Unify’s Guide: Conserve More Energy, Save Organisational Expenses
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When was the last time you meticulously planned your utility usage and thought of conserving energy for later? Even if your answer is ‘never’, we certainly don’t blame you. We never planned either until now! With the global economic crisis surfacing, it has compelled us to comprehend the situation and come up with engineered solutions. Especially for organisations, since the new normal calls for a complete opening of facilities.
It’s not unknown that the world hasn’t been successful in developing habits for sustainable living, despite accelerated progress over the years. When it comes to organisations, utilities are being abused with absolutely no contingency plan put into motion. So, before the energy and the resources are entirely consumed, it’s time to take matters into our own hands and conserve more energy while also save up on organisational expenses.
Install Utilities with Motion Sensors
An organisation consists of different employees with different habits. Some may even be habitual to keeping the lights, fans or air conditioners on even when moving out of the rooms for lunch breaks. These things will only add up to your organisational expenses. Thus, in order to avoid such instances without having to take strict actions against your employees, it’s best to act smart and install motion-sensing devices with your electronic items.
Electronic systems with motion sensors can help organisations save up on expenses. On the other hand, the world will also primarily benefit since collective measures will stop the energy resources from depleting. Electronic items like air conditioners, lights, and a few HVAC systems, when connected with motion sensor devices, can effectively bring down your high utility bills. Researchgate has proved that occupancy sensors for control of lighting can help you save up to 30% electrical energy. This means less expense on energy and more on organisational productivity.
Hire Facility Managers to Optimise Your Utilities
Having professional facility management services at your disposal can help you save up more than you can anticipate. But the perks are not limited to only those. An experienced facility manager can even advise you about your energy usage while optimising your electrical pieces of equipment to the fullest. They can scrutinise your energy bills, detect utilities that are resulting in soaring bills and suggest the best maintenance method. We know that’s possible because we at Unify have been doing this for years.We have helped a multitude of facilities to manage their energy expenses and conserve energy at the same time.
Switch on Universal Settings for Your Air Conditioners
Organisations are going to be filled with people again with the new normal. And, since people have varied demands regarding temperatures, HVAC systems will again be at risk of diverse settings over and over. Some might set it to low, while the other will change it to a high temperature. When the settings are set on lower temperatures, it consumes more energy and setting at higher temperatures consumes less power. Often, your utilities aren’t capable of handling such constant adjustments of temperature and can cause an energy breakdown. This can, in turn, cost increased sums on your utility bills. The best solution is to set all your utility appliances in universal settings mode. This way, you are saving energy and also saving additional organisational expenses.
Develop Sustainable Energy Plans Within Your Facilities
You can’t always observe and learn from other organisations; instead, you can be trendsetters and inspire other organisations with your excellent energy plans. Introduce sustainable energy plans within your facilities that can decrease your utility costs. For example, you can hire exceptional facility management services, who can suggest you to run an HVAC diagnostics and draft a cost-effective energy plan for you.
Apart from that, you should also consider PV installations. You can use your extensive parking space or the garden area and make it a storage house for the battery storage unit. This way, your sudden power outages or voluminous consumption won’t compromise your utility’s performance.
Resource sharing must also be normalised. If your organisation is having a conference, you can make sure that not all laptops are plugged in. Make sure to have a wide projection from one laptop. This is one of the classic but most essential methods of planning energy conservation within facilities.
Reduce Consumption of Water
Along with the extensive economic crisis during this pandemic, the water crisis is also one of the major concerns. Water consumption has increased across the globe. So, when resuming your in-office operations, make sure that you modify your utility usage in terms of water consumption too. It’s relatively easy! Install water purifiers or ROs for drinking water that are of high quality. For regular use, motion sensor taps will do the work. This will reduce any leaks leading to less wastage of water and will also conserve energy if they have the appropriate energy-saving rating on it. Hence, save on organisational expenses as well!
All of these are essential measures that must be taken now. With the resuming operations along with the onset of staff arrival, the onus majorly falls on your organisations. However, if managing facility while conserving energy and saving up on organisational expenses seems like a big challenge to you, Unify is here to guide you with the technical aspects of the same. Moreover, we can even provide you with 360° facility management services for your company.