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Customer Success Story: R-CUA

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities Utilities
Applicable Functions	Facility Management Maintenance
Use Cases	Building Energy Management Energy Management System
Services	System Integration
Challenge	R-CUA, a company specializing in the design, financing, development and operation of heat networks, power stations and associated energy sources, sought an automation software solution that would monitor the power plant and heat distribution in the city of Strasbourg in real time. The company required that the software be able to provide information via web browser as well as via mobile devices. In addition, the company sought to manage consumption and potentially save on energy costs. A primary location involved in the installation is the Eco2 Wacken plant, located in Strasbourg. The selected automation software solution needed to integrate with multiple BACnet controllers, with three controllers located at the Eco2 Wacken plant. The entire network contains over 2,000 tags, including 16 delivery points, each managed via BACnet controller. The delivery points and the boiler house are connected via 8 kilometers of optical fiber. R-CUA wanted a solution that would work with its existing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 machines and Windows SQL 2012 databases, as well as with cloud-based servers and multiple mobile clients. Read More
About Customer	R-CUA, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, specialize in the design, financing, development and operation of heat networks (biomass, geothermal energy), power stations and associated energy sources. Also known as the Urban Heat Networks of Alsace, R-CUA/R-CUE maintains 30 million euros worth of capital, with nine heating and cooling system networks over 48 kilometers in Alsace. They provide heat for the equivalent of 30,000 household units. Read More
Solution	R-CUA, working with system integrator, CALASYS, selected ICONICS’ GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA suite, in addition to the MobileHMI™ data mobility suite and Hyper Historian™ high-speed, reliable, robust plant historian. The new system would replace an existing competitor monitoring solution as well as a boiler-specific HMI, both of which were no longer sufficient for the improvements that R-CUA sought. Newer competitive options were considered before R-CUA, with assistance from CALASYS, settled on ICONICS. With ICONICS software installed, R-CUA was able to achieve its goal of widely available data access through PC-based clients as well as via mobile devices. Project design was completed within a few months with the first application deployment performed within a week. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Maintenance

Use Cases

Building Energy Management

Energy Management System

Services

System Integration

Challenge

R-CUA, a company specializing in the design, financing, development and operation of heat networks, power stations and associated energy sources, sought an automation software solution that would monitor the power plant and heat distribution in the city of Strasbourg in real time. The company required that the software be able to provide information via web browser as well as via mobile devices. In addition, the company sought to manage consumption and potentially save on energy costs. A primary location involved in the installation is the Eco2 Wacken plant, located in Strasbourg. The selected automation software solution needed to integrate with multiple BACnet controllers, with three controllers located at the Eco2 Wacken plant. The entire network contains over 2,000 tags, including 16 delivery points, each managed via BACnet controller. The delivery points and the boiler house are connected via 8 kilometers of optical fiber. R-CUA wanted a solution that would work with its existing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 machines and Windows SQL 2012 databases, as well as with cloud-based servers and multiple mobile clients.

About Customer

R-CUA, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, specialize in the design, financing, development and operation of heat networks (biomass, geothermal energy), power stations and associated energy sources. Also known as the Urban Heat Networks of Alsace, R-CUA/R-CUE maintains 30 million euros worth of capital, with nine heating and cooling system networks over 48 kilometers in Alsace. They provide heat for the equivalent of 30,000 household units.

Solution

R-CUA, working with system integrator, CALASYS, selected ICONICS’ GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA suite, in addition to the MobileHMI™ data mobility suite and Hyper Historian™ high-speed, reliable, robust plant historian. The new system would replace an existing competitor monitoring solution as well as a boiler-specific HMI, both of which were no longer sufficient for the improvements that R-CUA sought. Newer competitive options were considered before R-CUA, with assistance from CALASYS, settled on ICONICS. With ICONICS software installed, R-CUA was able to achieve its goal of widely available data access through PC-based clients as well as via mobile devices. Project design was completed within a few months with the first application deployment performed within a week.

Impact #1	R-CUA now owns a system that can show its extensive heat network in real time.
Impact #2	Every action can be monitored, along with any performance or optimization efforts.
Impact #3	With an included performance trend view, operators find it easy to follow the daily operation of the entire network.

Impact #1

R-CUA now owns a system that can show its extensive heat network in real time.

Impact #2

Every action can be monitored, along with any performance or optimization efforts.

Impact #3

With an included performance trend view, operators find it easy to follow the daily operation of the entire network.

Benefit #1	Project design was completed within a few months
Benefit #2	First application deployment performed within a week

Benefit #1

Project design was completed within a few months

Benefit #2

First application deployment performed within a week

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Customer Success Story: R-CUA

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