readings taken in the factory. The result: a time-consuming method, less reliable data, and a fairly high cyber risk for the company.
When energy management relies on digital control
To overcome the limits of the method described above, it is recommended to implement an EMS software (Energy Management Software), such as MyDametis.
Connected to sensors in the factory, this tool collects, verifies and analyzes data in real time. It immediately alerts users in the event of a deviation (while suggesting causes and corrective actions), models consumption, and makes it easier to achieve the targets set—both at group level and at the industrial site.
Beyond this control, the solution is also a true ally in obtaining and maintaining ISO 50001 certification. For good reason: the energy review is 100% digitalized and the configuration journey is guided step by step.
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
ROI 1.5 years
initially estimated at 2.5 years
70%
of the project funded by CEE
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