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16-03-2020
Energy flow and costs of utilities ASTRON Dwingeloo.
| Submitter: | Alex Benjamins |
| Description: | Everywhere around us people talk about "the" energy transition. What does this mean for ASTRON? The government has made legislation that companies must comply with. This starts with classifying the buildings according to an energy label. By 2023 buildings must have the energy label C, and by 2030 the buildings must have energy label A. ASTRON has recently received energy label A for its buildings in Dwingeloo. In addition to the energy label, the government sets efficiency requirements. For example, cooling and heating installations need regular inspection, and certain parameters must be met in the field of emissions. Besides, performance data of the cooling and heating installations need to be recorded and will be sent to the right authorities. The energy usage is playing an increasingly important role in business operations, saving energy means saving money. In 2014, ASTRON put into operation a cooling and heating storage installation, with which cold water is extracted from the ground for the cooling process in the summer, this is returned to the ground as "warm" water. In the winter, the process is reversed, and the hot water is used to heat Building 80 and 2012. In order to know where our electrical energy is being used, we have installed several kWh metres last year, including the server room, and we can now monitor the consumption per server rack in detail. (The metres are used to monitor the load on the groups as well.) We have placed all measuring points in an energy overview so that we can not only read the information from tables but directly see the relationships between a number of parameters. The consumption of heat, cold, gas, electricity and water per building is made visible. We can easily monitor ASTRON's legal obligations to the right authorities every month and, linked to the cost price of the various energy carriers, the costs of our energy consumption. Further, we keep track of the effectiveness of certain processes. So that any deviations can be detected. This overview is made every month and an annual overview is kept. Do you have any questions? We are always happy to provide an explanation of our overview. The complete overview is in the canteen. |
| Copyright: | Alex Benjamins |
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