Energy Management Systems

Saving energy and reducing your energy bill can start with installing a few simple, inexpensive green energy products. Or, you can take a full energy management system approach. In either case, most energy management products and systems will provide an exceptional return on your investment.

Energy Saving Products

In homes, smaller commercial buildings and in commercial rental situations, taking a simple, inexpensive approach saving energy is often a good way to go. A few occupancy sensors and programmable thermostats can turn lights off and adjust heating and air conditioning when no one is around.

Occupancy Sensors

Installing a few occupancy sensors can eliminate up to one-half of your lighting bill. Doing some quick math, lighting often accounts for about one-third of a commercial energy bill. If lighting sensors eliminate half of that one-third of your bill, then a few sensors could reduce your total energy bill by 15% or more.

Occupancy sensors are inexpensive and often pay for themselves (through energy savings) in less than one year.

HVAC Controls

Intelligent thermostat Heating and air conditioning often produce up to 40% of home energy bills and up to 50% in commercial buildings. Simple, inexpensive "intelligent" thermostats can increase or decrease temperatures based on preset factors (such as operating hours). They can also adjust for unanticipated situations by work in concert with occupancy sensors.

Programmable thermostats can often be direct replacements for older not-so-intelligent thermostats. They are inexpensive and may pay for themselves in one year, or less.

Energy Saving Systems

A whole building Energy Management System (EMS) can reduce your energy bill by monitoring and managing every watt of energy that your building uses.

Live Time Energy Cost Management

By using an energy management system creatively, you can balance saving energy and reducing your energy bill with maintaining a high level of comfort and safety. An energy management system will control HVAC, lighting, appliances and office equipment and possibly other energy-related functions (such as fire and smoke detection and building security).

You can manage your energy management system either on-site or remotely. You can also utilize your energy management system to implement a “peak shaving” strategy (to reduce spikes in your energy bill caused by peak demand periods).

With installed costs starting at $10,000, or less, whole building energy management systems often pay for themselves in two years or less.