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* “Poor energy efficiency costs business an estimated £2bn
annually”
(Tom Delay, Chief Executive, Carbon Trust)
“implementing straightforward energy-saving measures in the workplace could reduce
energy bills by up to 20%, enhance business’ reputation and drastically cut their
carbon footprint”
*fmx magazine, July 07
t-mac assists with energy management by:
• Logging meter and sub-meter total gas, electricity and oil consumed within the
building.
• Measuring heating/cooling energy supplied to the building
• Monitoring run efficiency of the water heater
• Measuring the run-hours of equipment which operates at a constant load; and measuring
peaks/troughs and maximum demand over a period of time.
Attaching meters and/or transducers to the t-mac device enables collection of energy consumption by equipment, site or multi-site.
The t-mac device is specifically designed for ease of installation, making it a portable device for temporary installations and
energy metering as well as a static device for permanent energy metering, monitoring and also control.
Advanced metering, monitoring and management is key to cutting
emissions
** New research by the Carbon Trust has identified that the use of advanced metering
could save 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year were it to be deployed by
the country’s smaller businesses. This was a strong case for encouraging the widespread
adoption of advanced metering amongst SMEs. The Carbon Trust’s trial saw advanced
meters installed at over 580 sites across the UK. Results showed that by switching
to advanced metering, on average SMEs can identify potential carbon savings of over
12% and achieve savings of over 5%.
**FMJ, June 07
The largest financial benefits were seen by multi-site businesses, such as retail
and wholesale chains and for high energy users, such as small manufacturing companies.
Metering alone cannot reduce carbon emissions and energy cost, business needs to
manage energy usage and waste via control. With control you can manage boilers,
air conditioning and lighting use as well as on/off timers, using only in accordance
with requirements and usage base and on “site conditions”.
Control of lighting for example – lighting accounts for more than half electricity
used in a building; and manual control is the main culprit of this. Control of lighting
through t-mac has a potential to save up to 25% of a building’s electricity bill.
For effective energy management, t-mac enables businesses
to:
1. Comply with Government requirements and legislation to prove that the energy
use falls within acceptable boundaries.
2. Analyse and produce valuable management information relating to equipment conditions,
associated wastages, energy and asset inefficiencies and costs which can then determine
and measure where and how much energy is being used over a specific period and compare
it to annual targets.
3. Identify opportunities to make substantial savings on running costs, for example
by lowering a typical duty 22kW fan from 50 Hz to 40 Hz, a user can save, on average,
up to £8,000 per annum.
4. Undertake energy audits to help identify authentic and often unusual energy saving
opportunities. The Energy Saving Trust highlighted this in its recent study - monitoring
energy consumption has an average payback of less than six months and an average
return on investment of 200%.
5. Generate data for accurate utilities billing, comparison and analysis.
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