An enthusiastic kick-off of the Fieldlab Smart Energy Techport
On Jan. 18, development partners, customers and schools (MBO, HBO, WO) came together for the kick-off of "Fieldlab Smart Energy Techport." Over the next few years, Techport, together with its business and education partners, will focus on energy efficiency, nuisance reduction and Smart Maintenance using digital technologies.
Tiny Machine Learning
Sensor technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) can make a major contribution to reducing emissions and increasing energy efficiency in production and maintenance processes. A challenge that many (production) companies and asset owners are currently facing. By placing sensors on assets, predictive maintenance is immediately visible, saving costs and increasing efficiency. The goal of the Fieldlab Smart Energy project is to make the technology of Tiny Machine Learning sustainably accessible to industrial SMEs and to support the business community in the targeted deployment of this technology with the aim of reducing energy consumption and emissions as well as the efficient use of renewable energy sources.
Successful use case
During the kick-off, one of producer VanDerEng' s ongoing use cases was discussed in which energy monitoring can prevent peak loads with the aim of better spreading energy consumption. Director VanDerEng Ernst de Haas indicated; "More measurement and analysis leads to more grip on energy consumption, among other things. I did have insight into my total consumption, but had no idea what a machine consumes in energy per unit which made it more difficult to take steps in terms of energy reduction." Students from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam then set to work during the Data Science minor to place sensors on the machines to collect data. With success!
Sign up use case
Not only with VanDerEng, there were also successes in four other completed use cases. De Haas continues: "I urge all fellow entrepreneurs with technical challenges in the field of energy transition to join this innovative project, so much more is possible without becoming pricey or too complex!" Several more use cases with Tiny Machine Learning will start soon within the Fieldlab Smart Energy project.
As an entrepreneur, are you also curious what the value and insights can be for your business by using sensor technology? For more information about the possibilities of Tiny Machine Learning, please contact project leader André Grever at a.gerver@techport.nl.
