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This Publication presents the framework of the new concept of "essential energy benchmarking" as a new form of ideal-state benchmarking for energy performance. It provides the basics necessary to benchmark the energy efficiency performance of an ISP by using a dimensionless indicator called the benchmark energy factor (BEF).

This Publication is a reference document for the application of essential energy benchmarking to industrial systems and processes with defined system boundaries and essential energy modelling. The essential energy model of an ISP is the basis of design and must be quantifiable by its fundamental thermal, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and/or quantum-mechanical energy components.