EnergyDigital Magazine December 2023 | Page 95

DANFOSS DRIVES
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NOW the Danfoss circularity framework ( Rethink Reduce Recirculate ) as an integral part of its new product development . By 2030 , Danfoss ’ ambition is to apply it to all product development .
According to Kim Fausing , Danfoss President and CEO of Danfoss Group , “ A third of the reduction needed in energy-related CO2 emissions this decade according to the IEA Net Zero by 2050 scenario must come from improvements in energy efficiency . The good news is that the solutions are there to improve energy efficiency in all sectors . We don ’ t need to wait . We need action because the greenest energy is the energy we don ’ t use .”
It is not about how much new green energy can be produced , but how the company can use the energy it has in a much more efficient way . Danfoss Drives is a part of one very public reference , which is its Project Zero – a public-private partnership in the south of Denmark .
“ Since 2007 , Project Zero has been able to cut 50 % of emissions in the city of Sonderborg . That ’ s a reduction from 700 tonnes to 339 tonnes of CO2 , from 2007 to 2020 .”
Software engineering in the age of digitalisation , cybersecurity and IoT Software engineering is not what it used to be . Digitalisation comes with industrial internet connectivity , cybersecurity and data privacy , which is also an important topic in the business environment . Kuivalainen is tasked with working out how to improve and manage this in a sustainable way .
“ We have applied DevOps to the embedded systems . The IT industry has
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