Optimising cooling and ventilation motors: CERN as a sustainability blueprint
Date and time
Tuesday, 14 October 2025 16:15 - 17:15
Through a strategic research partnership between CERN and ABB focused on CERN’s cooling and ventilation systems, energy efficiency audits have helped identify a potential 17.4% energy saving across 800 motors.
CERN’s large-scale cooling and ventilation systems offer significant opportunities for energy savings, but their scale and complexity make identifying and realising these savings challenging.
In this presentation, Ankush Gulati, Global Program Lead (Energy Efficiency), Motion Services at ABB, will share insights from an R&D collaboration between CERN and ABB that identified a 17.4% energy-saving potential across 800 of the Laboratory’s cooling and ventilation motors, enough to power more than 18,000 European households.
Location
Hybrid meeting — Zoom link will be sent out. If you are at CERN, you can join on site at 40/S2-C01 - 503/1-001 Council Chamber.
Organiser
CERN Innovation Partnerships, register today.
ABB and CERN
Through a strategic research partnership focused on CERN’s cooling and ventilation systems, energy efficiency audits have helped identify a potential 17.4% energy saving across 800 motors. Read more about how ABB and CERN identified this 17.4% energy-saving opportunity in the Laboratory’s cooling and ventilation motors.
Big Science Sweden, Knowledge Transfer Office
Big Science Sweden – connecting Swedish industry and academia with international research facilities – highlights this as a strong example of how Swedish technology and expertise can both contribute to and benefit from Big Science collaborations.
