10 Facts about Building Automation
Building Automation and Controls (BAC) enhance comfort and productivity while using less energy, thus reducing costs and bills. All too often, energy improvement in buildings is only focused on the building fabric (such as insulation) and the installed equipment (like LEDs or high-efficiency boilers), but overlooks the opportunities in more efficient and dynamic operability. This is where advanced…
Read Full Business PracticeUsing Non-Energy Benefits to Build Better Business Cases
First published here . A few weeks ago I wrote about the need for better business cases for energy efficiency projects. More and more it seems that one of the most effective ways of building better…
Read Full articleHarnessing Energy Efficiency in the Food and Beverage Industry
Unveiling Energy Challenges and Opportunities The food and beverage industry is a critical sector, consuming about 30% of global energy and contributing to 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. With the…
Read Full articleThe time is right: Industrial Policy and the European Green Deal
This week, there is a big article in the Financial Times about how Brussels is re-tooling industrial policy. The focus of the article is on how there is increasing support to develop the battery…
Read Full article36 Emerging Technologies for Energyefficiency and GHG Emissions Reduction in the Pulp and Paper Industry
The pulp and paper industry accounted for approximately 5 percent of total industrial final energy consumption and 2 percent of direct carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the industrial sector…
Read Full articleUPDATE - ICP: Top 2 benefits for energy efficiency project developers
ICP (Investor Confidence Project Europe) delivers a standardised framework for developing energy efficiency projects to reduce uncertainty for clients and investors – to help grow the number of…
Read Full articleSmart Engineering of Pump Systems in chemcial processes
Presentation about smart engineering of pump systems in chemical processes. Includes overview of technology in relation to fluids pumped and highlights opportunities for increasing the efficiency of punps systems. This includes energy efficiency as well as maintenance both leading to lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). Presentation hold by CP Pump Systems CEO Thomas Wuersch @ EEIP Energy Recovery…
Read Full Business PracticeJohn Deere - variable peak load compressor
Case Study about optimizing compressed air station to reduce idle times and increase energy efficiency better responding to variable peak loads. Helmut Rembert, Senior Facilities Engineer at the John Deere factory in Mannheim: “Once the turbo compressors are switched off, you have to wait at least twenty minutes for them to start up again. If you want flexibility, you have to run them idle from…
Read Full Business PracticeBeverages: Gropper - oil free piston compressor for bottling
Case Study about planning and implementation of an energy efficient and flexible compressed air station. As the new plant was built from scratch, staff were able to fully exploit the potential of modern factory planning. Berthold Burgmeier, Head of Technology: “We plan and optimise our systems ourselves and efficiency, flexibility and economical energy consumption are extremely important to us.”…
Read Full Business PracticeAre ZNE-ready manufactured homes on the horizon
First published here . Earlier this year, we looked at how zero net energy can make life more comfortable as the weather gets weirder , and how utilities can strategically use ZNE to address the…
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