The sustainable use of energy has been a central challenge for years due to its supply limit and constantly increasing demand. Therefore, a huge amount of effort has been taken to improve the energy efficiency of manufacturing activities. Various technical solutions are available from an equipment level to a system level. However, researchers still seek for additional opportunities to improve energy efficiency in production, due to its importance. Typically, two major categories of energy consumers exist in a production company. One is production activity, which uses resources to create...