All energy data at a glance – for both economic and ecological reasons
Cutting energy consumption is incresingly becoming a necessity for economical and ecological reasons. Progress in energy management is resulting in even stricter standards and regulations.
Some degree of potential for savings can be found in virtually every building. User behaviour plays a major part too; efforts to cut energy consumption will achieve maximum effect only if they are supported by the building’s users. Examples include preventing unnecessary power consumption in relation to room lighting and cooling or heating. If an equipment is left switched on when no longer needed, a building that is basically efficient can soon become an ‘energy guzzler’.
In many cases, actual consumption figures are not recorded in detail, nor are they broken down according to energy sources, sections of a building or even whole buildings. Sauter EMS evaluates the energy and water consumption data exactly as desired and specified by the building operator, for example in the form of weekly, monthly or yearly comparisons. Fluctuations in consumption over the course of the day can also be identified. As soon as a specified limit value is exceeded, the system sends out an alarm via e-mail or SMS. This software enables one single central unit to monitor and evaluate data from several buildings in separate locations. Informative comparisons and realistic benchmark comparisons of energy consumption by various systems are displayed.
It is often necessary to install the right components in order to record energy consumption correctly. In many cases, this is where a start has to be made to create the basis for improved energy management. For example, additional measuring points and new energy meters must often be installed so that it becomes feasible to use Sauter EMS, and to enable precise and continuous measurement of the consumption figures for power, heating, cooling and water.
Sauter EMS is not tied to a Sauter building management system: data from non-Sauter systems can also be displayed and monitored in the same way. This shows once again that effective energy management, as made possible by Sauter EMS, is in the best interests of every building operator.