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By Paul Hull There must be a good reason for changing anything in our business, whether it is private or public, large or small. Advances like computers have succeeded—not because they are cute or clever, but because they have improved our working environment. Not every gadget or gismo created by engineers has been a success, for the same reason. The change must improve our working conditions. In Kansas City, KS, at the Piper Unified School District, the good change is seen in savings of more tha...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, EMS, Energy Management
LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 20 November 2012 - Cloud-based Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) can minimize energy costs, help decrease carbon emissions and allow for the monitoring of consumption patterns of multiple buildings – but don’t expect to see this highly promising industry to hit its stride soon, says the latest report from business intelligence outfit GlobalData. The company’s new BEMS market analysis* states that cloud-based variants have significant prospects for the future, primarily i...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: EMS
By David Engle Clouds, buildings, meters, grids—they’re all smart now, and, suddenly as if on signal, they’re pooling their brainpower to assume control of onsite energy usage on an unprecedented scale. Smart meters and smart grids are well-known; cloud computing complements them in the information technology (IT) space. The newcomer here, as the following report outlines, is the advent of more fully automated, energy-efficient buildings . Clouds, meters, and grids are all collaborating to take building...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Building-envelopes, EMS, Energy Efficiency
By Soma Bhadra There is a growing recognition worldwide of the fact that the water and energy sectors are interlinked. (See References.) In the US, about 4% of power generated is used in water supply and treatment, and electricity represents about 75% of the cost of municipal water processing and distribution. Water and wastewater facilities’ energy consumption is equivalent to 45 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent greenhouse gas emissions. Four billion dollars is spent every year by water ...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Backup, EMS, Energy Efficiency
MILWAUKEE, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - - Eighty-five percent of building owners and operators globally depend on energy management to drive operational efficiency, according to a survey released today by Johnson Controls, global leader in delivering solutions that increase energy efficiency in buildings. This represents a 34-point increase in the last two years. Energy cost savings and financial incentives are leading this shift, but more than half say they are also looking to improve their public imag...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: EMS
By Carol Brzozowski HVAC systems use a lot of energy—by some estimates, anywhere from one-third to one-half of all energy consumed in industrial, commercial, and residential settings. To achieve greater efficiencies and save money while maintaining comfort levels, facilities operators adapt new technologies. These technologies, in some cases, are being financed through utility incentive programs and government grants. The “sheer level of energy consumption” is indeed the greatest challenge involv...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Efficiency, EMS, HVAC
By Ed Ritchie There’s no need to belabor the point that distributed energy offers substantial gains to energy efficiency. But for distributed energy installations, that genset and heat capture hardware is just the beginning of the story, as well as the beginning of a site’s efficiency gains. The ideal onsite power project wrings even higher efficiency from control and monitoring equipment that can improve fuel savings, and optimize demand response performance. The US Army is taking advantage of s...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand Response, Efficiency, EMS
By David Engle By broad consensus as well as by Congressional fiat, America needs to trim down energy consumption on a drastic scale. This is because at our current rate of growth we simply cannot build enough plants to keep up. Also, the cost of building runs as high as 16 times more than the cost of conserving , per unit of energy. Obviously, from the standpoint of good policy, anything we do to shave our usage is time and money well spent. In the US nearly one-fourth of our total electricity consumpt...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Efficiency, EMS, Lighting
By Jeff Meyers and Lance Irwin Managing peak load is one of the most critical drivers in the utility industry today, despite slowed economic activity and correspondingly flatter load growth. But because of additional challenges like the need to cut carbon emissions, the increase in fuel and construction costs and the long lead time for planning and building new power plants, utilities will not, or cannot, rush to add new generation to their portfolio. Instead, many are turning to advanced smart grid tec...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Demand, Efficiency, EMS
DALLAS – May 29, 2012 – Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the release of StruxureWare™ Power Monitoring 7.0 software, an open, scalable software application that tracks real-time power conditions to improve efficiency, availability, and reliability as well as maximize asset performance. Developed from the PowerLogic ION Enterprise and System Manager software, StruxureWare Power Monitoring features an intuitive, web-based interface that allows users to monitor,...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: EMS
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