Stuttgart Airport works with energy flows in real time
Is the baggage conveyor belt running smoothly? How much electricity does the photovoltaic system produce? How much heating oil is being consumed? At the touch of a button on a tablet or mobile phone, the relevant employees at Stuttgart Airport are in the picture. This is made possible by a networked system that bundles the key measurement data collected at the airport into a central system.
in-GmbH visualises data with its sphinx open online platform. This data, available in real time, is also an important, compact source of information for Stuttgart Airport's energy management. Stuttgart Airport is a technological pioneer in terms of building control technology, energy consumption monitoring and energy management. As a 100% subsidiary of Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH, Flughafen Stuttgart Energie GmbH is a supplier and closed distribution network operator.
Energy Management
The tasks lie in the procurement of electricity, natural gas and heating oil as well as the production of heat, cooling, light and the distribution of electrical energy. Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH is also committed to promoting intelligent energy networks as a member of the Smart Grids e.V. association.
The cooperation with in-GmbH resulted from the desire to generate information suitable for management from the central technical data of the building control system. The goal was not only to visualize static data, but also dynamic data such as energy flows. Today, the airport's building control system delivers up-to-date data every 15 minutes, which is processed in real time.
Via the platform of in-GmbH and with sphinx open online, these are displayed as real-time information. Ad hoc information and a drill down to the detailed level are thus possible via the tablet with just a few clicks. An aerial view shows the airport buildings with corresponding columns: Green when they supply energy and orange when they consume. With the platform, those responsible at Stuttgart Airport always have an overview of the areas of electricity generation through photovoltaics and combined heat and power plants, electricity and gas consumption, heat quantities and water consumption.
Comparability by means of historical data
Partners and service providers also benefit from the system. Thanks to individualized dashboards and multi-client capability, tenants on the airport premises can also make evaluations of their consumption. For example, a company regularly checks the fill levels of its aviation fuel tanks online with the help of sphinx open. This real-time energy flow display can be customized for each user and their relevant displays.
Among other things, it is also possible to integrate historical data with which the past and real time can be placed in relation to each other. Planning data that allows a deviation analysis can also be integrated. This also results in corresponding optimization potentials.
Holm Wagner, Managing Director of Flughafen Stuttgart Energie GmbH and Head of the Center Facility Management, explains: "We have implemented a lighthouse project in terms of building control technology, energy consumption overview and energy management and would like to spread our wings even further in this area in the future with the support of in-GmbH."
