Digital tool makes energy mapping faster, easier, and cheaper
The digital tool, EEMAP, makes it possible to conduct an energy mapping both faster and more affordably than before.
About the task
The project was financed by EUDP (The Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program) is a public subsidy scheme that supports new technology in the energy sector, which can contribute to fulfilling Denmark’s objectives within energy and climate.
To us, the project is part of our ambition to bridge the gap between scientific research and real-world industry.
About energy mapping
Energy mapping provides companies with an overview of their production flow and consumption of heat, cooling, and electricity. This overview makes it easier to facilitate a green transition and reduce expenses by making changes in the parts of the process where the impact is most significant.
However, energy mapping requires resources and is time-consuming, and therefore, especially many smaller industrial manufacturing companies opt out. The new digital tool, EEMAP, aims to change this by making it possible to conduct an energy mapping both faster and more affordably than before.
“It typically takes 2-4 weeks of work to map the energy consumption of a manufacturing company. This leads some to forego it, which is a pity because it can lead to some unfortunate decisions if one does not act on an informed basis. That’s why we came up with the idea for EEMAP,” says project manager Fridolin Müller Holm.
We led the EEMAP project in close collaboration with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), programming company IPU, and 6 Danish manufacturing companies:
- FF Skagen (Fish Products)
- Skjern Paper (Paper and Cardboard)
- Royal Unibrew (Brewery)
- PPG Coatings (Paint)
- Ovodan (Egg-Based Products)
- Avista Green (Refinery)
How we solved the task
The EEMAP project was successful only because many disciplines worked closely together. Viegand Maagøe specializes in energy mapping and digital solutions, DTU has expertise in thermal process modeling, and IPU in the underlying programming of complex calculations.
To turn such a complex task into a usable tool, maintaining a focus on the companies’ needs and ensuring user-friendliness have been crucial at Viegand Maagøe. Therefore, civil engineers have worked closely with design engineers from the beginning. Additionally, the industrial companies have been involved continuously to gather as much knowledge as possible about their needs and desires.
The result
When EEMAP is fully developed, it will be a helping hand for companies that want to, but do not feel they have the time or resources to conduct comprehensive energy mappings.
With the tool, the need for specialist assistance is significantly reduced, and companies gain quicker deep insights into their own processes, enabling them to implement effective measures.
The first version of the EEMAP tool is ready, and we hope to be able to complete the product into a version so that it can be used by others as well.
What EEMAP can do
- Map energy consumption and flows into and out of the process (e.g. egg whites in and egg powder out)
- Mapping of the process based on the calculation of a mass or energy balance.
- Mapping of energy consumption in the buildings
- Mapping of the support systems
- Summary calculation and overview of total energy flows
- Display of the different energy consumers in the process
