Download PDF
ENGIE's Transition from Spreadsheets to Sophisticated Software for Efficient Energy Management
Technology Category
- Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries
- Recycling & Waste Management
Use Cases
- Predictive Waste Reduction
- Time Sensitive Networking
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
ENGIE, a leading provider in energy, services, and regeneration, faced significant challenges in managing their waste information and measuring their carbon footprint. Their previous system, hosted on SharePoint, had limited reporting capabilities and did not provide the sophisticated functions ENGIE needed. The system's limited ability to work with values in the report and the restricted data exporting formats hindered ENGIE from creating tailored business reports. The traditional spreadsheet approach led to disparate data capture between users, resulting in discrepancies and inaccurate reporting. This lack of accurate representation of waste information was a significant challenge. The process was time-consuming, requiring substantial operational and central time within the Environment team to combine data and produce meaningful reports.
About The Customer
ENGIE is a leading provider in three key areas: energy, services, and regeneration. They combine these capabilities to meet the needs of individuals, businesses, and communities throughout the UK. ENGIE spans across 1,400 sites, making it crucial for them to have a system that allows seamless access for every site manager. They have a growing need to demonstrate compliance with legislation relating to emissions, waste management, and carbon footprint. ENGIE is committed to an eco-friendly approach to energy generation and places great importance on accurately measuring their carbon footprint.
The Solution
ENGIE turned to Info Exchange, a software they had been using for four years, to support them in demonstrating compliance with legislation relating to emissions, waste management, and carbon footprint. The software's capabilities offered a solution to ENGIE's growing needs. By managing the process through Info Exchange, ENGIE saw a significant reduction in administration time, particularly with their waste application. The software allowed seamless access for every site manager across ENGIE's 1,400 sites, enabling them to provide updates and log information into the system while maintaining complete transparency across relevant areas. ENGIE worked with Info Exchange to build a system with centralized reporting functionality within the applications, enabling a more sophisticated approach to reducing their carbon footprint.
Operational Impact
Quantitative Benefit
Related Case Studies.
Case Study
Water Treatment Energy Management
Water pumping, treatment and conveyance are among the largest energy and cost outlays for many local and regional municipalities. Electricity time-of-use rates and peak pricing tariffs are driving those costs even higher. This case study describes how Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA) implemented a process data monitoring and control solution in order to analyze and optimize energy use, reduce deployment costs and save operational expenses.
Case Study
Pima County takes significant steps in preserving water source
Pima County is facing the following challenges: - Management of more than 60 million gallons of sewage each day to support the region’s population of more than 1 million people. - To take immediate action when alarms sound alerting operators to issues within the plant The solution should be able to enable the following feature: - To ensure capture of institutional knowledge of current workforce for effective training of future operators - To employ an effective Situational Awareness strategy enabling personnel to effectively understand and address operations of the facility - With assets spread out over more than 700 miles, operational management is difficult
Case Study
A SMART SOLUTION FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
A detailed study conducted by a student from Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI in Spain highlighted the need for ecologically safe and sustainable products. While recycling plays an important role in the circular economy, many consumers don’t recycle for a variety of reasons, including lack of space, inconveniently located recycling centers and collection containers, or distrust and/or disbelief in the recycling process. Organizations needed a model that made recycling easier and more accessible for everyone.
Case Study
Conveyor Belt Monitoring
In a smart environment of management, control and industrial automation, one of the key elements to anticipate failures and increase productivity is to be able to monitor the status and use of conveyor belts of any kind of sector, whether it is for logistics or manufacturing.
