1. Solutions
Four practical steps for reducing
overall energy costs
Individuals and companies realise that energy
consumption ‘rules’ have changed
Individuals, corporations, and governments drives in motors, pumps, or cooling
across the globe waste billions of dollars in devices or the installation of high-
energy each year. This is due to traditional efficiency UPS can have an immediate
energy consuming habits that were formed impact on your electrical bill.
when energy was plentiful and inexpensive. 3. utomate – this eliminates reliance on
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These habits must be modified for two unpredictable human behaviour and
critical reasons: the steep cost of energy allows for the fine tuning of lighting ‘Energy
negatively impacts profits and personal and HVAC systems so that the facility management is
wealth, and greenhouse gas emissions or home can respond in an energy not a one-shot
contribute to the deterioration of the overall efficient manner to dynamic
quality of life on the planet. environmental conditions. operation, but a
4. onitor – easy-to-use software identifies
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Schneider Electric™ has spent years developing energy waste trends and areas of of improvement’.
solutions that address this energy efficiency concern so that management can quickly
challenge and has established a tested respond before money is wasted. Energy
energy management methodology. Energy management is not a one-shot operation,
management has evolved from the simple but a continuous loop of improvement.
isolated actions of individuals (such as people
Our approach to active energy efficiency
in their homes or businesses who change
their light bulbs from incandescent to CFL,
but who still continue to leave the light on 1 Measure Energy audit
and metering
when no one is in the room), to an integrated
life cycle characterised by management of
multiple energy delivery and support systems.
How to accrue some quick energy wins
The Schneider Electric methodology to
energy management involves the following Passive Energy Efficiency Active Energy Efficiency
four steps:
1. easure consumption – energy audits
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Optimise through Monitor,
and the installation of reliable power 2 Fix the basics 3 automation and 4 maintain,
regulation improve
quality meters establish the benchmark
Lower consumption Building management, Metering, monitoring,
or starting point from which you can devices, insulation material, power management, motor and consulting services,
power factor correction control, lighting control EE analysis software
build an energy management plan.
2. Fix the basics – low-cost easy fixes,
such as the installation of variable speed Passive +
Passive Active EE solutions Sustained Energy Savings =
Active EE Solutions Sustained Energy Savings
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