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In This Issue
What's Up with Smart Meters?
MY Energy Coach Blog
HVAC 101
Flourescent Magnetic T12 Ballast Phaseout
The Servidyne
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In this newsletter, we are highlighting a series of articles we have just begun to run on our blog around the topic of HVAC. From the standpoint of both energy consumption and occupant comfort, nothing is more important to the operation of a facility than its heating and cooling system. As much as 60% of the energy used by commercial buildings nationwide is involved in heating, ventilation, and cooling (which is actually the removal of heat generated by people, outside air, lights, and other equipment). To optimize your building's performance, you will need an HVAC system that is properly designed, properly commissioned, properly controlled, and properly scheduled. Please read our blog series from Jim Gieselman, Servidyne's Vice President of Engineering, over the coming weeks to learn more about this critical topic. As always, you can contact Jim or any of us directly to learn more about energy optimization of HVAC systems. That's it for this month - stay cool (or warm) - until next month!
Thank you and happy reading.
George Plattenburg
Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Servidyne
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| What's Up with Smart Meters? | | |
Written by Andy Abrams, Servidyne Expert
 Smart Meters are all the rage. Based on what's in the press and certain sales presentations, it would seem that simply installing a meter will reduce energy consumption. While savings won't appear magically the day after the meter data starts to flow, a well designed energy monitoring solution delivers important information needed to optimize the performance of a building.
The Smart Meters that are getting all the press are heralded as enabling two-way, real-time communication between the utility company and the consumer. These meters will allow utility companies to reduce the cost for reading meters and preparing bills. Backers promise that energy consumers will use meter data to control energy consumption, and utilities will encourage them to further savings with time-of-use pricing enabled by the advanced meters. Time will tell how well markets adapt to this concept. There are several pilots underway around the country.
That's the vision for the residence of the future, but commercial operators can already enjoy the benefit of remote metering . Currently, advanced metering solutions are available for commercial and industrial buildings that deliver valuable information to building operators today.
Click Here to continue reading Andy Abrams article What's Up with Smart Meters? |
| HVAC 101: Class is in Session | | |
Servidyne Expertise through My Energy Coach
 Servidyne's recent My Energy Coach blog, titled HVAC 101, becomes a teaching tool for building owners and operators, helping them to understand the mysteries of their HVAC system.
The HVAC 101 blog series begins with the introductory blog written by Jim Gieselman, PE, a Servidyne expert engineer. His series of blogs are about HVAC systems and are structured as a learning series to help building owners and operators develop a better understanding of what their HVAC system does and how it works.
The series began August 27, 2010 with HVAC 101: The Introduction. Click Here to connect to My Energy Coach and read the first in the series and to begin asking your questions about HVAC.
Save the Dates!
Look for Jim Gieselman's blogs on My Energy Coach to be released on the following dates:
Session 1 September 24, 2010:
"What's that thing up on my roof?"
(HVAC Systems and What They Do)
Session 2 October 22, 2010:
"I'm not getting much air in my office ... is my
chiller down?" (The Difference Between Airside Systems and Chilled Water Systems)
Session 3 November 19, 2010:
"I think my cooling tower does all my cooling"
(Water Cooled Self Contained Systems - SWUD units)
Session 4 December 10, 2010:
"Why is Mr. Finkelstein never cool enough and Mrs. Ochupinti never warm enough? Their offices are right next to each other."
(Air Distribution and HVAC Loads)
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| Flourescent Magnetic T12 Ballast Phaseout | | |
It's Time to Upgrade Existing Lighting & Controls Systems replaced individually or in a planned upgrade?
A basic choice will be whether to replace the existing T12 lighting system all at once in a planned upgrade or replace individual components as they fail.
At first glance, replacing individual components as they fail appears to be the easiest path forward as it avoids the upfront cost of equipment and installation labor and potential disruption of a renovation.
However, a planned upgrade presents several major advantages:
- good lighting performance, uniformity and space appearance by switching from T12 to T8 all at once, avoiding confusion resulting from maintaining two incompatibility lamp and ballast types in inventory; and
- most importantly, higher energy savings and greater lighting quality resulting from reevaluating the existing lighting system and upgrading it to current best practices. Once a decision is made to upgrade the lighting system, the owner has taken control of the situation and can maximize the benefit of the new lighting.
The biggest energy-saving and lighting quality opportunities are in:
- older, overlighted buildings that use older technologies such as T12 systems
- where utility costs are very high; and
- where lighting is uncontrolled and left ON all night.
T12 systems, for example, can be upgraded to realize energy savings as high as 50% or more in offices, classrooms and other applications, according to the National Lighting Bureau.
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Thank you for taking a moment to read our monthly newsletter. We hope that you find valuable information within and we welcome the opportunity to discuss how Servidyne's expertise can be conducive to your energy efficiency goals.
Sincerely,
Your Servidyne Team |
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