Energy monitoring cuts consumption and emissions
Endress+Hauser uses data to improve processes
To house Endress+Hauser’s growing workforce and create more space for production, a large campus development was completed at the Reinach site in Switzerland in 2022, making the need to monitor energy consumption more important than ever. At the end of an existing contract, it was decided that Endress+Hauser UK would take over the management of the site’s comprehensive energy monitoring system using instruments from the company’s own portfolio.
The benefits
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Removes the need for manual readings
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Saves time and improves accuracy
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Provides access to data for preventive maintenance
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Helps to meet sustainability goals
The challenge
Endress+Hauser is keenly aware of the need to manage its energy consumption, for financial and environmental reasons, and of the need for accurate data to support that aim. Pascal Meury is the energy manager at Endress+Hauser Flow: “With all the regulations we have from government and surrounding our ISO 50001 accreditation as well as our own goals, it’s essential for us to not only collect the data but to work with it. We see data as a resource for knowledge and improvement. "
The solution
In Reinach, eSight software collects data from more than 630 instruments including flowmeters, liquid analysis transmitters, heat meters, pressure and level devices, and electricity meters. Dashboard displays of the site’s utility data make it easy to understand how much energy is being used and set targets to save energy. All of the data and associated dashboards and charts can be accessed remotely and presented in cost terms rather than kWh by linking to the site’s energy contract.
Integration with IIoT ecosystem
Uniquely, the UK team behind the project had also developed a solution to integrate the energy monitoring system with Netilion, Endress+Hauser’s cloud-based ecosystem for IIoT. Netilion encompasses various modules to improve access to valuable information from the field. The Health analysis module, for example, highlights and logs issues as they occur, helping to drive a proactive maintenance strategy across the site.