CONFERENCE

The inaugural 2025 Industrial Sustainability Best Practices Conference in Barcelona, Spain, will convene to share high-impact carbon reduction and water conservation projects available in industrial on-site utilities. Representing 10-40% of total industrial energy consumption, on-site utilities (compressed air, nitrogen generation, blowers, vacuum and HVAC/process cooling) are where industrial-size energy and water conservation project opportunities exist. Manufacturing process safety and quality will also be discussed as it relates to sizing, maintenance and measurement fundamentals.

Sustainability: Learn to dramatically reduce energy and water consumption in plants through System Assessments.
High-Quality and Safety: Protect food products or high-tech equipment from contamination. Learn how to set a specification and verify compliance.
Reliability: Maximize Up-time through proper sizing, system design and monitoring instrumentation.

Energy & Water Efficiency

Vigorous NET ZERO and Energy/Water Conservation goals will focus on compressed air, vacuum and HVAC/Process cooling systems as they can represent 10-40% of the total energy consumption in a plant. Receive industrial-sized, energy/water-saving project ideas and hear success stories of projects delivering up to 50% of annual carbon reduction goals.

Sizing calculation fundamentals for air compressor/chiller/cooling tower efficiency
How to identify and track key system efficiency metrics
System supply strategies for efficiency and turn-down capability
Demand reduction strategies: lowering pressure and temperature specifications
Leak detection and repair
Air-cooled vs. water-cooled calculations including water treatment
Retrofitting dry and adiabatic chillers
Reducing make-up water use in cooling towers
Vacuum pump projects

Process Safety & Quality: Sizing, Maintenance & Measurement

How does your SQF/BRC/ISO Quality Management system verify the purity and quality of the compressed air, vacuum, and cooling system, which enters into contact with manufactured products? Quality & Product Safety staff will learn to write specifications, and work with plant maintenance and engineering to verify compliance.

Where does contact with our process/product occur? Direct or Indirect?
Potential microbiological contamination of food and pharma products
Potential production downtime and product spoilage
Using ISO 8573.1 to write a compressed air quality specification
Sizing calculation check-list for compressed air purification equipment
Maintenance procedures and measurement instruments required for specification compliance
Compressed air condensate drain best practices

Conference Agenda & Speakers.

Conference Delegates registration includes:

12 hours conference sessions on June 17 and 18.
Lunch/Appetizers/Beverages at Networking Exhibits
Keynote speakers from leading European companies

The conference will feature live English ↔︎ Spanish translation subtitles. You will be able to translate the presentations on your own computer to the language of your choice. This is how it works.

Compressed Air Challenge Level 1

Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems

This is an 8-hour introductory course on Tuesday June 17, designed to teach facility engineers, operators and maintenance staff how to achieve 15-25% cost savings through more effective production and use of compressed air. Participants will learn how to:

Calculate the energy cost of compressed air in their facility;
Improve compressed air system efficiency and reliability;
Identify inappropriate uses of compressed air;
Establish a baseline by which they can measure improvements in compressed air performance and efficiency;
Find and fix leaks;
Match system supply to actual production requirements for pressure and flow;
Establish a leak prevention program, and
Better control compressed air to improve productivity and profitability.
Receive the Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems Workbook (english)

60 seats available. Attendees who complete the course will receive a Certificate of Completion.