The value of understanding energy control reports.The only reason for having an energy control system in your building is to increase efficiency and cut costs. But if your system's daily print-outs are long, confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. lists of numbers, letters, and abbreviations that have to be sorted and analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. , chances are not you're not saving anything. Because few managers and owners have the time or patience to wade through such material, your leaks will persist, your energy inefficiency will continue, and-the money you spent on the system will go to waste. Luckily, there are options. Consider the case of Rubin Pikus, president of Millbrook Properties, who recently purchased U.S. Energy Controls' Energy Monitor 2000 for one of his buildings. He liked the way the system performed, how it saved fuel, prevented water waste, and alerted him to the early warning signs of boiler/burner trouble. But the main reason he bought the same model for his other buildings was that the daily print-outs of energy and water usage were easy to understand. All of a sudden, he was seeing savings. When reports are simple to read, there's a lot you will be able to catch. The Energy Monitor 2000 minds such items as your heating plant -- helping to reduce fuel costs, electricity usage, and pollution -- and water consumption, helping to reduce your costs and protect this natural resource. With water, for instance, the Energy Monitor helps you quickly detect leaks -- saving you money in metered water and fuel used to heat the water. The print-outs are easy to understand because each day's activity is summarized on one line with plain English Plain English (sometimes known, more broadly, as plain language) is a communication style that focuses on considering the audience's needs when writing. It recommends avoiding unnecessary words and avoiding jargon, technical terms, and long and ambiguous sentences. headings. If you have several buildings, they can be listed in order of efficiency, so that you can compare the worst buildings at the bottom with the best at the top, and detect any waste, leaks, and inefficiency. The information contained on each line includes: *Stack temperature. A very high stack temperature means that heat is escaping out the chimney Chimney A vertical hollow structure of masonry, steel, or reinforced concrete, built to convey gaseous products of combustion from a building or process facility. rather than being used to make steam. With our report, you can instantly compare the stack temperatures at all of your buildings and uncover inefficiencies. *Fuel consumption. Based on the size of the boiler boiler, device for generating steam. It consists of two principal parts: the furnace, which provides heat, usually by burning a fuel, and the boiler proper, a device in which the heat changes water into steam. , you can compare the amount of fuel being drawn from the storage tanks at each of your buildings. *Longest time to make steam pressure. This is the point during the period when it took the longest to convert the boiler's water into steam. If the time is too long, it may mean your burner's nozzle An orifice in an inkjet print head through which ink is sprayed onto the paper. Print heads with six thousand or more nozzles are common in today's printers. Nozzle is clogged, the flame is too small, or other trouble. *Water consumption. To keep track of water usage for the entire building, water meters can be installed for the boiler makeup makeup In the performing arts, material used by actors for cosmetic purposes and to help create the characters they play. Not needed in Greek and Roman theatre because of the use of masks, makeup was used in the religious plays of medieval Europe, in which the angels' faces water, hot water output, and water-main. One method for detecting leaks, for instance, is to look at the amount of water your building is using at specific times of the day, a function that the Energy Monitor 2000 performs. If a lot of water is being used at 3 a.m., when most residents are asleep, you can be sure there is a break in the system. Saving energy takes effort. It requires vigilance VIGILANCE. Proper attention in proper time. 2. The law requires a man who has a claim to enforce it in proper time, while the adverse party has it in his power to defend himself; and if by his neglect to do so, he cannot afterwards establish such claim, the , persistence (1) In a CRT, the time a phosphor dot remains illuminated after being energized. Long-persistence phosphors reduce flicker, but generate ghost-like images that linger on screen for a fraction of a second. , and patience. |
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