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Studies and energy performance contracts for industry

Secure your modernization investments with our studies and energy performance contracts for industry.

Do you have an investment project for which you want to take carbon impact into account? Are you planning to use a trusted third party to check that the performance commitment you have established with your supplier is being respected?

We will study your project in detail, taking into account your investment criteria, to determine a verifiable energy gain.

Lemon Energy person carrying out an on-site study to improve the energy performance of industrial processes and utilities.
Make your projects more reliable

Improving the energy performance of industrial processes and utilities

We can help you improve the energy performance of your industrial processes and utilities.

When you plan your investments, integrating energy into the design and improvement of industrial processes brings considerable benefits.

Your investment in industrial process energy optimization pays for itself in energy savings. In addition to this return on investment, our services bring other benefits:

  • Lower operating costs
  • Compliance with regulations
  • Reducing carbon footprint
  • Improving product quality

A rigorous assessment of technological, regulatory and economic risks guides investments in industrial process optimization. Energy efficiency minimizes these risks.

ADEME monitors the studies it subsidizes. This control from the outset facilitates the financing of energy efficiency projects for industrial equipment, thus strengthening the investment guarantees for these projects.

We work independently with you to optimize your industrial processes through energy efficiency:

  • #1

    People observing a plant to evaluate energy optimization scenarios for industrial processes
    Defining implementation scenarios

    Define implementation scenarios, according to your criteria:
    o Site production level
    o Plant configuration
    o Technology used
    o Expected thermal levels
    o Energy performance objectives and decarbonization of the site
    o Energy supply

  • #2

    estimate energy savings
    Evaluate potential energy savings

    Model post-construction consumption to assess achievable energy savings, taking into account equipment operating conditions, influencing factors and site changes.

  • #3

    Group of people, some wearing hard hats, discussing dimensioning for the design and improvement of industrial processes and procedures.
    Design and integrate solutions

    Study the sizing and integration of solutions, in liaison with your technical teams and potential suppliers.

  • #4

    Person consulting a dashboard on a computer to evaluate the financing of industrial process optimization
    Evaluate eligible financing

    Initiate discussions with funding contacts for whom a solution is eligible.

On the basis of this study, we quantify the technical and economic benefits of a project, and the potential impact of its installation over its lifetime, including savings and operating costs.

Check that your objectives are being met

Data analysis for industrial process improvement

We use data analysis to improve industrial processes. They guarantee results in terms of energy savings.

A person consulting a computer in front of an industrial plant, in order to carry out data analysis to improve industrial processes.

Verification of energy savings resulting from equipment or control changes can fail. The cause? A lack of means or methods, which can make it difficult to communicate successes to your management. To ensure that your objectives are met, it's essential to establish clear performance measures and follow-up mechanisms.

We draw up a plan for measuring and verifying your project's energy gains, and guide your project manager in setting up :

  • Energy performance indicators
  • Associated variables to be measured or collected by equipment type

We check the system's performance once the project has been commissioned.

Logo IPMVP (International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol), certification for Lemon Energy's energy efficiency consulting engineers

Our team's IPMVP qualification from AFNOR guarantees the reliability of our measurements. IPMVP is a protocol recognized in France by ADEME for measuring and verifying energy savings in buildings and industry. This protocol aims to put into perspective the energy savings achieved and the cost incurred to achieve them.

In order to regularly monitor and analyze the data linked to your installation, we offer performance commitment monitoring through the ZEST platform.

Two people from Lemon Energy on an industrial site, carrying out a study for an energy performance contract in a new factory.
Rely on a trusted third party

Energy performance contracting for a new plant or retrofit

In industry, an energy performance contract for a new plant or retrofit is a contractual agreement between you and a supplier. The supplier is remunerated according to the energy savings achieved.

The aim of an EPC is to commit to a project based on results (and not on the means employed), with the aim of reducing your energy consumption and improving the energy efficiency of your industrial facilities, while respecting a specified level of commitment.

Under this contract, in return for the supplier's installation of the solution, you agree to pay the supplier on the basis of the energy savings actually achieved.

We are involved throughout the EPC process:

  • When the contract is drawn up, to validate the calculation of the reference condition.
  • From commissioning, to check actual performance on a quarterly basis.
Savings must be accurately measured to ensure that commitments are met. We carry out these measurements regularly to avoid any drift.

Case studies

Cheese factory: design and improvement of industrial processes and procedures for a new production line. The energy performance contract calls for a reduction in GHG emissions of 2,000 tCO2eq/year, and guarantees verification of the expected savings.

Heat recovery for a new production line

We drew up and monitored an Energy Performance Contract for a heat recovery installation on a refrigeration unit for a major dairy group. The project calls for savings of 2000 tCO2eq/year and the elimination of gas use, with guaranteed annual verification of savings achieved.

Automotive case: thanks to the energy performance contract, the plant achieved 83% gas savings after 2 years, for a verified reduction of 251 tCO2eq/year in GHG emissions.

Monitoring a heat recovery system

We optimized the energy efficiency of an automotive equipment manufacturing plant by installing heat recovery solutions. Result: a clear improvement in employee comfort, 83% gas savings, 1307 MWh/year saved and 251 tCO2eq avoided, with quarterly meetings to ensure ongoing improvements.