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Des Moines Metropolitan
Wastewater Reclamation Authority
3000 Vandalia Road
Des Moines, IA 50317
515-323-8000
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City of Des Moines reduces energy consumption with Infor10 EAM
Driven by the desire to improve energy efficiency, the City of Des Moines’ Wastewater Reclamation Authority (WRA) maintenance organization embarked on a project to integrate its Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) applications.
The project’s goals were to:
- Create data integration between the EAM and SCADA systems.
- Establish and configure energy and condition-monitoring capabilities within EAM.
- Analyze energy usage trends for high-energy-use assets.
- Identify energy savings opportunities.
The results:
- The City of Des Moines accomplished all its goals within the first six months.
- The city has reduced its energy consumption by 100,000 kW, achieving over $200,000 in savings within the first six months—almost five times the original projections.
“Understanding the root causes of performance shortfalls and sustaining corrective actions rely on tying the process control application to the maintenance applications. Without that integration, any improvements will be transient.”
—Bill Miller, CMM, MMC, MRO, ASE-EAM system administrator, facilities management, City of Des Moines WRF