A Perfect Storm for Facility Managers

Why are facility managers spending more time and money on energy management & electrification initiatives?

• Government regulations & internal policies are driving facilities to reduce carbon emissions

• Facility owners & corporations want to be seen as leaders in the transition to sustainable energy

• Tenants and customers expect new services such as EV charging and sustainable choices.

• Energy density of facilities is increasing due to more compute resources processing more data

• Electrical infrastructure is aging and getting outdated just as these new demands are being placed on it

Facilities are upgrading their assets, replacing gas appliances and equipment with electrical ones, installing more EV charging stations & robots, increasing compute density, and adding solar panels and batteries. Electrical infrastructure in buildings is becoming more complex and pervasive which creates more downtime risk for facility managers.

As energy management and electrification initiatives accelerate, a Building Management System (BMS) is no longer enough.

A BMS can drill into every aspect of mechanical equipment. But too few facility managers have the same level of insight into their electrical infrastructure, which powers everything.

While many Building Management Systems offer basic energy management capabilities such as energy trends and reports, they are unable to provide applications that are required for the modern electrified facility, such as DER control & tenant billing, power quality analysis and energy market participation.

Electricity is invisible, dangerous, susceptible to cyber attacks and interacts with loads and other equipment in complex ways. To achieve the right level of visibility, it is important to have an Energy Management System (EMS).

Like a BMS, an EMS provides real-time monitoring, control and alarm management as well as reporting and analytics, all focused on your energy management initiatives, and electrical equipment.