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I don’t do well with the whole politically correct thing.  In the one-day training classes we even talk about <gasp> multi-point grounding.  And we talk about the reasons to use PROFIenergy, including AGW (Anthropomorphic Global Warning*).  I guess I’m a bit of a skeptic, but it doesn’t matter – it’s still a reason to use PROFIenergy… a reason for your customers!

 Here a couple quotes to support that notion:

 Carbon Disclosure Project notes that most global companies are preparing to de-select suppliers who fail to manage carbon.
–Control Engineering

 Wal-Mart Plans to Cut 20 Million Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Supply Chain
–Fast Company

 But even if you feel global warming is a farce, your customers may not.
–Amy Radishofski, It’s Not Easy Being Green, But You Have To Be

 I can imagine filling out a capital expenditure request with an ROI of “save the planet.”  I can’t see that being approved; that’s a little hard to quantify.  Fortunately with PROFIenergy an ROI can be quantified.  We recently launched a project to help do just that.  I like the conclusion reached in Wal-Mart chairman: Go green for money, not image.  Money is a green that I understand.

 A few PROFIenergy products are now available with more coming.  To find out more about PROFIenergy:

 PROFIenergy Brochure

SPS Report 5: PROFIenergy

White papers: “Get Energy Costs under Control” and “The PROFIenergy Profile”

In PROFInews North American Edition: “Introducing PROFIenergy” and “Announcing a PROFIenergy White Paper”

And for how even fieldbus use can save the planet read “Yellow is the New Green.”

–Carl Henning

 *AGW is a long-winded way to say man-caused global warming.  Here in Scottsdale we have plenty of warming already – we hit 113F (45C) this week.

Being unable to avoid leveraging St. Patrick’s Day (or at least St. Patrick’s Day ads), I have to talk about the “Saving of the Green.”  Specifically, I want to talk about how PROFIenergy can help save energy costs (and reduce carbon footprints, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and generally save the planet).  But since it’s hard to quantify the ROI for those latter savings on the capital expenditure request forms, let’s focus on saving money.  An automotive company energy study showed that even when they were not making cars they were using 60% of the energy as when they were.  PROFIenergy will allow them to reduce that to 20%.  The money savings are in the 5-digit range… per cell.  Any industry can benefit from using PROFIenergy, an application profile on PROFINET that simplifies selective and coordinated machine power reductions during production pauses.  For further information:

In the PROFIblog: SPS Report 5: PROFIenergy

White Paper: “Get Energy Costs under Control”

In PROFInews North American Edition: “Introducing PROFIenergy” and “Announcing a PROFIenergy White Paper”

And for how even fieldbus use can save the planet read “Yellow is the New Green” from the PROFIblog.

–Carl Henning