{"id":9380,"date":"2017-09-20T05:07:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/20\/news-3153\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T05:07:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:07:45","slug":"news-3153","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/09\/20\/news-3153\/","title":{"rendered":"How an IIoT-enabling architecture improves energy efficiency by 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Peter Herweck| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:00:31 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/?feed-stats-url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zY2huZWlkZXItZWxlY3RyaWMuY29tL2IyYi9lbi9jYW1wYWlnbi9pbm5vdmF0aW9uL2luZHVzdHJpZXMuanNw&#038;feed-stats-url-post-id=40401\">Industrial Internet of Things <\/a>(IIoT) that actually helps industrial organizations drive profitability?\u00a0 It\u2019s a combination of hardware digitization, software and analytics. This capability is a major boon to industry as it brings efficiency and productivity gain potentials to new levels.<\/p>\n<p>However, these linkages between data gathering hardware, communications software and analytics engines don\u2019t happen automatically.\u00a0 A fundamental underlying framework or architecture needs to be in place so that all of these layers work together.<\/p>\n<p>In the simplest terms, the architecture needs to be designed to deliver on the potential of IIoT ensuring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Empowered operators<\/strong>\u2013 the use of mobile devices,\u00a0cloud connectivity and\u00a0data analytics\u00a0providing operators real time information for better decision making where needed or done fully automatic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimized assets<\/strong>\u2013 such as smart sensors continuing the flow of information and allowing for data to be easily gathered from the field<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart control<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0enabling tight integration between operational and informational technology ensuring\u00a0better decision making for the\u00a0wider enterprise<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cybersecurity\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0more connectivity demands for more care with a proper OT Cybersecurity solution in addition to the usually available IT security<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benefits on an industrial scale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a grander scale, consider how such an IIoT architecture can help boost productivity on a large industrial farm.\u00a0 One such farm, the Blackhills farm situated in Napier, New Zealand, has managed a 50% reduction in cost in just over a year as a result of lower energy and water consumption.<\/p>\n<p>The farm\u2019s technology consultant <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/?feed-stats-url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXRlcmZvcmNlLmNvLm56Lw%3D%3D&#038;feed-stats-url-post-id=40401\">WaterForce<\/a>, helped to deploy an IIoT solution that automated the farm\u2019s irrigation system, providing visibility to system status and performance, and helping to operate the farm within local regulatory water control mandates. The solution was cloud based\u2014there was no need for large IT-related capital expenditures\u2014and was simple to set up and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-40402\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Irrigation_2819394_REV-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Irrigation_2819394_REV-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Irrigation_2819394_REV-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Irrigation_2819394_REV-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The new system was able to easily integrate the farm\u2019s existing equipment such as irrigation and pump controllers. The connectivity of the various software products was enabled through the IIoT- enabled \u00a0architecture. If the network drops out, or data replication is delayed, the system will backfill using its inbuilt historian software. Data is also transformed into easy-to-digest charts, dashboards, newsfeeds, and alerts that authorized users can access via any connected device.<\/p>\n<p>Since Schneider Electric had partnered with <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/?feed-stats-url=aHR0cHM6Ly9henVyZS5taWNyb3NvZnQuY29tL2VuLXVzLw%3D%3D&#038;feed-stats-url-post-id=40401\">Microsoft<\/a> to provide the Azure cloud infrastructure, the solution enables irrigation monitoring and control from mobile devices, improving operational agility, efficiency and sustainability. The cloud management technology ensures that information can be quickly and conveniently shared with key stakeholders such as staff, contractors, and regulatory bodies.<\/p>\n<p>According to Craig Blackburn, owner of Blackhills Farm, \u201cEvery day I adjust my pivots and pumps for a variety of reasons \u2013 shifts in the wind, rain levels, crop requirements or local regulations. Now I can monitor and control my irrigation system easily from my mobile phone, saving me hours of time not spent driving around the farm. With information at my fingertips, my farm is more productive, water and energy costs are lower and crop yields higher. I\u2019d struggle now to live without it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Companies such as Blackhills Farm are playing a role in the new digital economy.\u00a0 They are reaping the benefits by transforming to the digital economy with new levels of productivity and efficiency, and to create new value. To learn more about the benefits from this IIoT-enabled architecture for Blackhills farm and how you can streamline your industrial operations, <strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">click below on &#8220;Partnering for sustainable success&#8221;.<\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/?feed-stats-url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zY2huZWlkZXItZWxlY3RyaWMuY29tL2IyYi9lbi9jYW1wYWlnbi9saWZlLWlzLW9uL2Nhc2Utc3R1ZHkvd2F0ZXJmb3JjZS5qc3A%3D&#038;feed-stats-url-post-id=40401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40405 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-28-2017-10-58-56-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"955\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-28-2017-10-58-56-AM.jpg 955w, http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-28-2017-10-58-56-AM-300x97.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/8-28-2017-10-58-56-AM-768x248.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/?feed-stats-post-id=40401\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"display: none;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/machine-and-process-management\/2017\/09\/19\/iiot-enabling-architecture-improves-energy-efficiency-50\/\">How an IIoT-enabling architecture improves energy efficiency by 50%<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\">Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/machine-and-process-management\/2017\/09\/19\/iiot-enabling-architecture-improves-energy-efficiency-50\/\" target=\"bwo\" >http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/feed\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit to Author: Peter Herweck| Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 08:00:31 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What is behind the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) that actually helps industrial organizations drive profitability?\u00a0 It\u2019s a combination of hardware digitization, software and analytics. This capability is a major&#8230;  <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/machine-and-process-management\/2017\/09\/19\/iiot-enabling-architecture-improves-energy-efficiency-50\/\" title=\"ReadHow an IIoT-enabling architecture improves energy efficiency by 50%\">Read more &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\/machine-and-process-management\/2017\/09\/19\/iiot-enabling-architecture-improves-energy-efficiency-50\/\">How an IIoT-enabling architecture improves energy efficiency by 50%<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.schneider-electric.com\">Schneider Electric Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[12389,12388],"tags":[6148,14907,11728,12432,12430,12512,12515,14908,12508,12967,12427,14909],"class_list":["post-9380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scadaics","category-schneider","tag-automation","tag-blackhills-farm","tag-cloud","tag-ecostruxure","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-iiot","tag-industrial-internet-of-things","tag-irrigation","tag-machine-and-process-management","tag-microsoft-azure","tag-sustainability","tag-waterforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}