Industrial Automation Sustainability | Sustainable Process Automation


What does sustainability mean for the process industries and how do we achieve it? Is it saving energy? Rethinking the use of raw materials? Optimizing our processes? How do you measure sustainability? In this page you will find, white papers, articles, podcast and other links that can help you define and understand sustainability for the process industries.
White Papers		Articles
Monitoring Geothermal Heat Pump Performance This paper discusses how portable data logging technology can be used to measure, record, and document the performance of geothermal heat pumps, and provides specific case study examples of how the technology is being applied in geothermal system monitoring applications. Download now. Conformal Coated Industrial Ethernet Switch Protects Mission Critical Applications What is conformal coating and why is it important in industrial Ethernet switches? Download now.		Sustainability, Interrupted Sustainability makes business sense as well as good policy. The public will demand it and science and technology will make it happen. Legislative Uncertainties and New Sustainability Opportunities Owens Corning Canada and other panelists talk about the potential for improving the sustainability of manufacturing processes. Safety Starring in Efficiency and Sustainability Role Individual machine safety becomes intertwined with issues of overall functional safety, as well as efforts to improve efficiency, reduce scrap and improve sustainability. Sustainability Footprint Making Big Impression Customers demand sustainable production solutions. Of Safety, Sustainability and Integrated Architecture Machine builders say an integrated architecture helps meet end-users' expectations over the life of their machines. Business Benefits Driving Sustainability Movement Always Green and always Lean. Safety Offers Sustainability, Productivity Benefits GM explains how the company's safety efforts are an integral part of its culture. Safety Aids Savings and Sustainability Holistic safety strategy increases safety, value and productivity. "Going Green" Isn't Easy, but MES Can Help MES can help achieve all sorts of good things, including helping companies reach their sustainability goals. Sustainable Chemistry Can Mean Good Business Too Sustainability can deliver significant economic benefits. Is Latest Green Movement Sustainable? Green being back in may well be the hook we need to get young people re-engaged in careers in engineering.
Podcast
There's A New Sheriff in Town. Should Manufacturers Be Scared? The Obama administration has begun a number of new initiatives around energy sustainability that seem aimed directly at manufacturers. Walt Boyes talks with John Nesi and Angel Sustaeta of Rockwell Automation about the implication of these initiatives for process manufacturing operations. Listen to this podcast.
Links
Green Engineering Knowledge Center Green engineering is the use of advanced measurement and control techniques to design, develop, and improve products and technologies resulting in environmental and economic benefits. On this site you will find technical articles, white papers, webcasts, and other resources to increase your knowledge of green engineering and applications that are being developed and deployed with the NI graphical system design. Visit the knowledge center.