Optimize business operations and efficiencies by deploying a modern EMS in your facilities
An EMS provides comprehensive insight into energy consumption patterns and identifies improvement opportunities by leveraging state-of-the-art technologies like AI, IoT, and machine learning. Integrating a modern EMS into your facilities, you can not only reduce energy waste and cut costs but also foster a culture of sustainability within your organization.
To understand why and how this is the case, let’s look more closely at some of the many advantages a modern energy management system (EMS) for buildings can deliver. Building owners and facilities managers face several challenges to optimize the performance of their holdings, and an EMS can help successfully address the great majority of them.
- You want to be more energy efficient. An EMS will enable you to optimize energy consumption. This is achieved by monitoring and controlling multiple systems including lighting, HVAC, machinery, and appliances. Instead of wasting energy or using it where and when it’s not needed, the EMS can make sure that all systems are operating at their most efficient levels.
- You want to reduce costs. When you optimize energy usage, the corollary effect is to reduce energy bills, often by significant amounts. The EMS detects wasteful use and abnormal consumption patterns, so you have far more precise control over your energy-consuming devices. As a result, you can fine-tune their performance.
- You want improved performance NOW! With real-time performance monitoring, a modern EMS gives you up-to-the-minute data on energy consumption, equipment performance, and environmental conditions. Having that information means you can make better, more informed decisions, adjust energy usage settings remotely, and address issues that arise far more promptly than before.
- You want to stay ahead of the game: More and more modern EMS systems include predictive analytics functionality. This lets users forecast energy demand and usage patterns ahead of time, thereby optimizing their systems proactively. Managing energy settings in this way reduces energy waste and helps manage usage more efficiently during peak demand periods.
- You want your HVAC to perform optimally: We all know that HVACs account for the largest part of your building's energy consumption. A modern EMS will optimize HVAC systems by measures like adjusting temperature settings, managing ventilation rates, and controlling zoning to suit the local conditions and demands of the building concerned. All of this means not only greater control of energy consumption, but also a more comfortable facility for your tenants.
- You want to deliver what’s needed, when it’s needed: Demand response, supported by your EMS, means your building can temporarily reduce energy consumption during peak demand periods where there may be financial incentives or reduced utility rates if you do so. You’re a winner here, and so is the energy grid. It’s a win/win for both facility manager and sustainability.
- Who needs remote control? You do. With remote access and control via mobile apps or web interfaces, a modern EMS can allow you to monitor and control energy systems from anywhere at any time. If issues arise outside of regular working hours or you’re trying to manage multiple buildings from a central location, this is a difference-maker.
- You want to take the lead in using renewable energy. Your modern EMS should be able to integrate with renewable energy sources (for instance, solar panels and wind turbines). This means new resources can be efficiently utilized from the start and used to offset grid energy consumption and further reduce costs.
- You want to make better decisions. Modern EMS platforms use data to produce detailed reports and insights about your energy consumption trends and potential areas for performance improvement. Data-driven decision-making means you can increase sustainability while achieving better outcomes.
- You want to enhance building efficiency. A modern EMS, via the actions we’ve outlined above, contributes to lower greenhouse gas emissions and a smaller carbon footprint. As sustainability goals and corporate social responsibility initiatives become more important, this lets you put your best foot forward in public.
If you want to optimize your operations and become more energy efficient, deploying a modern energy management system is a critical step. It will deliver multiple benefits: reducing energy costs, improving efficiency, increasing sustainability, and enhancing user comfort.
About NexRev
NexRev’s Freedom EMS/BMS can be a game-changer in driving operational efficiency, promoting sustainability, and improving your bottom line.
At NexRev, we’ve been unlocking the power of facility and energy management data with over a million connected devices across North America. Our team of experts is focused on helping you deliver more with your budgets, infrastructure, and assets to create sustainable savings in operations and energy, reducing your risk and increasing operational confidence.
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