ENERGY

MANAGEMENT
Energy Management is a contemporary problem requiring our immediate attention.
What is energy management? Simply stated, energy management is a systematic approach to achieve more efficient and effective energy utilization in your daily business operations. Energy management involves more than just turning off unnecessary lighting, raising the thermostat setting on the air conditioner or reducing the hot water temperature. Energy management includes an analysis of past consumption trends, identification of high energy use areas and implementation of procedures to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
Plan to manage your energy use, just as you manage labor, inventory, accounts receivable and other aspects of your business. A formal plan will make it easier to set conservation goals and target the most cost effective energy conservation measures. In addition, an energy management plan can:
- provide a direct dollar return to the business -- money not spent on energy costs never leaves your business
- be cost effective--many energy conservation measures have short payback periods
- improve the financial future of your business by cushioning it from future energy price increases
- be a low risk/high return investment
- give you a competitive advantage over businesses which do not carefully manage energy use.
The first important step in any EMP is to set up a recordkeeping system to determine how, where and when energy is consumed. Whether you have one building or many, you need to know the energy use pattern of each building. The person most familiar with the building in question should be the one to provide the necessary information. This information should include at least the following items for each building, work area or department:
- hours of occupancy and number of people occupying the space at different times of the day
- hours during which heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment operates
- cleaning hours
- thermostat setting
- any remarks or notes pertaining to extraordinary conditions.
Once this information is compiled, it will allow you to see where your operations might be changed to save energy and money. For instance, you should look at whether or not it would be feasible to have custodial services performed during normal working hours rather than after business hours. Or, could some activities be combined or rescheduled to cut back on the hours of HVAC use.The important thing to remember is the more detail that is provided the better able you will be to identify potential areas for energy savings.
Energy Management Center (EMC) turns your on-site generation and/or load-shedding capabilities into Earning Power through a variety of incentive-based programs designed to meet your individual business needs. Potential EMC program benefits include:
- Financial Compensation
- Capacity Payments
- Energy Payments
- Market Based Opportunities
- Web-based management tools accessible worldwide
- Real time load data
- Tracking energy information
- Comprehensive understanding of your company's energy profile
Our team has specific hands-on and practical expertise in all aspects of energy management. We complement our energy management services with access to Origin Energy's un-matched expertise in on-site power generation and delivered energy arrangements. Our range of energy management products are designed to deliver the energy needs of our business customers through: examining how energy is used; evaluating the most appropriate energy sources; and determining how greater efficiencies can deliver savings.
- Services
- Investment grade energy surveys
- Energy monitoring
- Power factor correction
- Supply reliability
- Tariff reviews
- Demand management project design and implementation
- Training in energy & greenhouse issues
- Greenhouse gas mitigation studies & implementation
- Facilitation of energy opportunities
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