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LEA
AD STO
ORY: Inno
ovatio
on at B
BESTE
ECH
CUSTOM
MER OBJECT
TIVE AND
CONSTR
RAINT
conttrol strategiees that dram
matically reduce a
minee’s
energgy
consu
umption
w
while
maxximizing pro
oductivity, profitability and
work
ker safety. M
Most mine veentilation sysstems
operrate at peak
k capacity 10
00% of the time.
How
wever, with the ventilation manageement
mod
dule, the systtem’s air flow
w is controllled in
ordeer to meeet the mine’s produ
uction
activvities. The ssolution anaalyzes air qu
uality
dataa and the lo
ocation of m
mining perso
onnel
and vehicles, adjusting the ventillation
acco
ordingly in a
a fail‐safe maanner. NRG1‐‐ECO
is cconfigurablee to each mine’s un
nique
requ
uirements an
nd engineered with an open
platfform that allows fo
or easy syystem
integgration with
h a mine’s existing or new
equiipment.
Some of t
the biggest c
challenges in
n the mining
g
industry today aree discoverin
ng ways to
o
conserve energy, im
mprove work
kplace safetyy
and redu
uce environm
mental impacct. The high
h
electricityy prices are hurtin
ng mining
g
companiees and prrices are expected
e
to
o
increase over time.
Governmen
nt legislation
n
related to workplacee health and
d safety and
d
environm
mental sustaiinability hass caused thee
mining industry
i
to re‐examinee operationss
and implement new practices towardss
preventin
ng work‐relaated illness and injuryy
and redu
ucing emissio
ons.
COMPAN
NY PROFILE
RESSULTS AND CUSTOMER
R BENEFITS
S
BESTECH
H, a Norrthern On
ntario firm
m
specializiing
in
multi‐disciplinaryy
engineeriing,
au
utomation,
softwaree
developm
ment and eneergy manageement, offerss
a ventilaation contrrol system, known ass
NRG1‐EC
CO®, to help
p mines ad
ddress thesee
challengees. With the implem
mentation off
NRG1‐EC
CO, mines will
w reduce energy
e
costs,,
encourag
ge environm
mental sustainability and
d
enhance safety, while increasing
g operationall
productivvity.
Red
duced Energ
gy Consump
ption
With
h the help
p of NRG1‐ECO, custo
omers
acro
oss Canada are realizzing substaantial
enerrgy savinggs. These savings are
dem
monstrated frrom mine sites with vaarying
degrrees of auto
omation, in
nfrastructuree and
impllemented co
ontrol strategies. The saavings
are aachieved thrrough optim
mal control o
of the
venttilation systtem (thereb
by reducing
g the
totall energy con
nsumption fo
for the mine) and
thro
ough implem
mentation of energy peak
avoiidance straategies (5CP
P strategiees in
ustomers aree realizing m
multi‐
Ontaario). Our cu
SOLUTIO
ON IMPLEM
MENTATION
N
NRG1‐EC
CO is a pro
oven mine‐w
wide energyy
managem
ment solutio
on. It provides system
m
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