The Industrial Energy Audit Initiative is part of the Energy Management program within Ras Al Khaimah Integrated Sustainability Strategy 2050. It was launched during RAK Energy Summit 2022. The initiative supports several UAE strategies and policies, including the Federal Energy Management Regulation in Industrial Facilities, Operation 300bn of the UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, and the UAE Circular Economy Policy.
The Industrial Energy Audit Initiative supports local industrial companies with an energy audit and reporting process coordinated by Reem, the Energy Efficiency & Renewables Office of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality. The audit provides companies visibility of cost-effective energy saving opportunities that, once implemented, will support their competitiveness and sustainability.
Reem engages with local industrial companies through voluntary agreements, whereby Reem offers supported audits and a knowledge sharing platform in exchange of an obligation of participants to report on energy data and implementation of identified energy efficiency measures.
Reem, through a competitive bidding process, empanels expert industrial auditors and makes the negotiated terms and conditions available to participants in the initiative. The currently empanelled auditors are, for each of the target industry sectors, the following:
| Sector | Empanelled auditors | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Building materials | EESL | INDESCO | Pactive |
| Cement | EESL | ENGIE | Pactive |
| Ceramics | EESL | ENGIE | - |
| Glass | EESL | Machinery People | Pactive |
| Metal fabrication | EESL | ENGIE | Pactive |
| Others | EESL | Machinery People | INDESCO |
| Packaging | INDESCO | ENOVA | Pactive |
| Quarries | EESL | Farnek | Pactive |
The energy audit includes the assessment of the industrial process, site visits, measurements and analyses. It is partly supported by Reem personnel, and the results of the audit are summarized in an executive report, following Reem standards, that is shared both with the participating companies and Reem.
The cost of the audits is fixed in the empanelment terms and has to be paid by the participating company to the auditor. Financing facilities to pay for the cost of the audit are available through local supporting financial institutions, and details can be provided by Reem upon request.
Finally, participating companies will also benefit from assessments, by providers of common processes and technologies across industries (e.g. compressed air, electric motors, etc.), which will help identify collective solutions to improve the overall energy efficiency of the industrial sector.
Finally, participating companies will also benefit from assessments, by providers of common processes and technologies across industries (e.g. compressed air, electric motors, etc.), which will help identify collective solutions to improve the overall energy efficiency of the industrial sector.
For more information, contact: info.eer@mun.rak.ae
