Steen Schelle Jensen joined Kamstrup back in 2002 and is the Head of Product Management for Heat/Cooling Solutions. His department is responsible for Kamstrup’s digital solutions within district energy consisting of analytics, meter data management and communication infrastructure products for heating and cooling.
Within this role, Steen is focused on understanding the customer’s business and daily challenges. With a solution driven mindset and ideation skills, Steen has been a driving force in the development and advancement of smart metering and analytics solutions which have given rise to an unprecedented period of growth in Kamstrup’s history. He has played a key role in creating solutions which turn the screeds of data that smart meters produce into workable information and knowledge that utilities can use to add value to their daily business.
I have a passion for district energy as being a key enabler for decarbonising heating and cooling of buildings. An area that counts for 50% of our total energy consumption. I’m driven by unlocking the enormous potential of using smart meter data and analytics to improve the way we plan, operate and maintain district energy systems.
Through my involvement in collaborations with customers, industry players, DH organisations, researchers and policymakers, I am excited to be contributing to reaching a more energy efficient energy supply and realising the truly intelligent and integrated energy system of the future.
As Head of Product Management at Kamstrup, my focus is on developing solutions that enable district energy providers to optimise their business and day-to-day operations by unfolding the full value of their meter data. I’m inspired by helping our customers on the journey towards a digital heat supply where decisions are based on facts rather than theory.
Abstract:
District heating holds a big potential to integrate renewable and sustainable energy sources into our energy systems. The digitalisation of district heating is about connecting the need for improved efficiency and lower temperatures in the distribution network with the opportunities made available by recent technological developments. This is a prerequisite for utilities to integrate these energy sources and to remain competitive and be able to further develop their business in the energy landscape of the future.
Frequent data from intelligent meters and sensors form the very foundation for the digital utility while automated meter reading systems and advanced analytics enable detailed monitoring, analysis and planning. But digitalisation is about much more than connecting a number of devices to the Internet – because data in itself is old news. Actual value only comes when digitalisation produces concrete changes in the utilities’ daily operations that make their investment worth not just their money but also their time.
Smart metering provides the necessary transparency in a system that is only becoming increasingly complex, and opportunities for optimisation are significant on all levels from production to end users. At the Sustainable District Energy Conference 2019, we wish to show examples and results of the collaborations and co-creation we have done with district heating utilities across Europe to quantify the potential and qualify the business case in digitalised district heating. This includes specific cases based on our analytics platform, Heat Intelligence