Optimizing Energy Efficiency in Manufacturing: Best Practices
Manufacturing systems are inherently complex, with numerous factors such as environmental conditions, material usage, machinery, production lines, and supply chains all impacting the energy efficiency of production processes. Various technologies and strategies for managing energy efficiency in manufacturing have been explored over the years. The current challenge is to integrate these technologies into a comprehensive, intelligent, and interoperable framework that ensures substantial energy savings. To address this challenge and enhance industrial energy efficiency, the DENIM and E2COMATION projects received funding from Horizon 2020 under the call DT-FOF-09-2020 – Energy-efficient manufacturing system management (IA). Together, these projects aim to develop best practices for overcoming the barriers to sustainable practices in the manufacturing sector. Central to this effort is the ability to collect, analyze, and utilize large volumes of data from across the various systems within a manufacturing plant. Innovative methods are needed to integrate energy and performance data—including historical, real-time, and predictive data—into production management and decision-support systems. By employing key digital technologies such as digital twins, machine learning, and big data analytics, these projects have contributed to creating more sustainable and energy-efficient manufacturing processes, leading to innovative products, processes, and services.
The DENiM project has created a Digital Intelligence Platform designed to facilitate a collaborative approach to industrial energy management. This integrated toolchain offers advanced digital services, including secure IoT-enabled edge connectivity, data analytics, digital twin technology, energy modeling, and automation. These services support ongoing energy impact assessment, control, and optimization across existing production facilities, processes, and machinery. E2COMATION focuses on optimizing energy usage at multiple levels of the manufacturing process while also considering the entire life cycle within the value chain. It provides a cross-sectoral methodological framework and a modular technological platform to help industrial companies become more energy-efficient and sustainable from both environmental and economic perspectives. This joint workshop will bring together and share best practices identified during these research projects, with a focus on their practical application, successes, and lessons learned at project pilot sites. The workshop aims to create a repository of best practices for managing energy efficiency in manufacturing. It will be an interactive session designed to validate proposed best practices and highlight the innovative technologies available to the industry.
Participating Projects:
- DENiM
- E2COMATION
Contributing Speakers:Alan McGibney, Munster Technological University – Susan Rea, Munster Technological University – Andrea Ballarino, Italian National Research Council – Marco Rocchetti,R2M Solution Italy – Marco Pirotta, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland – Veronica Dosi and Claudio Capuzzimati, SUPSI : University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Workshop Chair: Alan McGibney, Munster Technological University
🗓️ E2COMATION & DENIM Workshop: “Sharing and Validating Best Practices for Energy Efficient Manufacturing”
📅 Date: Tuesday, 25th September 2024
⏰ Time: 14:00 – 15:30 (CET)
📍 Format: Hybrid – Live Stream
🔶 Check out the programme and register here