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ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Energy savings

above target

SCHERDEL launches management

system to ISO 50001

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – LOCATIONS – TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT – NEWS AND INFORMATION
he willingness to accept responsi-
T exceed these targets in the future.
Quality award for bility for people and the environ-
SCHERDEL in India
ment is an integral part of SCHERDEL obviously had to estab-
SCHERDEL's corporate strategy. This lish an intelligent energy data recording
also includes making the most optimum infrastructure to make progress and
use of 'energy'. The Group engages in success measurable. This means,
a continuous process of improving per- among other things, the ongoing instal-
formance from a central point of control lation of automated meters in as many
in order to promote energy saving mea- production facilities as possible and
sures at the individual locations and to their incorporation in network systems.
close gaps in our knowledge about the Special software is then used to cap-
efficiency of various approaches and ture relevant consumption data and to
The exceptional quality of methods. Some manufacturing sites al- unearth potential savings. The number
SCHERDEL products is admired
and appreciated worldwide. The ready boast an energy management of metering points at SCHERDEL is in-
latest example of this is a quality system to ISO 50001, others, such as creasing all the time. Uniform structures
award bestowed on SCHERDEL Seifhennersdorf, Treuen and Eberl, are for upgrading recording systems facili-
by Brakes India.
well on the way to achieving it. As has tate organisational objectives, promote
been shown, energy savings can be learning amongst the various plants
and lead to purchasing benefits. In this
context, it has proved expedient after
holiday breaks not to restart energy-in-
tensive production appliances, e.g. fur-
naces, at the same time, but one after
the other. This helps to avoid peak de-
mands on power and to save money.
In order to establish an efficient
energy management system,
SCHERDEL continues to install au- One of SCHERDEL's main objectives
tomatic meters at relevant points of is to create a harmonious blend of ecol-
utilisation. The data is recorded at
a central location in a network sys- ogy and economy. The effective and ef-
tem and evaluated by special soft- ficient use of resources and energy def-
ware. initely follows this principle. The preven-
tion of environmentally damaging emis-
made by implementing small and rela- sions and waste products is at the heart
tively simple measures such as replac- of the in-house philosophy. After all, the
ing bulbs and light fittings. terms 'profit-oriented manufacturing'
and 'environmental protection' do not
Key aspects for potential savings are have to be a contradiction in terms: in
already being addressed and devel- many cases, eco-friendly measures
oped at many of SCHERDEL's loca- come with cost saving benefits and ulti-
tions by plant representatives and spe- mately improve the profitability of the
cial energy officers. It has even been company. (dk)
www.scherdel.de possible in the past to deliver and ex-
ceed the planned reductions in energy
intensity for the period 2013 to 2015
at the certified locations. Statutory
regulations demand an annual 1.35%
reduction of energy intensity by 2020,
resulting in improved energy efficiency.
The Group believes it can continue to

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