Knowing the basic facts about energy consumption can help you find ways to save energy and keep your bills more consistent. Most businesses consume more energy than they need. Energy management consists of techniques and systems that can help you reduce both overall energy usage and demand peaks. These practical, proven methods can often be implemented with little or no impact on your business productivity and occupant comfort, while resulting in savings on your gas and electric bills. Energy management can be applied to almost all existing commercial buildings and industrial facilities.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Energy management considers all the ways that facilities use energy, then looks to control why, when and how that energy is used in order to maximize benefit and minimize cost. Energy management methods cover a continuum from simple switches and manual procedures to automated, multifunctional systems. This lets facilities mix and match control strategies and techniques in tailoring energy management programs to their specific needs and budgets. Summary and Conclusions Natural gas and electric power purchasing will change dramatically with deregulation. It will now become a very much more complex and sophisticated marketplace.