Honeywell develops service to save energy costs
Automation technology company Honeywell has developed a suite of professional services that will help the companies or enterprise to save costs on their energy consumption. The service named as Attune Advisory Services which combines cloud-based tools and analytics with a global network of operations centers and energy and facility experts to provide enhancements that can reduce utility bills and operating expenses up to 20 per cent, said company.
Speaking on this, Milind Godbole, regional general manager, Honeywell business solutions said, "The company has successfully done a few pilot projects in Pune for a hospital for a year. It has been observed that these enterprises saved significant amount on energy consumption. It will help the building owners wherever they are on the energy - and operational - efficiency spectrum, providing technology and support to gain baseline awareness of building performance, make improvements to reduce energy and operations costs and define an ongoing strategy to manage and optimise a facility."
Adding further he said, "Companies are starting to realise the significant impact that it can have, as well as the opportunity it presents for bottom-line savings. The performance of building systems and equipment can degrade by as much as 5 per cent every year, which translates into energy and operating costs that continually escalate."
The services exceed typical facility management software, which often only provides a steady stream of data, but no insight or recommendations. Attune offers three levels of assistance, awareness, improvement and optimisation - with programs focusing on either energy or operational efficiency.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), buildings account for nearly 40 per cent of energy used in most countries. The IEA says the potential for savings is significant, and can often be achieved at low or no costs.
By providing this cloud-enabled support, Honeywell is able to help address the issues building operators routinely face and is providing more than 3,000 sites that are connected to its global operations centers.