Supplementary information files for 'Improving energy efficiency in manufacturing using peer benchmarking to influence machine design innovation'

Supplementary information files for 'Improving energy efficiency in manufacturing using peer benchmarking to influence machine design innovation'Abstract:Energy efficiency in manufacturing is important for overall sustainability of society. This paper combines three observations to improve an overlooked part of the energy efficiency support infrastructure in food and drink manufacturing: innovation capability. First, variations in machine and process design produce significant differences in energy efficiency; second, these differences are not widely known or valued because comparable machine energy data are not gathered for the vast majority of products, so machine and process design is under-used as a route to efficiency improvement; third, peer benchmarking has proved to be an effective tool for stimulating change in other contexts, but has not been used at machine level in manufacturing. This paper describes and makes the case for a self-sustaining system in which machines would be validly compared on energy consumption and peer benchmarking would stimulate innovation in machine and process design for food manufacturing. The system, to be tested in a feasibility study, would benefit both food manufacturers and stakeholders. It would avoid dependence on public funding and enable stakeholders to provide value from the data. The paper contains the academic underpinning for the system and sets out an effective means of using it to achieve practical change.《依托同业对标推动机械设计创新以提升制造业能源利用效率》配套补充资料文件 摘要：制造业能源效率对于社会整体可持续发展至关重要。本文结合三项核心发现，旨在补强食品饮料制造业能源效率支撑体系中一个长期被忽视的维度：创新能力。其一，机械设备与工艺流程的设计差异会导致能源效率产生显著分野；其二，由于绝大多数产品并未采集可比对的机械设备能耗数据，这类设计差异尚未得到广泛认知与重视，因此机械设备与流程设计作为能效提升路径的潜力未被充分挖掘；其三，同业对标（peer benchmarking）已被证实是其他领域推动变革的有效工具，但尚未在制造业的机械设备层级得到应用。本文阐述并论证了一套可持续自主运行的系统方案：该系统可对机械设备的能耗进行合规比对，并通过同业对标推动食品制造业的机械设备与工艺流程设计创新。该系统将通过可行性研究进行验证，可同时惠及食品制造企业与各利益相关方。该方案无需依赖公共财政拨款，还可让利益相关方从相关数据中实现价值转化。本文为该系统提供了学术理论支撑，并阐明了一套可落地实现实际变革的有效途径。