SUSTAINABILITY
Teknos Reduced Energy Consumption by 13% in Its Danish Site Thanks to 20 dataloggers, the Danish site of Teknos managed to cut 1755 tons of CO2 and reduce energy consumption by 13%. © Teknos
The headquarters of Teknos A/S in Vamdrup, Denmark.
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eknos Group has reached one of its sustainability goals: in 2020, the
more energy efficiently and detect deficiencies. We also make
company’s Danish site reduced its energy consumption by 13% in
experiments to find new ways of doing things, and the data shows
relation to production. Two years prior, Teknos set a target to improve
almost immediately the results of these tests”, clarifies Brian Creutz,
its environmental footprint and reduce energy consumption by 5%
Plant Manager of Teknos’ Danish site. “We started seeing the results
annually. The Danish site, located in Jutland, produces between 23 and
enabled by datalogging immediately. In 2019, we reduced energy by four
24 million litres of water- and solvent-based liquid paints, UV lacquers
percent and in 2020 by 13 percent. We had conducted actions to save
and thinners per year. It is almost 25% of the entire Teknos Group’s
energy already before installing the dataloggers, but we were surprised
production. The site is completely operated on electricity and 70% of it
to see the additional energy savings potential. With our reductions and
derives from wind energy.
energy efficiency measures, we can also support our clients in achieving
One of the key elements of this success are 20 dataloggers that monitor
their own sustainability goals as they monitor the annual emissions of
and record the use of electricity and natural gas for ventilation, heat
their suppliers.”
pump, heating of binder tanks and compressor. These data are then
The Danish site of Teknos is now considering investing in a new heat
measured and analysed, allowing to test different options and make
pump to further improve its sustainability efforts. Moreover, other
informed decisions. Teknos managed to cut 1755 tons of carbon dioxide
Teknos sites are also planning to implement similar datalogging
while also saving tens of thousands of euros in costs in just over two
solutions in the near future. The company has estimated that, by
years. This reduction is equal to the energy used in one year in 192
adopting this practice alone, it could reach its 5% reduction target
homes, or greenhouse gasses emissions from 346 cars for one year.
without other interventions.
“We began datalogging the functions that had the best reduction potential. The data enables us to improve our processes to operate
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