Introduction
The second half of the course is focused on an individual project to prepare a detailed “business case” report for a hypothetical energy management initiative and orally present it to an investment panel. The initiative can reflect the student’s individual interests and can be located anywhere in the world. It is suggested that initiatives focus on energy management for business, likely a demand-side management initiative to lower energy bills.
Instructions
For this assignement, I choose that international company which is involved in paper production intends to reduce its cost of production by using combined heat and power partnership in specific location
Students will submit the initial report of the business case for their hypothetical energy management initiative to the instructor, including components focused on the energy management business owner, investor and customers (marketing), but not the regulatory permits (government) or subsidy providers (energy utilities/governments).
The Business Case Initial Report will be marked in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.
Activity/Competencies Demonstrated Grade
Organization and completeness of outline / 20
Arguments highlighting strengths / 20
Arguments highlighting weaknesses or improvement opportunities/20
Clear alignment with the priorities and needs of the target audience (most importantly owner, investor, and customer)/ 20
Clear recommendations on the decision pitched to the audience to endorse/10
References/ 10
You have to include Background definition, Business objective (goal, problem, alignment with business strategy), benefits and limitations, Option identification and selection, Outline plan, Market assessment ( PESTLE – political, economic. sociological, technological, legal and environmental analysis) and risk assessment.
