合同能源管理，在國外簡稱EPC，在國內(nèi)廣泛地被稱為EMC（Energy Management Contracting），是70年代在西方發(fā)達(dá)國家開始發(fā)展起來一種基于市場運(yùn)作的全新的節(jié)能新機(jī)制。合同能源管理不是推銷產(chǎn)品或技術(shù)，而是推銷一種減少能源成本的財(cái)務(wù)管理方法。EMC公司的經(jīng)營機(jī)制是一種節(jié)能投資服務(wù)管理；客戶見到節(jié)能效益后，EMC公司才與客戶一起共同分享節(jié)能成果，取得雙嬴的效果。
Picture contract energy management, referred to as EPC in foreign countries and widely known as EMC (energy management contracting) in China, is a new energy-saving mechanism based on market operation that began to develop in western developed countries in the 1970s. Contract energy management is not to promote products or technologies, but to promote a financial management method to reduce energy costs. The operation mechanism of EMC company is a kind of energy-saving investment service management; After customers see the energy-saving benefits, EMC company shares the energy-saving achievements with customers and achieves win-win results.