Automated provision and exchange of energy information throughout the production process

Abstract

To ensure increasing energy efficiency in production it is necessary to aim for an energy optimal planning and control, consumption monitoring and efficiency evaluation of the entire production process. To achieve this goal an overall assessment, use and provision of existing energy information within the production process is compulsory along with the knowledge of possible adjusting levers to actually manipulate and reduce the energy consumption. Therefore an automated approach to provide and exchange energy information throughout the production process has been developed in the ECOMATION project as an energy information description language. Its definition, use and possible benefits are presented.