French construction company NGE has become the first construction group to measure the CO2 emissions of its plant and machinery fleet using a digital tool from Hiboo
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| NGE is using Hiboo’s tool to collect and analyse data from its entire fleet around the world |
This is the first time that any major construction company will have tested this tool developed out of the Hiboo single, multi-manufacturer, seamless data platform. It will enable NGE to collect data transmitted by its 2,600 items of plant and machinery worldwide.
Hiboo is a French specialist in equipment-generated data processing and will provide NGE with data covering the full range of key operating indicators (usage, engine idling rate, fuel used, faults, etc.) required to optimise productivity worksite-by-worksite and region-by-region.
This initiative sees NGE expand from collecting and measuring data on engine idling hours using the Hiboo platform. NGE is also working with machinery rental companies BM Rent and ENCO to access data generated by plant and machinery rented to NGE.
From now on, Hiboo will be able to measure the actual CO2 emissions of its production plant and machinery fleet in real time on the basis of parameters including equipment category, geographic area and/or worksite, instead of conducting retrospective assessments based on fuel costs. The ultimate aim for NGE is to pinpoint its most emissive production worksites so that it can prioritise them as the focus for its initiatives.
The experience gained will then be used to generate feedback and share good practices. The new system will also enable fuel savings to be measured for each piece of plant and machinery, as well as assessing the progress made by drivers and operators as a result of eco-driving training provided by the company.
As part of continuing to drive innovation in CO2 emissions reduction, NGE also intends to fit some of the tyres used on its plant and machinery with telemetry systems developed by GCS, which specialises in tyres for civil engineering applications.
“You can’t improve something until you measure it,” NGE chief plant and machinery officer Thierry Robert says.
“So, we’ve been committed for several years now to a very realistic and real-world approach to this issue. The ability to measure the actual CO2 emissions for all the plant and machinery we operate is a major step forward, because it gives us the opportunity to work on real-life scenarios that will eventually benefit all our worksites.
“It also aligns our actions directly with the expectations of our customers, who want to see concrete evidence of our environmental footprint reductions. This partnership with Hiboo is an integral part of the NGE strategy to reduce GHG emissions by four per cent year-on-year.”