What to consider when integrating energy into Facilities Management

Dean Noden, UK Sales Manager

eSight Energy Ltd

• Up to 50% of a Facilities Management budget is spent on energy

• Public awareness of energy management is at an all time high, and at the top of company

agendas

• New legislation such as ESOS, and standards including ISO 50001, are forcing the issue

• Pressure on FM professionals to improve building and asset performance

Why is energy important in Facilities Management?

• Open new investment opportunities within your organisation

• Increase in employment and/or consultancy with demand for energy services

• Achieve significant savings for clients, or for your organisation

Energy Opportunities

• Collection of data from

existing systems

• Introduce data

collection methods

where not in place

• Utility, production,

temperature, weather,

CO2 data etc.

How can energy be introduced into Facilities Management?

Collection of

energy related data

Visualisation of

data

Energy related

services

• Energy Management

Software

• Analytics, reports,

dashboards, bill

verification,

benchmarking

• Consulting

• Bureau service

• Compliance

What to consider when choosing an

Energy Management software?

Compatibility with existing systems

Cloud or on-site

hosting?

Data Security

Compatible with IT

infrastructure?Data collection

from existing

systems and

hardware?

SCADA

Utility/Suppliers

BMS Production

data

Metering/

Logging

Spreadsheets Sub Metering SQL Database

Futureproofing

Is it scalable &

modular?

Can you add users

and functionality?

Can it grow with

your business?

Accessibility

Access from

anywhere across

the world?

Access “on-the-go”?

Avoids local install

issues

Multi-site, Multi-national

Access from anywhere across

the world.Multi-lingual

Multi-currencyAble to handle

local energy data, tariffs etc.

Global weather data

User Access Levels

Do all users

need full

access?

Administrative &

Management Staff

Technical Energy

Managers &

Engineers

How many

people need

access at any

given time?

Training

Provide reports

to non-users?

Reporting, legislation

Monitor user-defined

consumption of any

sustainability factor

Produce reports,

budgets & targets

for annual CSR

policy review

Evidence for

standards &

legislation including

ESOS, ISO 50001

What functionality is needed?

Energy Analysis

Utility Contracts

Reporting

Benchmarking

Alarms

Bill VerificationTenant Billing

Calculated Meters

Data Exchange

Dashboards

Using Energy Management Software to

make savings

• Install meters to pinpoint

areas of energy consumption

and identify high areas of

usage utilising aM&T

software.

• Use this information to target

areas to undertake efficiency

programs, make investments

and accurately forecast ROI.

- Over 200 meters in the multi-unit

site

- Identified 73% of usage comes

from AC/Lighting

- Built an efficiency program

Resulting Savings

15% Electric

6% Gas

13% Water

Identify key consumption areas

• Look for savings by monitoring energy usage

during “out-of-office” periods or when the

building should be closed

• Identifying high readings or anomalies in this

usage allows you to easily and quickly spot

any energy waste

Client: Neath Port Talbot College

- Look at water consumption v. building

occupancy

- Through base load analysis, identified

water consumption was abnormally high

- Detected a water leak!

Resulting Savings

£27K per year

Use Baseload Analysis to detect underlying issues

• Use benchmarking to compare the

performance of a building against itself,

other buildings within the organisation

or external models and targets

• Use year on year comparisons to track

performance and monitor trends

Client: Metropolitan Hospital, Greece

- Benchmark building performance

- Alarms to identify peak demand

- Energy consumption v. external factors (i.e.

temperature)

Resulting Savings

30% In night-time

energy costs!

Benchmark Building Performance

• Generate alarms to automatically notify when

energy usage data is inaccurate, steps outside

of tolerance levels or deviates from a target

• React quickly to a problem to limit any

negative effects

- Analyse the amount of hot water

recovered per brew

- Hourly-updating dashboards to monitor

plant during operation, shutdown, and

maintenance

- Alarms to notify on anomalies before

causing a major impact on utility costs

Resulting Savings

10% Overall usage

10% Water

16% Effluent Cost

Set alarms against energy consumption limits

• Analyse the efficiency of your energy

consumption against performance indicators

such as production, temperature or degree

days

• Set targets for reduction, monitor on-going

deviation from targets and analyse total

savings to date since project inception

Client: The American Society of Haematology

- Installed a smart building infrastructure for real-

time data

- In-depth analysis; regression of building energy v.

temperature, daily comparison of electricity use,

etc.

Resulting Savings

9% Electric

13% Water

40% Carbon Footprint

Monitor the performance of your energy use

• Instant access to energy data

• Configure your display to include:

Graphs, gauges, alarms, data

imports, web links, analysis

templates and more!

Facilities Dashboards

When integrating energy into

Facilities Management, consider:

• Accessibility

• Global compatibility

• Scalability

• Flexibility

• The Future

Top tips to make energy savings:

• Identify key consumption

• Use baseload analysis to detect

issues

• Benchmark building performance

• Set alarms against consumption

limits

• Monitor the performance of your

energy use

Summary

eSight’s robustness and ease of deployment make it an essential tool for Facilities

Managers with an Energy Focus to manage their estates.”

Darren Davies - Energy Intelligence Lead, COFELY - IES Energy Intelligence

Thank you