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The path to better energy efficiency

Energy management includes planning and operation of energy-related production and consumption units. The primary goal of an energy management system is to lower a company's energy consumption systematically, holistically and over the long term. Objectives are resource conservation, climate protection and cost savings while ensuring that users have permanent access to the energy they need.

A functional energy management system is a continuous process which – similar to the international standard for quality management – is aimed at maximizing productivity and efficiency. This optimization process encompasses monitoring, reporting, analysis, optimization and modernization. It ensures the required transparency of energy flows and data, promotes the understanding and attention of building users and supports energy efficiency during the entire life cycle of your building, regardless of its usage. At the same time, it protects your investments and assets.

An energy management system is the framework for resource-conserving energy use within an organization. This framework needs to be monitored continuously and evaluated periodically to efficiently adapt an organization's energy use to changing internal and external factors.

Efficient energy management is tied to an organization's ability to …

• recognize potential energy savings by analyzing the current situation,
• define measures to implement the existing energy saving potential, and
• continuously monitor and evaluate the organization's energy consumption.

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Intelligent energy management system: helping to continuously improve energy efficiency

Identify

Suitable hardware and software collects, visualizes and analyzes the energy flows in your systems. This makes energy flows transparent and enables them to be optimized. The collected measurements allow you to identify the largest energy consumers and form the basis for measures in accordance with the energy management optimization process.

Evaluate

Based on the parameters of your systems, Siemens calculates the energy saving potential of the specific application and the cost-effectiveness of feasible measures.

Implement

After defining suitable measures based on a cost-benefit analysis, Siemens will help you implement concrete measures and fully leverage the existing energy saving potential.

Obtain certification for your energy management system

The benefits of systematic energy management include the continuous evaluation of energy flows and consumption values as well as improved energy efficiency based on verifiable key performance indicators. Siemens supports you with energy services which in 2012 received ISO 50001 conformity certification from TÜV Rheinland (Germany).

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Access to a building's energy and operating data is the basis for efficient energy management and indispensable to achieve sustainable building operations. Monitoring is the key tool. Continuous collection of suitable measurements yields consumption data and makes it transparent. This information lays the groundwork for future measures to systematically lower energy consumption and thereby sustainably reduce operating costs.

Efficiency Monitoring combines advanced technology with continuous analysis by Siemens energy and operations experts, ensuring maximum integrity of your data, information and systems.

What Efficiency Monitoring does:

• Create meaningful data about your current energy consumption
• Identify ways to save energy
• Measure the success of your optimization measures

Keep track across the entire lifecycleThe energy experts at the Siemens Advantage Operation Center who monitor and evaluate your building's energy and operating data are the most important assets of the Siemens Efficiency Monitoring Program. They create comprehensive reports, thus identifying ways to improve your energy usage and to achieve additional savings.

Create transparency and security Energy Monitoring in combination with expert services provided through our Advantage Operation Center allow you to benefit from the support of our engineers who, in addition to Efficiency Monitoring, can make direct adjustments to your system if needed. These Siemens experts monitor your building's energy consumption on an ongoing basis and are able to make immediate corrections if deviations from setpoints occur. Since your system is connected to the Siemens Advantage Operation Center, these services can be implemented very efficiently. The Internet-based Energy Monitoring & Controlling Tool from Siemens is used to evaluate and monitor your building.

Make your success visibleThe continuous use of Efficiency Monitoring not only guarantees sustainable efficiency of your building, the information collected can also be used to display your sustainability success on a Green Building Monitor, thus motivating building users to continue to save energy. Studies have shown that energy consumption can be reduced by 10 to 15% if the usage behavior of employees is positively influenced.

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