Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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As a responisble company, we are committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.
We monitor and optimise energy flows digitally and integrate renewable energies into the supply of our sites.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a key task for companies whose sites, buildings, and processes require energy. This is not only about looking at energy consumption. It is also important to create transparency regarding energy flows, identify potential savings, and further develop energy supply step by step.
For this reason, we examine energy consumption and energy flows at our sites and make use of digital opportunities to make operating data visible and better understand interdependencies. At the same time, we assess on a site-specific basis where additional renewable energy sources can be used.
In this way, we connect data transparency, energy efficiency, and the further development of our energy supply with our own business activities.
Understanding and managing energy flows more specifically
Data creates transparency for our sites
Energy is required at our sites for a wide range of processes, from production to heating, cooling, and other applications. The more complex the systems are, the more important it becomes to take a closer look at their energy flows.
Digital technologies make it possible to continuously capture consumption data and operating conditions and relate them to one another. This can make changes visible and allow energy consumption to be assessed in a more differentiated way.
The resulting transparency creates a basis for identifying possible savings potential, aligning measures more specifically, and tracking the development of energy consumption over time.
Artificial intelligence for operational processes
Evaluating operating data intelligently
As digitalization increases, ever larger volumes of operating data are being generated. Artificial intelligence can help evaluate this information and identify patterns that would be difficult to detect through manual review alone.
For energy systems, this creates additional possibilities. AI-supported analyses can evaluate consumption patterns, highlight irregularities, and compare operating modes. This can provide indications of potential for operational improvement.
AI does not replace the responsibility of the people on site. Rather, it creates additional information that can help examine energy flows more specifically and further develop operational processes on a data-based basis.
Integrating renewable energy into our site energy supply
Developing energy supply step by step
In addition to using energy consciously, the question of how energy is generated and provided at our sites also plays an important role. We therefore examine opportunities to integrate renewable energy sources into our energy supply and to connect different technologies.
Photovoltaics, energy storage, hydrogen technology, and innovative heating and cooling systems can all form part of an integrated energy system. Digital monitoring creates transparency regarding the different energy flows and makes it possible to better understand how they interact.
Practical example: Wilopark, Dortmund
Wilopark, the Wilo Group’s headquarters in Dortmund, combines technologies for the generation, storage, and use of energy.
Part of the solar power generated is used in the H2POWERPLANT for the production and storage of hydrogen. The H2POWERPLANT uses electricity from solar energy for electrolysis. When needed, the hydrogen can be converted back into electrical energy via a fuel cell. The resulting waste heat is used within the integrated system for heating purposes, stored, or converted on site into cooling. Depending on the operating condition, the waste heat can also be used for heating or cooling applications within the integrated system.
Wilopark illustrates how different energy technologies can interact within an integrated energy system.
Our approach to capturing and developing energy supply
Considering digitalization and renewable energy together in site energy supply
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not a one-time project, but an ongoing task. It affects the way energy is generated, distributed, and used, as well as the technical systems and processes at our sites.
Through digital transparency, technologies for capturing and demand-based management of energy flows, and the integration of renewable energy, we create starting points for further developing our own energy flows.
