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Energy efficiency

Every rail organisation has to manage a wide range of costs including those relating to energy use. Lloyd's Register provides advice on more efficient energy use starting with strategy formulation and carrying on right through into routine operations.

How we can help

• We deliver support regarding economic and reliable energy consumption.

• We advise on driver behaviour giving practical advice based on a range of technical measurements and analyses.

• Our detailed understanding of transportation systems enables us to provide an innovative range of solutions for all relevant areas of the business.

What are the benefits?

• Energy and cost reduction while maintaining adequate levels of comfort for passengers and train staff.

• Our Energy Meter can give drivers real-time feedback regarding the energy impact of driving styles showing clearly how energy consumption compares to benchmark targets.

• Our Economy Meter can give the driver live information about where to stop traction and coast to the next stop.

• Use of our Economy and Energy Meter tools has been shown to deliver a 10-15% energy reduction with very low operational costs.

Recent projects

• Using our models of the energy consumption of trains, we forecasted the electrical energy consumption of rolling stock for NS Dutch Railways and Railion Nederland. This gave a better understanding of the effectiveness of energy efficiency measures and was an accepted method for allocating energy costs to the operator.

• We assisted NS Reizigers to achieve the objectives of its energy covenant with the state. The results were so good that it was agreed that the energy saving target should be increased to 20% of the total original consumption. Our technical contribution played a substantial role in NS Reizigers becoming a European leader in energy savings. Our clients in this area now include ProRail and NS maintenance subsidiary, NedTrain.