RUD joins the "Energy Efficiency Table (EET) East-Württemberg"
For the past three years, the topic of energy efficiency has played an ever-increasing role in the competition of "Talents and Patents in East-Württemberg".
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| Head of Environmental Protection, energy manager (IHK), waste management officer and dangerous goods safety adviser at RUD |
RUD has actively participated in this competition in conjunction with the "Hohenlohe model" [Modell Hohenlohe] and in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce (IHK). The official name of the model project is "Energy Efficiency Table (EET) East-Württemberg" [Energieeffizienz-Tisch (EET) Ostwürttemberg]. As a "trademark" of sorts, there is even a logo that we, as an active "participant at the table", are allowed to display and use. The objective is to successfully reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions.
These are objectives that the leaders of the family-owned RUD Group are particularly dedicated to achieve for all of their manufacturing sites.
What has been accomplished so far? The nationally renowned trade magazine "PRODUKTION" took a closer look and revealed excellent results in an interview with Holger Menzel, Head of Environmental Protection, energy manager (IHK), waste management officer and dangerous goods safety adviser at RUD. To begin with, the title chosen for the article by PRODUKTION makes the direction clear: "Everyone pulls together on the efficiency chain!" In collaboration with specialists of the Hohenlohe model (Pfedelbach) and the engineering firm Eproplan Stuttgart, a total of 20 measures that generate an increase in energy efficiency while taking economic efficiency into account were identified.
As stated by the RUD official, Holger Menzel, these were measures that took effect in very specific areas of application over a period of three years. Compressed air, heating, lighting and water use for cooling processes stand out as examples and are the summation of more than 30 measures suggested during the initial consultation with specialists of the Hohenlohe model and the engineering firm Eproplan. From these suggestions, as mentioned above, we have already derived 20 measures that fit us perfectly and thus can be put into practice promptly and economically. For example, our electricians in particular immediately got busy implementing energy-saving processes.
The most important factor that must be considered for the prospect of success with regard to achieving any efficiency goal is employee motivation, explains Menzel. "These successes are not possible without an acute awareness for energy efficiency in all areas."
Cost-savings in cooling water consumption and compressed air generation as well as optimised compressor control are only a few examples to be mentioned – examples that "pay off", not only regarding the specific total of cost-savings, but also in an environmentally responsible energy balance. Saving several hundred-thousand kilowatt hours annually says more about this than a lot of words!
And because the family-owned RUD Group is one of just a few German companies to participate in the global "Cool Earth" initiative, environmentally responsible energy efficiency will be a hot topic not only in the German production facilities when it comes to future manufacturing development. It was not just by chance that we provided the "Expert tip" in last month's issue of REGIOBusiness!
In their summarising assessment, PRODUKTION states that "ecological awareness and environmental protection have always been an integral part of the company philosophy of the RUD Group, which is now owned by the fifth generation of the family."
And the central theme at RUD that will dominate the next few years is an active exchange of experiences, including exchange with other participants and networks in the region: This is because, according to Dr. Jörg S. Rieger, Managing Director of RUD, energy efficiency "is as much a social task as it is an economic necessity."
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