The document discusses the HVAC optimization solution, Opticlim, co-developed with Sanofi, highlighting its importance in reducing energy costs within the pharmaceutical industry. It outlines the development process of Opticlim from initial drafts in 2011 to its deployment across over 50 sites by 2018, with potential energy savings of up to 50%. The tool aims to navigate the complexities of HVAC systems to achieve significant cost savings and enhance energy efficiency, particularly in the context of emerging environmental concerns.

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Opticlim
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HVAC(*) optimization
An industry ready solution
co-developed with Sanofi
Jean-Pierre Bovee
NRJCut(*) Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning

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Energy spending distribution over pharma industry
sanofi
• Overall : 50% Electricity, 50% Gas
• Motors : amounts to 70 – 80 % of
electrical consumption
• HVAC : 60 – 70 % of energy
consumption
• HVAC main technologies
• heating, cooling, hydraulic
distribution network, fans,
motors, control systems, air
filtration ...
External source
Along with a wide range of
• Critical parameters ( T°C, %HR,
Air Change, Pressure, …)
• Pace of the work
Energy Efficiency improvement and cost savings Opportunities for
Pharmaceutical Industry

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Room design
:
Extracting fan
Extraction
Fresh Air
Recyclage
Mixing
Supply
Respectively Factors, Control actuators, Setpoints acting on
HVAC
Supply
Automatic control
- Temperature
- Relative Humidity
- Δ Pressure
- Air change rate
Size, tightness -
Insudlation…
Extraction
(*) Heating, Ventilation, Air Climatisation
Cooling Heating Humidification
3
AIR HANDLING UNIT (AHU)
Exactly, what is HVAC? (*) ?
As per regulation or process requirements: supplying an air flow meeting accurate
requirements on Temperature, Relative Humidity, Air change rate, air purity, ...

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OPTICLIM: How and why it happened
From findings to action
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NRJCut
HVAC optimization An industry ready solution
● A wide range of factors drive the consumption of an Air Handling Unit
● Their influence is very diverse
● They powerfully interact as a non-linear system (40 + equations)
● As of the beginning of this decade there was no tool helping figuring out
consumption = f(factors) and potential savings opportunities
● An energy manager was unable to decide how to build a strategy aimed at
cutting the energy bill
● ⇒ URGENT need for a tool

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OPTICLIM: How and why it happened
From findings to action
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NRJCut
HVAC optimization An industry ready solution
● 2011: first draft built with Excel for testing the concept
● 2012: A validation phase, operated on real Air Handling Units
● 2013: A first deployment across a bunch of sites (Sanofi was counting 120 + sites at that
time
○ quickly reaching the limit of such an Excel application (size > 200 Mo)
● 2014: decision to rebuild the application, this time based on Scilab ( Scilab dream team as
main developper)
● 2015: decision to transfer the application to the cloud (thanks again to the Scilab team
decisive support ). Application hosted by ESI.
● 2016: beginning of the worldwide deployment
● 2018: 52 connected sites (out of 73), 92 registred users.
● Decision to extend OPTICLIM utilisation outside Sanofi

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OPTICLIM: A FIRST ASSESSMENT
Dramatically cutting demand
⇒ a guarantee of 2 digits savings
Jean-Pierre Bovee
NRJCut
HVAC optimization An industry ready solution
● All sites found out that 2 digits savings are achievable
● A large majority of them started to modify their Air Handling Units
○ questioning, next changing setpoints whenever more favourable
■ Deadband on temperature and relative humidity
■ Air change rate
■ implementing at ECO mode out of working hours
I’m Bill
● Modifying AHU technology:
○ enhancing temperature and relative humidity control modes
○ improving fluid networks efficiency
○ increasing motors, fans, gearing efficiency
○ as a result cutting investments for new chillers, transformers, boilers, ...
Zero
investment cost
Stepwise
investment costs
with short
paybackt

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OPTICLIM IN REAL
and now, let’s head towards the
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Cloud

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Potential energy savings with OPTICLIM
The example of pharma industry
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NRJCut
HVAC optimization An industry ready solution
● HVAC amounts to about 70% of energy costs
● Energy costs, for sake of emerging global warming threat increased by
oils depletion
● Carbon tax will follow
● Most HVAC equipment presents a 2 digits potential savings, up to 50 %
sometimes
● Most savings measures strengthen current quality standard

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OPTICLIM: Long term perspective
A brilliant future ?
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Air
conditioning
installations
increases…
As global
warming
speeds up...
OPTICLIM
one of the most efficient
tools to break this vicious
circle.

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