Momentum for Change — Taking Climate Action

As an inno­va­tion-driven company we at FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS con­stantly strive to reduce emis­sions and energy con­sump­tion. We support our cus­tomers in finding truly opti­mized shapes with CAESES that notably con­tribute to the yearly reduc­tion of CO₂-emis­sions.

With com­pu­ta­tional power ever increas­ing, the accurate per­for­mance pre­dic­tion of virtual pro­to­types is at the tip of our fingers today. We can set out com­put­ers to auto­mat­i­cally explore large design spaces in
order to assess hundreds if not thou­sands of design can­di­dates led by opti­miza­tion algo­rithms on their search for the best solution.

At FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS we have devel­oped, per­fected and taught this concept called Sim­u­la­tion-driven Design (SDD) for about twenty years. Our software product CAESES enables engi­neers from all fields of appli­ca­tions to find those truly opti­mized shapes that yield

• superior per­for­mance,
• maximum effi­ciency,
• and extended product life,

thus con­tribut­ing to more sus­tain­abil­ity.

It is not only through CAESES itself but also through our research, sci­en­tific con­tri­bu­tion and teaching that our cus­tomers reach a level unprecedented.

Total savings of CO₂-emis­sions by the use of CAESES

We have taken a look at the question how much CO₂-emis­sions are saved from sim­u­la­tion-driven design with CAESES every year. 

Each ton of CO₂ that is not emitted helps to reduce mankind’s envi­ron­men­tal foot­print. And we are more than happy to be part of the effort of making our world greener. There­fore, we have decided to par­tic­i­pate in the Momentum for Change 2020 ini­tia­tive to get the chance to win the UN Global Climate Action Award in the Climate Neutral Now focus area. 

In 2020 10% or all larger vessels have already been opti­mized with CAESES.

Our CAESES users manage to reduce CO₂-emis­sions by much more than 1 000 000 tons annually. 

Keeping this pace, by2050 total savings in CO₂-emis­sions are esti­mated at over 100 million tons only con­sid­er­ing our work in the maritime industry alone.

Just imagine we gain even more momentum.

Our growing exper­tise and passion to find truly opti­mized shapes not only in the maritime industry but also con­sid­er­ing tur­bo­ma­chin­ery, auto­mo­tive or the aero­space industry, will result in an even bigger number of annual CO₂ savings.

The users of our software optimize fans, tur­bocharg­ers, wings, sails, pro­pellers and many more products, but above all: ships.

Truly Opti­mized Shapes — Climate Neutral Now 

The Climate Neutral Now focus area is an ini­tia­tive of the United Nations Frame­work Con­ven­tion of Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Truly opti­miz­ing the shape of ships with the use of CAESES helps approach­ing the goal of climate neu­tral­ity since:

• 90% of con­sum­able goods are shipped.
• Today’s global shipping industry is respon­si­ble for the annual emission of more than 1.12 gigatons of CO_2.
• A typical con­tainer ship consumes about 150 tons of fuel per day. The annual emis­sions sum up to 100 000 tons of CO_2.

FRIEND­SHIP SYSTEMS entire CO₂ emis­sions are less than 0.005 % of what the achieved annual savings in global shipping alone com­pen­sate for. Con­ser­v­a­tively, any single con­tainer ship opti­mized with our software com­pen­sates our annual CO₂ emis­sions of 45.15 t every 3 days of oper­a­tion. With 10% of the global feet of larger vessels being already opti­mized with CAESES these savings sum up to a con­sid­er­able amount.