As I write this, my daughter is on the verge of giving birth to her first child. As far as we know, she is not having twins. But you never know. So the notion of digital twin came to my mind. Some…

1 - The benefit of compressed air systems becoming smart - a Boge example. Industry 4.0 in practice: from product to solutions: Boge compressed air example of how the combination of a smart product,…

First published here . When it comes to integrating the latest technologies and efficiencies into a facility, nothing provides a cleaner slate to work with than a new facility. But in too many cases,…

Energy Efficiency in industrial processes is part of the Demand Side Management of the energy markets. However, there are many developments clearly indicating that the time is over where the different…

from Steve Baab, DNV GL Can data analytics replace people in energy efficiency? Big data and analytics have been buzzwords for quite some time now. Within the utility space, Advanced Metering…

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electric motor systems consume more than half of global electricity. Industrial electric motor systems account for over 70% of total global…

Today, global industry consumes a vast amount of energy. The biggest challenge is that as much as half of it is wasted due to the inefficient and complicated recovery of low-grade energy. Heat in the…

Demand Response - the next gold rush for industry? It is often said the energy efficiency is a key (or even THE) driver for Demand Response. Well, for utilities and grid operators it is clearly a…

Heat is a form of energy that is all around us. There’s heat from the sun (solar thermal), and from the earth (geothermal), but for this post, I want to talk about industrial heat - heat that is a…

If an energy efficiency building upgrade doesn’t benefit both the property owner and the tenant – especially with a triple net lease – it’s often easier to simply leave things the way they are even if…