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Description
MND Group sells pharmaceutical and drugstore products in-store and via mail-order. The project consists in the implementation of an innovative medium-scale warehouse system with an original layout of management, lighting and power supply by means of RES micro-installations. As a result, we will obtain a warehouse-logistics infrastructure which will be autonomous in terms of energy efficiency. The system will consist of three smart software integrated areas: 1. IT/hardware - appropriately selected software and hardware to determine the effective and simple path of picking and putting out the goods/warehouse items, 2. EE- energy efficiency and LED lighting, 3. Turbo-RES (PV) - full integration of the planned infrastructure with the energy system powered by RES.
According to these assumptions, the project will involve the installation of a photovoltaic system with a total capacity of 113 kW. It will save energy equivalent to 96.05 tons of CO2 and reduce energy consumption by 0.11 GWh per year.
The project partner is International Development Norway whose role will primarily be to help design the smart lighting system that is part of the EE - energy efficiency and LED lighting module for the project, as well as to integrate the four elements, i.e. the sensor technology, the potential of the Internet of Things, the delivery optimization/completion system and renewable energy sources, into the warehouse solution that is the subject of this project.
Summary of project results
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Summary of bilateral results
Cooperation with the Norwegian Partner i.e.: International Development Norway (further IDN) was exemplary at the every stage of the project implementation.1. Checking of the storage plan: storage plan (shelving units, rows, passages, light, etc.); location and luminaire types;2. Determination of needs and requirements for the storage operations (system requirements, working conditions, optimization);Determination of needs and requirements for the warehouse operations including sensors’ technologies, which would be applied in the new, integrated storage solutions. IDN experts gathered the following information: storage operation (space operations, working hours in the storage space, height on which the operations take place); the new requirements for the LED lighting system; the new requirements for the delivery path / completion systems installed in the storage; working conditions.The results of the above described analysis were the basis for the further decisions and works on the technical details related to the project implementation.3. Checking of the existing solutions and technologies along with their suppliers and the recommendations on possible adaptations of the existing solutions to the project promotor’s needs. The IDN experts reviewed the existing types of sensors and technologies, as well as their suppliers taking into account the requirements of the planned business solution (including integration of the solar energy system). The project promotor received the report, which included: technologies and solutions for sensors suitable for storage needs available on the market; requirements which need to be taken into account while selecting the supplier; steering solutions allowing remote management of the intelligent lighting storage system and their suppliers; software for monitoring planning and controlling of PV microgeneration available on the market.