Reference Project KRIS Energy Management

Eco-Friendly Research Center with KRIS

pRED Center Roche

Pharmaceutical company Roche is investing 1.2 billion CHF in the construction of the “pRED Center” research and development center at its headquarters in Basel. KRIKO is supplying the energy monitoring system. The building complex, which will be completed in 2024, includes four buildings with a maximum height of 118 meters and will create space for 1800 workstations. 

Roche pRED Center

Requirements for the energy management system
 

The goal of this ambitious project was to create a next-generation energy management system that:

  • Significantly optimizes energy consumption at the pRED Center.
  • Maximizes sustainable energy use and enables significant energy savings.
  • Provides real-time data analysis and comprehensive reporting for operators.
  • Offers a user-friendly and intuitive platform for analyzing energy consumption.

The KRIKO solution: customized and standardized at the same time

The project served as the starting point for the development of the latest generation of the KRIKO information system KRIS 4. At the beginning of the project, there was an extensive catalog of requirements for an energy monitoring system for energy-efficient building planning. The KRIKO project and management team decided early on to take advantage of this opportunity and, based on the customer's detailed requirements, to develop the KRIS 4 energy management app as the first app in the KRIS family to run on a new technological platform. The aim in planning the functions was to avoid special solutions.

The KRIKO motto “If, then do it right!” was the guiding principle in the development of a standardized customer solution that, on the one hand, covered the requirements for this specific project but, on the other hand, was designed to create outstanding benefits for all existing and future KRIKO customers.

The range of functions of the KRIS 4 energy management app

The range of functions of the KRIS 4 energy management app has been greatly increased compared to its predecessor in KRIS³. Proven functions such as the flexible configuration of meter structures using tree structures have been retained.

Twelve diagram types specially designed for the evaluation of energy data are available in the app. The flexible graphical analysis supports operators in the following tasks:

  • Displaying energy flows
  • Identifying the largest energy consumers
  • Defining starting points for energy-saving measures
  • Recognizing and optimizing consumption patterns
  • Identifying extreme values
  • Identifying factors influencing the energy consumed
  • Visualizing efficiency levels
  • Tracking implemented energy-saving measures
Energy Management Diagrams

New features

  • Weather adjustment function: Different climatic conditions prevail at different locations at different times of the year or even years. To make energy data comparable despite these unequal conditions, these influencing factors must be factored out.
  • Maintenance of harmonization tables: For cross-media harmonization of energy consumption, harmonization tables can be created in the simplest way possible, with which energy data can be flexibly converted. Use cases include, for example, the allocation of CO2 equivalents, the allocation of primary energy factors or the allocation of energy salaries for volumetric measurements.
  • Referencing energy consumption: This function is used to reference energy data to specific quantities. It is used, for example, to display energy consumption per area, application rate or person.

Project result

In the course of the project, a KRIS system hosted on the customer platform was set up. The installation includes two virtual machines:

  1. KRIS server with OPC UA connection to the WinCC OA building automation servers and the media measurements at the building entrances. The server collects, calculates and compresses the energy data. It also serves as a web server for a customer-specific Node-RED visualization of energy KPIs to make the energy performance of the buildings comparable.
  2. KRIS terminal server for operator access with KRIS client installation. The KRIS client is multi-session capable, which enables simultaneous operation of the KRIS system from a terminal server at the same time.
     

The system was fully integrated into the IT infrastructure in close cooperation with the customer. This includes external monitoring of all relevant KRIS services, automatic backups, domain integration of the operating systems and the KRIS application, connection monitoring to the data sources with mail alerting, to name just a few.
 

Approach and quality

To ensure quality in the implementation, the entire project was realized according to the V-model. This requires a structured approach from all project members involved, from system design to documented final acceptance.

The internal development of the KRIS 4 EMS app was carried out using an agile SCRUM approach. All user requirements were described in detail using so-called epics and stories, communicated to the development team and implemented in a targeted and highly effective manner in two-week sprints.

In conclusion, the project can be considered a complete success for the future of KRIS and the collaboration between Roche and KRIKO.

Why with KRIKO

The Benefits for the Customer

By mapping energy flows and identifying the largest energy consumers, energy consumption can be optimized

Maximizing sustainable energy use and enabling significant savings, as well as tracking the implemented energy-saving measures

Providing real-time data analysis and comprehensive reporting for operators

A user-friendly and intuitive platform for analyzing energy consumption

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