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| Energy Management in Retail Stores |
| Energy Being Wasted |
The squeeze is on supermarkets and all retailers. Sales are down but costs are up. Utility expenses are major costs for retailers, but the details are hidden in monthly utility bills or leasehold expenses. Heating, cooling and ventilation energy costs can be 30% or more of the total energy consumption according to recent U. S. Department of Energy data. Further, 70% of the commercial sector electricity demand is not under control of an energy management system (EMS). The data also reveals that EMS technologies exist in only 50% of large buildings (over 100,000 square feet), while there is no EMS capability in 83% of buildings under 100,000 square feet (representing about 55% of US electricity consumption). So by and large the commercial sector’s energy consumption is out of control.
You simply can’t afford to pass raising energy costs on to the retail customer, nor can you simply replace buildings and infrastructure assets. What else can be done?
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| An Opportunity |
| Better energy efficiency leaves more margin to promote your business and promotes a more economically and environmentally sustainable business model. We’ve all heard that “if you can’t measure it you can’t control it”. Significant advances in wireless-mesh technologies for monitoring (and control) for demand-side energy management are making it possible, on a truly broad scale, to understand exactly how energy is being consumed in multiple areas on an economic basis. There is a lot of talk today of energy efficiency and going green. Take the lead and take action
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“If a supermarket or retailer has a profit margin of 1.5% and energy costs of 0.75%, the company can increase its profit by 5% if it reduces energy costs by 10%”
Grocery Headquarters Magazine
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Energy Usage In Retail Stores by End Use
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Wireless Pneumatic Direct Digital Control for Energy Smart Buildings
How can the pneumatically controlled building advance with the times to be sustainable without a disruptive and costly overhaul?
THE ANSWER 
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