Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the Special Issue of Energies on industrial energy efficiency. The articles in this issue are concerned with a sector that accounts for a third of total final energy consumption of the global economy. Energy efficiency has been of interest to manufacturers since the steam age, since it reduces the cost of production. However, with the increasing global emphasis on emissions reduction and continuing concerns over energy security, this subject has never been more important. This Special Issue of Energies will focus on a range of solutions to the problem of improving industrial energy efficiency in all parts of the manufacturing process, from extraction through manufacturing to disposal and recycling. The tools and techniques involved include life-cycle assessment, industrial ecology and remanufacturing; which are all are covered by specialist journals. However, in this Special Issue of Energies we focus specifically on energy efficiency within the manufacturing sector, whether the energy is used in the processes of technology, the building services that supply these processes or the supply chain. We cover a wide range of topics in this Special Issue, including but not limited to:

• renewable energy technologies for factories
• energy modeling and simulation for manufacturing
• energy efficient process design
• energy aware scheduling
• life-cycle assessment
• reuse, recycling and remanufacturing
• industrial waste to energy systems
• industrial energy management
• energy efficient factory design
• industrial symbiosis
• energy in the circular economy

Prof. Rick Greenough
Guest Editor

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