The Pros And Cons Of Retrofits

1016 Words5 Pages

According to KOK (2010), retrofit refers to the addition of new technology or features to older systems, to increase output and reducing emissions. They also believe any industry that applies to energy efficiency retrofit can optimize of existing of plant components, adaptation of the plant for new or changed products and also increase in piece number and cycle time. Meanwhile in manufacturing industry, retrofitting describes the measures taken in manufacturing industry to allow new or updated parts to be fitted to old or outdated assemblies such as blades to wind turbines.

Adam Benson (2011) has defines energy efficiency as the efficient of the use of energy which aim to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services, and The Rockefeller Foundation (2012) defines retrofits as replacement or upgrade of old building systems with new energy saving technology and processes. A retrofit is the physical and operational upgrade of a building’s energy consuming equipment. In this context, there are four key categories that we have identified as important to integrate into a retrofit project; “New kit”: repair, replace, and upgrade key internal equipment; new controls: enable the system to operated more dynamically, with individual optimization by floor (or more granular) and appropriate schedules to be maintained; integrated design: evaluation of the cross-component impact of multiple systems be changed or upgraded and active energy management (AEM): systems to actively monitor and manage the performance of the upgraded systems and make …show more content…

Industries from manufacturing activity, automobile and power plant have resulted in carbon emissions and use a lot of energy. Energy issues such as the security of energy supply, the depletion of indigenous energy resources and climate have made the Malaysian Government to embrace energy efficiency policy tool (APEC,

Open Document