Energy Monitoring is an Essential Step toward Energy Efficiency
From: Denis Du Bois
Series: Energy Minute
Length: 01:28
You can't manage what you can't measure. Monitoring is an essential component of managing energy use.
Also see our "Continuous Commissioning" piece that builds on this topic and talks about constantly monitoring energy use.
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You can't manage what you can't measure. Monitoring is an essential component of managing energy use.
Also see our "Continuous Commissioning" piece that builds on this topic and talks about constantly monitoring energy use.
Transcript
Anncr:
It's the Energy Minute, a sound bite to help you be a more informed energy user.
Denis:
You can't manage what you can't measure. That's why a lot of businesses have for years just accepted energy costs as virtually uncontrollable.
Energy monitoring is a process that starts by gathering data from energy meters -- the same ones the energy utility uses to bill their customers, plus submeters on large loads like heating, air conditioning, lighting and machinery.
You can't manage what you can't measure. That's why a lot of businesses have for years just accepted energy costs as virtually uncontrollable.
Energy monitoring is a process that starts by gathering data from energy meters -- the same ones the energy utility uses to bill their customers, plus submeters on large loads like heating, air conditioning, lighting and machinery.
Monitoring is an essential component of managing ene...
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Timing and Cues
00:00 music up
00:10 Anncr: "It's the Energy Minute..."
00:16 "You can't manage what you..."
01:18 SOC: "I'm Denis Du Bois"
01:28 music out
Intro and Outro
INTRO:During the Winter Olympics you'll be able to watch how much energy is being saved in some of the competition venues, through a special web site. The technology that makes this possible is "energy monitoring..."
OUTRO:The web site where you can do your own monitoring of the Olympic venues is VenueEnergyTracker.com.
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