More and more building managers are seeing the need to make their buildings greener. There is a worry that the power quality will be decreased as this change is made though. To make a building greener without forfeiting the power quality, there are a variety of key building metrics that need to be tracked. Even though this has proved to be challenging, the payoff comes from a higher sustainability and lower expenses. Not to mention, the fact that this will extend the life of your electrical equipment. Advanced Electric Solutions Corp is here to talk about how the right building management system (BMS) can help building managers make their buildings greener and have improved power quality.
Importance of Building Management System Components
A BMS will handle all the function of your HVAC system which includes heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems. These systems are the highest energy consumers in a building, hands down. If your BMS can make these systems more efficient, you could end up saving a great deal of money in energy costs. The right BMS can adjust the temperature of a room based off of factors like occupancy and usage patterns. Small adjustments like this can end up saving as much as 30% on energy usage.
Power Monitoring Reduces Expenses
With the combination of electrical system monitoring and BMS, you can achieve your sustainability and financial goals. Not every BMS can work with power monitoring, but there is a new trend in building management systems where there is an ability to monitor electrical power and all of your systems in an easily understood interface. This won’t just improve the comfort of the occupants of the building, but it will also help to decrease electrical disturbances that will ultimately kill your equipment. When you have power monitoring, you will have the information needed to diagnose these problems and save you money as you avoid them all together.
Going Green Doesn’t Mean You Sacrifice Power Quality
Many will argue that when you incorporate renewables, you are going to be sacrificing power quality because the renewable supplies are so variable. Some of the common problems that are caused include voltage disturbance, faults and harmonics. However, when you know have the information needed from power monitoring, you know where the problem lies and have the ability to fix it. You can also reduce power consumption in non-critical equipment and systems. Simply turning off equipment at night or other small adjustments could payoff in the end.
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If you are interested in going green while avoiding lower power quality, you can rely on the expertise of Advanced Electric Solutions Corp to combine our power monitoring ability with our superior building management systems to help you in this transition. This combination will make it easier that is has been in the past to go green. Call us today!
