Integrated Energy Solutions: cost-effective decarbonization of companies
A short study commissioned by the German Corporate Initiative for Energy Efficiency (Deneff) at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences found that German companies can save up to €21 billion in energy costs annually by implementing targeted measures. According to Deneff board member Christian Noll, just as much energy is consumed for industrial heat applications as for building heat – and most of it is still generated by fossil fuels. At the same time, the CSRD Directive (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) is making significant changes to the requirements on corporate sustainability reporting.
In the future, this will have to provide more comprehensive and uniform information. The information should also be measurable and comparable, and it should be possible for it to be audited externally – for example by tax consultants.
Phoenix Contact provides the Integrated Energy Solutions (IES) concept so that decarbonization targets, efficiency measures, and legal requirements can be linked together. This is aimed at companies with an energy consumption of more than 1 GWh. The solution consists of the four stages. First, after an inventory, the customer is given comprehensive advice regarding improvement measures. If the consultation is approved, the necessary measures will be implemented by partner companies after a rough and detailed planning of the transformation concept. The measures include, for example, the automatic acquisition of energy data and its analysis, as well as the introduction of an energy management system (EMS) to ensure needs-based and optimized system operation. The CSRD indicators are also derived from the EMS. The first projects are currently being implemented with MDAX companies.
A visit to the All Electric Society Park, which Phoenix Contact built at its Blomberg location in Germany, serves as tangible evidence of successful decarbonization and provides numerous ideas for company-internal projects.
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