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WIENERBERGER ’ S ENERGY OPTIMISATION SUCCESS STORY
Wienerberger AG is the world ’ s largest producer of bricks , with 217 production sites in 27 countries . The company is also the market leader in clay roof tiles in Europe as well as concrete pavers in Central- Eastern Europe and pipe systems in Europe .
Wienerberger was looking to optmise its energy usage , particularly in the brick kilns which require significant amounts of heat . They took the guesswork out of making improvements by combining and analysing IoT and process data from across the production process , using prebuilt analytic models to predict specific energy consumption and make sense of variable impacts – from quality of the clay to outside humidity and indoor temperatures .
By using SAS software , Wienerberger delivered average energy cost saving of 10 %
By using SAS software , Wienerberger delivered mathematically optimised insights that empowered production operators to tune the process recipe setpoints , accelerating time to value and providing an average energy cost saving of 10 % – hugely significant savings for that manufacturing process .
66 October 2023