The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) has a long history of self-reliance when it comes to energy. By embracing clean energy technologies in its operations and by collecting data to build an ambitious long-term sustainability plan, UCSD offers a glimpse into the future. Today, the campus produces 92% of its own energy. It's striving to go further with a combination of new clean energy resources, additional on-site generation and storage, and innovative demand-reduction strategies.
Sappi Fine Paper of North America is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and is the preeminent producer of coated fine paper in North America. The company has long made sustainability a key component of its business strategy, increasing profits by improving operational efficiencies and reducing waste. The result: winning new customers by producing some of the industry's most environmentally preferable papers.
Turkey's booming electric power industry has meant a need for efficient, rapid growth. ENKA, a leading construction firm, won a bid to construct three new power plants in the early 2000s. By using the OSIsoft PI System™, ENKA has been able to seamlessly deliver energy to the booming Turkish economy, controlling costs and virtually eliminating downtime.
eBay Inc. uses the PI System to prioritize and monetize its data center operations, improve their Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and growing their technical infrastructure.
After a PI System pilot project in 1999 helped one of Detroit Edison's power plants save $180,000 in just six months, DTE Energy rolled out the PI System to each of its 7 major power plants. With the PI System in place company-wide, DTE Energy launched a fleet optimization program in 2006 that has saved the company millions of dollars annually.
For over 50 years, the IBM Burlington facility has been producing semiconductors in Burlington, Vermont. Committed to continuously evolving their operations to save money and improve efficiency, IBM Burlington installed the PI System in the 1990s to help improve organizational communication. Since then, IBM Burlington has leverage the PI System to have achieve dramatic results from increasing manufacturing capability to reducing water usage by 27% to saving millions in yearly expenses.