Analyse Your Energy Consumption
- Read meters at least monthly. This will identify new areas where energy consumption has increased since the last reading and so should be investigated. It will also show how successful the energy management strategy has been over time.
- Where you have half hourly metering of electricity use, make sure you obtain the data from your energy supplier – many provide graphing and analysis tools for you to use. Look for inconsistencies from day to day or week to week.
- Where possible, use energy consumption data to benchmark your organisation's energy consumption against that of similar organisations.
- Develop a meter reading sheet to collect the data in a consistent and accurate way, and always record the time and date alongside the meter reading.
Consider Sub-Metering
This allows closer monitoring of energy intensive equipment by separately recording the energy consumption of individual items of equipment, processes or buildings.
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