Optimize your energy through automations – we can help you get started

Optimize your energy through automations – we can help you get started

Why we want to help you manage your energy more efficiently

We ventured into the world of the Internet of Things (IoT) back in 2006. Even back then, we were confident that IoT has the power to help a better world, a smarter world. Moreover, we wanted to gain as much technological knowledge from this arena, as possible, because we had, and still have, a larger goal in mind. To help others manage their energy more efficiently, through automation.

The reason why we want to help you manage your energy more efficiently is that we believe that energy optimization is a necessary step towards a more sustainable future. A future, where the price of energy is not incrementally increased. A future, where every company has equal access to the grid, for the same affordable price, without major economic costs.

However, in order for us to get closer to this vision, we all have to start optimizing our energy consumption.

 

Change is difficult but automating them is easy

Energy efficiency management is, relatively, easier said than done. It may seem difficult when you do not know where to start. Where do you even waste energy? And where do you find your saving potential?

Do not worry. We can help you.

The where is simple to answer, through ShowMe, which is our energy efficiency management tool. ShowMe provides you with an overview of your idle energy consumption, amongst other real-time data. You get an overview of where you use your energy. And it lets you know where the saving potentials are.

Getting an overview is easy. All you need is a wi-fi connection and your NemID.
Follow this guide to get started and find out how you consume your energy.

And once you have analyzed your energy data, the next step is to be specific with your actions, towards reducing where your energy is wasted. However, make sure that the actionable steps are conveyed explicitly, so they can work in practice. We want to emphasize this because it is human to err. This means, that you may find that some of your employees can find the new changes difficult to uphold.

Do not let this discourage your plan to optimize your company’s energy consumption. If you find that the saving initiatives are hard to uphold, then reach out to us. We can help you automate specific actions. This means, that everyone in your company can continue with your regular workflow, without worrying about saving energy – automation will do it for you.

 

The steps towards energy optimization with ShowMe

Whether you decide to practice energy efficiency on your own, or with external help, this model may be useful for you, in this endeavour. Those are the steps to be aware of in order to successfully optimize and save money on your annual energy consumption.

Through ShowMe, Seluxit managed to save 25% in our baseload energy consumption. And we want to help you reduce your energy consumption and save money, too.

 

More than just a smart management tool

Once you subscribe to our energy efficiency solution, you get more than just a management tool.

Aside from getting an overview of your baseload energy, you also get a clear action plan with concrete saving initiatives, which will be set up and automated for you. And lastly, you also get frequent reports on these efficiency initiatives, which we will evaluate continuously on, together.

In other words, you also have a team of energy experts who is there for you throughout all the steps you need.

The cheapest form of energy is the energy we do not waste. So start optimizing your energy today.

Energy efficiency management made easy

Energy efficiency management made easy

A simple energy efficiency management tool

With our energy efficiency management tool, ShowMe you can solve the initial challenge of optimizing your energy consumption. ShowMe provides you with real-time energy data for your company, specifically. In other words, ShowMe provides you with the data you need, in order to know where you waste your energy.

Moreover, ShowMe provides you with precise data on your idle energy consumption, as well as where the saving potentials are. And through this data, you will know exactly where to start your energy optimization process.

 

More than just a smart management tool

Once you subscribe to our energy efficiency solution, you get more than just a management tool.

Aside from getting an overview of your baseload energy, you also get a clear action plan with concrete saving initiatives, which will be set up and automated for you. And lastly, you also get frequent reports on these efficiency initiatives, which we will evaluate continuously on, together.

In other words, you also have a team of energy experts who is there for you throughout all the steps you need.

 

Energy efficiency makes sense

Being able to see the distribution of your energy consumption is beneficial. That is because you have a better idea of how to optimize your overall consumption. For instance, by consuming energy at points during the day, when energy is cheaper. Or at points where there is more capacity in the energy grid.

Knowing where and how you use your energy is a very good starting point. Because a clear idea of your baseline energy consumption leaves room to initiate relevant actionable steps, towards optimizing your annual energy consumption.

The cheapest form of energy is the energy we do not waste. So start optimizing your energy today.

Overcoming the initial challenge of managing your energy more efficiently

Overcoming the initial challenge of managing your energy more efficiently

The initial challenge of energy efficiency

A general observation we have noticed from our customer cases is this – companies are unaware of where they waste energy. And when you are unaware, it is difficult to know where the saving potentials are.

Our experience is that most companies do not know what their idle energy consumption is. And if this knowledge is unclear, it is challenging to actually achieve a reduction in your annual energy consumption and, subsequently, save a large amount of money.

 

The other energy efficiency challenge

There are not enough energy experts available to guide and help companies reduce their baseload consumption, through solid data collection, based on real-time monitoring of their energy usage.

And based on these data, the energy experts available may not provide hands-on and convenient solutions. Solutions are so practical, in fact, that they can even be automated. In other words, the energy-saving measures needed for your company can be made automatic. Specifically programmed to fit the daily workflow of your company.

 

A simple energy efficiency management tool

With our energy efficiency management tool, ShowMe you can solve the initial challenge of optimizing your energy consumption. ShowMe provides you with real-time energy data for your company, specifically. In other words, ShowMe provides you with the data you need, in order to know where you waste your energy.

Moreover, ShowMe provides you with precise data of your idle energy consumption, as well as where the saving potentials are. And through this data, you will know exactly where to start your energy optimization process.

 

More than just a smart management tool

Once you subscribe to our energy efficiency solution, you get more than just a management tool.

Aside from getting an overview of your baseload energy, you also get a clear action plan with concrete saving initiatives, which will be set up and automated for you. And lastly, you also get frequent reports on these efficiency initiatives, which we will evaluate continuously on, together.

In other words, you also have a team of energy experts who is there for you throughout all the steps you need.

The cheapest form of energy is the energy we do not waste. So start optimizing your energy today.

How energy efficiency helps stabilize the grid

How energy efficiency helps stabilize the grid

Energy projections are saying that

Global electricity demand is, currently, growing by 2.7% annually. Projections are saying that by 2050, even with the growth in renewable energy, we will still be relying heavily on fossil fuels. There is no reduction in sight, actually.

The good news, however, is that energy efficiency can help us make the transition towards renewable energy cheaper. And it can help us reduce our overall energy usage.

 

The obstacle to energy efficiency is this

One problem is, however, that there are no energy experts to help the broader populations and companies reduce their energy. You do not know where you waste your energy. And you do not know what to do, to actually reduce your energy.

And that is because, energy efficiency requires expert knowledge, in order to implement processes and automation.

We want to help solve this problem with ShowMe.

 

This is our solution

We want to enable and put this into an expert system. An expert system, using AI, to detect where energy is wasted,  and where there is saving potential. Moreover, we want to develop an AI that can automate and generate automation, to save actual energy.

The green transition, towards more renewable energy, towards electrification of industrial processes, and other demand, means that the grid will be fluctuating more and more. That is because sometimes the wind blows and sometimes it does not.

We need a way to stabilize the grid and ShowMe can do this. With ShowMe, we can switch demand on or off, at points where you either need more or less energy, to keep the grid in balance. Because a grid in balance is a stable grid.

 

We are your preferred energy experts because

We have a scaleable platform that is extremely secure. Moreover, our platform is very usable. This is due to UI and UX, which enables our customers to better understand our complex technology.

We are pioneers in energy efficiency, using IoT. We have been mastering the area of IoT since 2006. Together with our team, we have proven in the past that we can implement highly complex solutions, in a short matter of time.

3 reasons why automating appliances is energy efficient and cost effective

3 reasons why automating appliances is energy efficient and cost effective

Making an IoT coffee machine taught us these things about energy efficiency

What can a mix between IoT and coffee teach us about energy optimization? Quite a few things, it turns out.

The coffee pot is, easily, one of the most frequently visited places at our office. That is because one, obviously, need caffeinated fuel, in order to keep physical products stably connected to the internet.

Joking aside.

It is no secret that our Seluxit team drinks more coffee than tea. And since this is the case, why not make a smart coffee machine. Meaning, making it into an intelligent appliance which lets all our coffee lovers know about the coffee situation – in real-time, all the time, everyday.

Being experts in IoT, this is exactly what we did to our coffee machine. We hooked it up to the internet. And it taught us these things about energy efficiency.

1. Automating your coffee saves time and lets you refill successfully

Contrary to before, our coffee drinkers are now able to more accurately time, when to get up from their desks and successfully refill their mugs with fresh doses of Joe. The reason why is that, we automated the coffee machine after we connected it to the internet.

Through heat sensors, cameras and coding, the containment in the coffee pot is now being captured every second. This data is then sent to our internal communication channel. And this is how everyone knows how many cups are left in the pot and whether it is still hot. In other words, the waiting time for fresh coffee has been reduced.

Over time, this information amounts to a solid foundation of data, which we use to optimize our energy consumption and coffee expenses. This means, that we are able to save money on both our physical and idle energy consumption.

 

2. Automating lets you know, when maintenance is needed

Moreover, coding our appliance to convey specific information lets us know the exact condition of the machine. For instance, we automated our coffee machine letting it communicate when it needs decalcification.

The reason why this is brilliant is that predictive maintenance, in the long run, is much more energy efficient. In other words, maintaining your appliance in a predictive way ensures that it works smoothly by using the sufficient amount of energy it needs.

By not maintaining the appliance, you will, eventually, cause it to overstrain its performance. Subsequently, overstraining performance can cause you to consume more energy than necessary, when using your appliance.

And this brings us to our last learning.

 

3. Automating keeps your appliance living longer

A positive side-effect of automating your daily devices is their prolonged lifespan.

Typically, when appliances are no longer working, the default behaviour is to throw them out. However, by predictively maintaining your appliances, you will be able to use them for much longer than you otherwise would.

Not only does this make sense for your energy consumption but it also makes sense economically. With the incremental increase in energy prices, who would not want to save a bit of money?

Last minute reflection

This project was executed from a very hands-on and practical standpoint, on a minor machine which we happen to use daily at our office.

And because of our experience in IoT and energy efficiency, it took very little time to connect the device to the internet and apply the proper automation.

Imagine if the machine was larger. Or if there were more at once.

Do you have larger machines which can benefit from automation and predictive maintenance, too?

We have the expertise to optimize your machine performance and energy usage, through IoT and automation.

Reach out to us and let us help you.