Energy management
Measure, manage and report plant energy. Typical first-year savings of 10 to 20 percent, with reporting that satisfies auditors and regulators.
Energy is usually the second or third largest cost in a plant and the one with the least visibility. Our energy management practice gives plant teams the measurement to see where it goes, the controls to do something about it, and the reporting their auditors ask for.
What we deliver
- Metering and monitoring down to the line or major asset, with data in the same historian as the control system.
- Load management: peak shaving, scheduling of energy-intensive steps and demand response where the local grid offers it.
- On-site generation integration: solar, combined heat and power and battery storage, controlled together with the plant load.
- Reporting aligned to ISO 50001 and to scope 1 and 2 reporting frameworks, in the formats your auditors and regulators ask for.
What customers typically see
| Measure | Typical first-year result |
|---|---|
| Energy cost | 10 to 20 percent reduction |
| Reported scope 2 emissions | Follows energy use; 18 percent at Lagos Water |
| Time to produce the annual energy report | Days instead of weeks |
Results depend on the plant. The site assessment gives you an estimate for yours before you commit.
Why it is part of the automation practice
The cheapest energy saving is usually a control change: a pump that runs at the right speed, a compressor that does not idle, a furnace that preheats on a schedule instead of all night. Because our energy engineers sit with the control engineers, those changes are made in the control system rather than bolted on beside it.
Reporting that holds up
Our reporting is built to be audited. Every number traces back to a meter, a calculation and a time window, and the report marks what is measured and what is estimated. The approach is described in how we audit supplier emissions, which uses the same principle for our own reporting.
Talk to sales about an energy assessment.