Businesses in Victoria face a continual challenge to improve performance and identify opportunities for growth. Locally and internationally, leading businesses are responding to this challenge by employing sustainable manufacturing principles to enhance competitiveness in a rapidly changing and demanding global market.

Developing a business case for energy efficiency can reveal untapped opportunities that enhance the commercial performance of industrial processes, including:

• reduced energy and business costs

• productivity and performance gains

• security of supply through cogeneration

• reduced exposure to energy price movement

• improved control over production, processes and systems

• reduced environmental footprint

• enhanced brand image and reputation.

Opportunities exist across a wide range of industries and technologies, but are more likely to occur when considering plant upgrades, process improvements or new sites.

The Victorian State Government, through Sustainability Victoria, is assisting leading businesses to invest in new and innovative solutions that enable significant improvements in energy use and management.