Decarbonizing Together: Partnering with the Value Chain for Global Impact

Credit to Author: Rohan Kelkar| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:10:00 +0000

In earlier episodes of our Partnering for Sustainability series, we examined what it means to be sustainable at the corporate level, why it is a business opportunity, how Schneider Electric defines corporate sustainability and the four levers for sustainable operations. However, to impact the planet’s…

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What is a safety instrumented system?

Credit to Author: Kenny Chua| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:05:00 +0000

A safety instrumented system is often the last line of defense before a hazardous event occurs at a plant or operation. An SIS is composed of logic solvers, sensors, and final elements. These systems detect “out of control” process conditions that could lead to an…

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World day for health and safety at work – how can electricians prioritise their safety?

Credit to Author: Denis Marant| Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:26:00 +0000

As a professional electrician, you play a crucial role in ensuring homes, offices, hospitals, venues, and all manner of other services used daily operate in a correct, efficient and – most importantly – safe manner. However, it is a profession that by its very nature…

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Maximizing the potential of smarter, better, circular strategies

Credit to Author: Xavier Denoly| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Circularity is the philosophy and practice of using less, using better, using longer, and using again — preserving resources to extract the maximum value from them. It is not only common sense, but good business sense too. A sea of unrealized opportunities Every year, vast…

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Monitor carbon emissions through real-time machine learning

Credit to Author: Rojiar Haddadian| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:05:00 +0000

Over the years, refinery-petrochemical plants have struggled to reduce their carbon emissions. Traditional monitoring methods lack immediate insights for proactive environmental improvement. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, chemical production and refining contributed to approximately 11% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2021….

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Keep drives alive in your industrial process with a modest investment

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000

In the industrial sector, the key to success lies in the efficiency of your equipment. To get the most out of business and operations, you need every device in your industrial process to be operating at its full potential.   VSDs (Variable Speed Drives) or…

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Margo: The new open standard initiative for interoperability at the edge of industrial automation

Credit to Author: Ali Haj Fraj| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Today, industrial companies face unprecedented challenges. Manpower Group recently reported that 75% of companies in the industrial sector are currently experiencing a talent shortage. Supply chain problems, an increasingly competitive market landscape, rapidly changing customer demand, and the need to increase quality, productivity, and overall efficiency…

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Resolutions, Yoga and Green IT: The Top 5 Pitfalls of Sustainability

Credit to Author: Kevin Brown| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Every time I attend an IT industry event, it seems like everyone wants to chat about Green IT and sustainability. They’re eager, sometimes even excited, to get their company on the right path immediately. But they have no idea how to start. It reminds me…

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