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Thorsten Hamann always has the supply of “his” Bad Pyrmont in view in the control room 4 F rank Jakob and Thorsten Hamann can only be ap- areas are monitored in the control room: gas, water, electricity, and district heating proached if the gentlemen want to be: their empire is separated from the rest of the Bad Pyrmont public util- ities by a security door. For good reason, because the two of 18,000 inhabitants live in the supply area served by the Pyrmont public utilities them work in the public utility company’s Control Engineer- ing department. This is where information on the supply lines for electricity, water, wastewater, and gas all comes together, is checked and repair or service work is initiated if necessary. It’s not exactly an area where visitors should be able to come and go as they please. “That’s precisely a part of the first stage of our security concept.” and more reliably. Not only do we install them, but we also Spa resort with tradition assemble our own control cabinets and program our own con- “In this control room, we monitor the supply for around 18,000 trol systems, which provide remote maintenance on site.” The residents of our metropolitan area,” says Frank Jakob, Head of technician is not only well-versed in the numerous special the Control Engineering department. “In addition to the elec- cases that arise from the mix of topics involving gas, water, tricity, water, and gas networks, we also monitor the supply and electricity. Hamann is also responsible for monitoring of district heating to key accounts. Bad Pyrmont is a spa town surveillance, particularly for IRMA. “As an energy provider, we rich in tradition with numerous public facilities and a wealth are subject to the requirements for what is often called critical of history, including the local state spa with the Steigenberger infrastructure. The lawmakers require us to take particularly Hotel, the concert hall, and the pump room.” strict measures to protect and secure the systems.” “The sensor technology with which we monitor the sup- These measures are continuously monitored by experts ply is almost completely connected by copper cable,” explains who analyze the facilities and their structures in detail during Thorsten Hamann. “Of course, we too are relying more and regular visits to the Bad Pyrmont public utilities. These visits more on the digitalization of our systems in order to act faster are called audits. If a supplier passes this audit, it receives the The Phoenix Contact innovation magazine UPDATE 4/20 15 à