5 Steps for Effective Energy Management
With the new year looming is it time to improve your energy management? Typically energy management involves the following steps: 1) Metering energy consumption & collecting the data Effective metering is fundamental to energy management with meter data proving invaluable for identifying energy-saving opportunities. The more data you can get and the more detailed it is, the better! 2) Finding opportunities to save energy Detailed interval energy consumption data makes it possible to see patterns of energy waste. By analysing your meter data you can find and quantify routine energy waste. 3) Taking action to target the opportunities to save energy Having analysed the meter data you should have identified some areas that could be improved. Routine waste such as water use in production could be tackled by installing new equipment, a batch controller perhaps. 4) Tracking your progress By analysing your meter data since you made changes allows you to see how well your energy-...