INDEPENDENT INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY
Helping industrial organisations make better energy and utilities decisions before committing major capital.
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20+ years in industrial thermal systems
01 — THE PROBLEM
The gap between modelled and actual performance is discovered after the signature. That is where the loss is created.
02 — INDEPENDENCE
EcoPath sells no equipment, represents no vendor, and accepts no fee contingent on which option is approved.
Decision-review work is undertaken without a financial interest in the recommendation or approval outcome.
Where decision-condition closure is requested, it is separately scoped from the Decision Integrity Review. EcoPath does not take ownership of engineering, implementation, procurement or project delivery.
EcoPath does not replace your engineering teams, consultants or technology suppliers.
Each discipline reviews its own part.
Decision Integrity asks one question:
Do those conclusions still hold when they are combined into a single investment decision?
That is the question EcoPath is engaged to test.
03 — TYPICAL SITUATIONS
Before FEED or Final Investment Decision.
Comparing heat pump, biomass, electrification, heat storage or heat recovery options.
Vendors or consultants are proposing different recommendations.
Internal stakeholders support different directions.
Senior management wants greater confidence before committing major capital.
The operating reality of the site appears more complex than the business case assumes.
04 — HOW ECOPATH CAN HELP
FOCUSED SITE REVIEWS
Independent technical reviews of steam systems, thermal utilities, heat recovery opportunities, operating performance and industrial energy systems.
A practical starting point for organisations looking for experienced external judgement.
DECISION SUPPORT
Independent review of feasibility studies, business cases, technology selection and major energy investment decisions before significant capital is committed.
DECISION CONDITION REVIEW
A short, fixed-scope engagement to close specific conditions identified during a Decision Integrity Review. EcoPath does not take over engineering, implementation, procurement or project delivery.
Every engagement is individually scoped, commercially transparent and agreed before work begins.
05 — WHY TIMING IS THE WHOLE POINT
CONCEPT
FEASIBILITY
FEED
FID
CONSTRUCTION
OPERATION
FIG. 01 — Every assumption is cheapest to test before commitment. After the signature, the same discovery is a loss event.
FEED — Front-End Engineering Design · FID — Final Investment Decision
06 — HOW I THINK
BRIEFING · HEAT PUMPS
Anatomy of a Heat Pump Underperformance
A technically sound project that lost 40% of projected savings through untested assumptions.
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BRIEFING · DECISION REVIEW
What a Decision Review Would Have Caught
Six fragile assumptions — all detectable before FID, none requiring new engineering.
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FRAMEWORK
Decision Integrity Screening for Industrial Heat Pumps
The six questions a robust feasibility study should answer with documented evidence.
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OBSERVATION
Industrial Heat Electrification — Structural Reality
Why adoption lags the technology: unowned integration risk and rational delay.
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07 — EXPERIENCE
The decision has already been made and independent endorsement is all that is required.
A recommendation is expected without access to the operating evidence or site constraints it depends on.
Commercial roles or supplier relationships cannot be made transparent before the engagement begins.
The requirement is for open-ended staff augmentation rather than a clearly defined piece of work.
The lowest possible fee matters more than the quality and independence of the judgement.
09 — START
A short initial discussion to understand the context, the role EcoPath could play and whether it is worth taking further.
After all the reviews are finished…
what question still prevents a confident investment decision?