This paper reviews the current state of technology as digital systems continue rapid evolution and migration into facility control and automation roles. This digital evolution encompasses control systems, management ...

Energy management is dependent on the ability to accurately measure all energy sources so controls can take place. A survey fifteen years ago in Great Britian showed that the primary elements used for flow measurement ...

Energy management is essential for obtaining the lowest possible product manufacturing cost. Many systems have been created over the years to manage the energy used in manufacturing. However, for a variety of reasons, ...

A major responsibility of management is the control and containment of operating costs. Energy costs are a major portion of the industrial budget. GM has developed a 3 phase approach to energy conservation. Phase I ...

There is no product, there is no service that can be provided without the need to expand or consume energy. Since the founding of these United States, our industrial capacity and national wealth had grown to be the greatest ...

Improvements in technology certainly play a pivotal role in the quest for increased energy efficiency. However, sophisticated industrial energy users are increasingly learning that technology alone cannot drive ...

As a twenty-four person food products producer, Essential Foods demonstrates that environmental innovation is not the sole domain of large corporations. Essential Foods approaches energy and environmental management ...

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, better known as 3M, is a global, multi-billion dollar company that has been tremendously successful because of the company's ability to develop innovative products to meet the needs of ...

Effective energy management involves expertise in three core areas: commodity supply, generation (production) and distribution/utilization. Historically, energy providers have only been partially successful in fulfilling ...