Achieving Energy Star Advantages Everyday

Why wait to do routine energy and equipment audits when chameleon™ provides it 24/7.

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Energy Star recommends 5 practical things for increasing profitability by making improvements to your building.

Step1: Retrocommissioning –Identify underperforming equipment, determine which equipment should be replaced, and review operational tips to improve building performance.

Step 2: Lighting – Improve your lighting systems to reduce lighting energy use, improve the visual environment, and affect the sizing of HVAC and electrical systems.

Step 3: Supplemental Load Reductions –Improve heating, cooling, and electric loads in your building to reduce the size and cost of equipment upgrades.

Step 4: Air Distribution Systems – Upgrade or adjust your fan systems to maximize energy efficiency.

Step 5: Heating and Cooling Systems – After implementing the steps above, you may be ready to upgrade to a new, properly sized system, or to retrofit your existing system to optimize operation, reduce noise, and reduce the amount of required maintenance.

chameleon webDid you know Small Box Energy gives you the tools and data to achieve all these requirements, every day? In fact, these are part of our goals.  

Retrocommissioning – 24/7 data allows you to easily find underperforming equipment through graphical analysis, as well as urgent and warning alarms. Small Box Energy’s chameleon platform provides continuous commissioning meaning your system settings will never be left off target.

Lighting Controls – Controlling and scheduling lighting is instrumental in keeping lights off during non-operating hours and exterior lights off during daylight hours. We can also add motion-based sensors for maximum efficiency in less used areas.

Supplemental Load Reductions – Being able to review run-times and how often your equipment reaches the target room temperature gives you the data necessary to see if your equipment is sized accurately for your demand, or if it just needs maintenance. Because of the details our system provides, customers have identified a number of small improvements to reduce energy and load on the equipment including window shades and temperature set-point adjustments. And if anything starts to go off track, our alarms and alerts let you know immediately.

Air Distribution Systems – Our interface shows the status of the equipment at all times. Sometimes, the room isn’t balanced, sometimes the duct work isn’t correct for the configuration of the room, or sometimes users believe fans need to be running for ventilation. Use the data to make the adjustments and you will save money.

Heating/Cooling and Refrigeration Systems – Having the data for your entire portfolio helps you become more strategic with your cash flow when determining when to replace or upgrade your current equipment. Our chameleon controllers also optimize runtimes, maintain food quality and extend the life of existing equipment.

Small Box Energy is more than an energy management solution for today; we are your operational efficiency partner well poised to support your business every day for years to come.  All this data is available to you 24/7, so you are always maximizing equipment efficiency with early equipment diagnostics when repairs or replacements are needed.

What’s stopping you from getting started with us? Call your sales representative and let’s talk through your concerns. We have many customers saving money and seeing the value of early equipment diagnostics, temperature monitoring, and remote portfolio management and we want you to achieve these same great results!

The entire list and additional information from Energy Star can be found here.

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