Emerson has developed the new Energy Manager solution. This ready-made hardware and software solution simplifies industrial energy monitoring through quick setup and intuitive operation. The energy management system is ready for immediate use. The system monitors the energy consumption of equipment in real time. It provides manufacturers with deeper insight into energy consumption and thus into operating costs. This enables plant operators to reduce their carbon footprint and improve energy and operational efficiency.
Most manufacturers, including original equipment manufacturers and industrial companies, consumer goods manufacturers and food and beverage producers, are under growing pressure to increase productivity. At the same time, energy consumption and environmental pollution need to be reduced. However, industrial machines are very energy-intensive and consume a lot of power even when idle. Therefore, operators need the best possible insight into the energy consumption of their equipment. This is the only way to avoid waste and inefficiency and better achieve efficiency and sustainability goals.
Real-time energy measurement
Emerson's Energy Manager provides real-time energy measurement. Plant managers can quickly view detailed values and identify savings opportunities such as no-load consumption and peak loads. The software's user-friendly dashboard displays plant-specific energy consumption, associated costs, and CO2 emissions for up to ten end points. With a license, the dashboard can be extended to 50 endpoints. The high level of transparency helps companies to better identify unused machines. Machines can be better utilized during periods of low utilization, reducing power consumption across the plant and significantly reducing overall energy costs. Most facilities can reduce energy waste by 10 to 30 percent and carbon emissions by 15 to 30 percent.
Highly scalable energy management system
The Energy Manager solution is highly scalable and easily integrates with new or existing energy measurement devices. The energy management system is easy to put into operation and offers a quick return on investment. The software is available either preinstalled on edge hardware such as the "PACSystem RXi2-BP" industrial PC or as a standalone application that can be installed in a virtualized environment.
“Reliable, accurate monitoring of energy costs and emissions is becoming invaluable to organizations,” says Eugenio Silva, intelligent automation product manager with Emerson’s discrete automation business. “Our new Energy Manager solution gives operators, facility managers and corporate sustainability teams greater visibility and deeper understanding of energy consumption and operating costs at all times. This can better position companies to track and reach targets, comply with regulations, and reliably reduce environmental impact.”
Energy management system combined with compressed air manager
Combining the Energy Manager with the Emerson Compressed Air Manager for more comprehensive monitoring of media and equipment provides an improved overview of energy costs and compressed air consumption of machines in a production line, plant or site.
