Energy education in corporations

Abstract

The global crisis had caused the decline of many financial institutions and had caused many problems in Brazil and abroad, which raises the question: how to increase profits at a time of crisis? In a decreasing consumption situation corporations must reducing energy costs to improve operating profit. Energy management is an important tool to solve this problem. In Brazil information about energy management became more present in university and business world. This paper presents impressions gained when presentation of the subject of energy management to companies of different sectors and discusses the presentation of this subject in the corporate environment.