New Belgium Brewing has incorporated the “Smart Grid” to manage its technologies and equipment. This allows for load shedding (i.e., intentionally engineered electrical power outages), when the strain on the municipal power grid is too high. The Smart Grid delivers tangible benefits to both the brewery and the community. Technical approaches were developed using Wonderware software to help New Belgium Brewing maximize its Smart Grid initiatives.
"The Smart Grid provides the internal metering that lets us know how much energy we are using throughout the process. The Wonderware software helps us communicate with our local utility to inform them immediately what we are using and communicate with us when we need to shed load.”
Jennifer V. Orgolini, Sustainability Steward, New Belgium Brewing
Using the Smart Grid gives New Belgium the strength to grow its business and improve the welfare of its employees while helping to protect the environment in a cost efficient manner
With the help of Wonderware software, New Belgium Brewing protects the environment while maintaining a safe and sustainable business. The journey toward sustainable operations is never ending. New Belgium Brewing is continuing to improve its carbon footprint and hopes to reduce greenhouse emissions by 25 percent by the year 2015.
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