Waste Electricity Management is often overlooked because people do not fully understand how electricity is being wasted.

• Building Management Systems can dramatically reduce wasted energy by better control of where electricity is used. In simple systems installing a time-switch, thermostat, passive detector or links to other systems, can help to save energy. In more complex environments, a great deal of electricity can be wasted powering large machinery such as power presses, guillotines and compressors. Powered by motors that are too large, many machines spend more time running idle than they do actually working.
  
• Power Factor Correction is one method of cutting waste. Electricity is paid for by the kilo Watt Hour (kWh). The machine power in Watts is made up of Voltage x Current x Power Factor. The Power Factor is simply wasted energy used to energize the magnetic core of the motor. The Power Factor falls as the motor becomes loaded more closely to its design load and increases as the motor runs idle. There are devices available to assess and handle complex loads to reduce running costs.

Abbeyvale Systems can recommend improvements to electricity supply monitoring which do help to reduce wastage and save on costs. As part of a consultation process, Abbeyvale Systems can assess motorized machinery installations to calculate savings to running costs and to the environment.