Are 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…
Read Full articleElectric Vehicles & Heat Pumps: Electric motors play a crucial role in the energy transition
Electric motors are implicated in two major decarbonisation options involving electrification: electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps. This will lead to a significant market growth, as well as growing…
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 PracticeEEIP - Strategical partnership with EUSEW2020
EU Sustainable Energy Week, the key annual event in the EU energy transition and sustainable energy calendar, has been the most consistent frontline activity for us at Energy Efficiency in Industrial…
Read Full articleUnveiling the Energy Footprint of Europe's Food Sector
The European Union's food sector is a significant energy consumer, responsible for 17% of the EU's gross energy consumption and 26% of its final energy usage in 2013. The agricultural phase, including…
Read Full articleJoin us in a novel approach to increase investments in industrial energy efficiency: training for project developers starts April 27th
First training: April 27, 2018 at 10:00 European Summer Time Register via https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3053117680504219137 Recently, I wrote to the “captains of industry ” to encourage…
Read Full articleKey findings on digitalisation technologies to increase energy efficiency in electric motor driven systems
Worldwide, electric motor systems consume about 10,700 TWh annually worldwide and were responsible for 53% of the global electric energy consumption in 2016. This corresponds to approximately the…
Read Full articleHeidelberger Druck - cooling lubricant pumps
Short case study describing how Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG saved 90% of energy in there cooling lubricant circuit leading to a pay-back of far below 2 years. This was achieved by replacing the entire pump system and a modernization of the control system, activities which have resulted from applying the KSB energy efficiency concept FluidFuture. For detailed information of this concept, please…
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