Hunting for power savings

Mega-supplier Robert Bosch is on the prowl to save money by monitoring and reducing energy waste at its plants, such as its operation in Eisenach, Germany, here, where a connected energy management system allows technicians to collect energy-use data from devices around the facility to make adjustments wherever possible. The company's factory in Changsha, China, recently deployed an "AI-controlled energy management system" that helped reduce energy consumption by 18 percent.