Let BOGE piece together your energy saving puzzle!
July 27th 2006

Putting together the compressed air energy jigsaw can be a puzzling experience! Buzzwords such as; reducing carbon emissions, system efficiency, specific power and kW/m3/min can all become stumbling blocks in finalising your compressed air energy jigsaw. With electricity costs having almost doubled over the past 18 months, creating energy savings is fast becoming the fundamental goal for all compressed air users. BOGE has the experience and know-how to assist you in identifying and creating compressed air energy savings.

Realise your energy savings potential

Recent reports have highlighted that electricity prices have rose between 38 and 85 per cent over the past three years. However, compressed air remains one of the easiest technologies with which to realise quick, significant and sustainable energy consumption reductions starting, in most cases, with no cost and low cost solutions.

The BOGE four-step approach to compressed air energy management can assist you in realising your energy savings potential.

Create no and low cost energy savings

Step 1; Audit To establish the benchmark a system must be comprehensively audited by evaluating generation, treatment, distribution and process usage.

Step 2; Optimise Once an audit is completed, the whole compressed air system can be optimised to reduce and if possible eradicate the identified energy waste and misuse. In many cases the recommended changes will only incur low costs - if any.

Step 3; Post-Audit After the whole system has been optimised the system efficiency (kW/m3) should be compared with the original benchmark in order to validate changes that have been implemented. At the same time it is possible to calculate a 'payback time' for any investment that may be required to implement the further on-going energy savings.

Discover BOGE's low carbon technologies

Step 4; Continual Improvement As system dynamics change so will the demand for compressed air. Continual improvement is therefore vital in order to maintain an energy efficient compressed air system.

Where applicable, there are significant savings to be made by integrating low carbon technologies, from; the non-intrusive BOGE MCS Pro+ energy management system to the BOGE SF frequency controlled screw compressor.

Explore the funding routes available

Funding low carbon technologies is made easier with a Carbon Trust Energy-Efficiency Loan designed to save the user money when investing in replacing existing equipment with more energy efficient technologies.

SME's within the UK can apply for an unsecured, interest-free Energy-Efficiency Loan from 5,000 up to 100,000 to support such project funding*.

No matter what size your business is, BOGE has the energy saving solutions to suit your needs and can assist you in transforming those energy puzzle pieces into your bespoke picture.

Make BOGE your compressed air partner and let us complete the energy jigsaw for you!

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