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Cornell University Optimizes Energy Efficiency With iFIX From GE Digital

GE Digital (GE) (General Electric)

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Use Cases	Building Energy Management Process Control & Optimization Predictive Maintenance
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Cornell University, a leading learning institution in Ithaca, New York, maintains 260 major buildings on 745 contiguous acres. The campus consumes up to 35 megawatt (MW) capability to power the buildings. In an effort to conserve electricity and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Cornell sought a visualization and control system to monitor its operations and drive down operational costs. The university needed a system that could monitor and control major aspects of the campus facility operations, including lake source cooling, water filtration, and steam and power generation. The university also wanted to deliver real-time operational intelligence from across these facilities’ systems, enhancing the use of iFIX for campuswide monitoring and control. Read More
About Customer	Cornell University is one of the leading learning institutions in the world, located in Ithaca, New York. The university is practically a city in itself, with over 34,000 students and staff at peak attendance during the academic year. The school maintains 260 major buildings on 745 contiguous acres. Both a private university and the land-grant institution of New York State, the 145-year old university prides itself on being an educationally diverse member of the Ivy League. The campus consumes up to 35 megawatt (MW) capability to power the buildings that make up the school. Read More
Solution	Cornell University leveraged iFIX from GE Digital and Historian from GE Digital, part of the HMI/SCADA suite to monitor and control major aspects of the campus facility operations, including lake source cooling, water filtration, and steam and power generation. In addition, Cornell implemented GE Digital's Mobile to deliver real-time operational intelligence from across these facilities’ systems, enhancing the use of iFIX for campuswide monitoring and control. A powerful off-the-shelf application, iFIX provides facilities management with key information on mobile devices, such as an iPad for better and faster decisions that help speed troubleshooting, reduce downtime, and increase energy savings. The HMI/SCADA solution from GE Digital has enabled Cornell to achieve key benefits, including 40% faster off-hours troubleshooting, increased energy savings, improved reliability and higher equipment uptime. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Use Cases

Building Energy Management

Process Control & Optimization

Predictive Maintenance

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Cornell University, a leading learning institution in Ithaca, New York, maintains 260 major buildings on 745 contiguous acres. The campus consumes up to 35 megawatt (MW) capability to power the buildings. In an effort to conserve electricity and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Cornell sought a visualization and control system to monitor its operations and drive down operational costs. The university needed a system that could monitor and control major aspects of the campus facility operations, including lake source cooling, water filtration, and steam and power generation. The university also wanted to deliver real-time operational intelligence from across these facilities’ systems, enhancing the use of iFIX for campuswide monitoring and control.

About Customer

Cornell University is one of the leading learning institutions in the world, located in Ithaca, New York. The university is practically a city in itself, with over 34,000 students and staff at peak attendance during the academic year. The school maintains 260 major buildings on 745 contiguous acres. Both a private university and the land-grant institution of New York State, the 145-year old university prides itself on being an educationally diverse member of the Ivy League. The campus consumes up to 35 megawatt (MW) capability to power the buildings that make up the school.

Solution

Cornell University leveraged iFIX from GE Digital and Historian from GE Digital, part of the HMI/SCADA suite to monitor and control major aspects of the campus facility operations, including lake source cooling, water filtration, and steam and power generation. In addition, Cornell implemented GE Digital's Mobile to deliver real-time operational intelligence from across these facilities’ systems, enhancing the use of iFIX for campuswide monitoring and control. A powerful off-the-shelf application, iFIX provides facilities management with key information on mobile devices, such as an iPad for better and faster decisions that help speed troubleshooting, reduce downtime, and increase energy savings. The HMI/SCADA solution from GE Digital has enabled Cornell to achieve key benefits, including 40% faster off-hours troubleshooting, increased energy savings, improved reliability and higher equipment uptime.

Impact #1	40% faster off-hours troubleshooting with Industrial Internet technology
Impact #2	Increased energy savings and lower operational costs
Impact #3	Improved uptime through proactive maintenance of equipment

Impact #1

40% faster off-hours troubleshooting with Industrial Internet technology

Impact #2

Increased energy savings and lower operational costs

Impact #3

Improved uptime through proactive maintenance of equipment

Benefit #1	40% faster off-hours troubleshooting
Benefit #2	80% reduction in energy use by the Lake Source Cooling system
Benefit #3	Increased energy savings

Benefit #1

40% faster off-hours troubleshooting

Benefit #2

80% reduction in energy use by the Lake Source Cooling system

Benefit #3

Increased energy savings

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Cornell University Optimizes Energy Efficiency With iFIX From GE Digital

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