Modeling the sustainable integration of quality and energy management in power plants

• Main Authors: Mahmood, Noor Shakir, Ali Ajmi, Ahmed, Sarip, Shamsul, Mad Kaidi, Hazilah, Jamaludin, Khairur Rijal, Abdul Talib, Hayati Habibah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2022
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/104275/1/ShamsulSarip2022_ModelingtheSustainableIntegrationofQuality.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/104275/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14042460

(1) Background: this paper aimed at modeling the sustainable integration of quality and energy management system (IQEM) via identifying critical success factors (CSFs) and analyzing the effect on energy management; (2) Methods: The research adopted theoretical and practical methods, through carefully examining the literature to extract the research gap and CSFs that establish a sustainable model for the integration of quality and energy management, while the practical method was energy experts’ arbitration and to develop a sustainable model in power plants. The study used SmartPLS and SPSS software for analysis purposes, collected data using a 5-point Likert scale and employed a cross-sectional approach survey questionnaire; (3) Results: The research succeeded in identifying the most important CSFs necessary for the sustainable integration of (IQEM). This investigation discovered that the identified CSFs are significantly related to the electricity sector’s energy management integration success (EMIS). The study’s results showed that the identified IQEM’s CSFs, such as EP with p-values (0.000), SQI (0.000), EMT (0.019), A (0.003), SP (0.010), are significantly associated with EMIS and improve quality and energy management; (4) Conclusions: This study succeeded in modeling a framework that ensures integrated and sustainable success between energy management and quality in developing countries power plants.