Israeli Technology to Slash Office Energy Bills

September 30, 2013

Most industrial buildings today are not managed wisely simply because there are no solutions or information for operations staff to monitor what’s going on. Freiberg is addressing these issues by confronting the number two expense that companies face. In some companies, the cost of heating or lighting a building can account for a whopping 20% of the company’s expenditures.

In most companies a temperature is set, the lights are turned on, and from early morning until late at night the setting stays the same. But who hasn’t walked into a building that’s extremely overheated in the winter, or noticed large vacant meeting rooms being pumped with cold air in the summer? How about rooms with glaring fluorescent light and no one to use it? Energy overuse doesn’t just take a toll on a company’s “bottom line” and on the environment—it also cuts down on productivity if the staff feels uncomfortable in the work place.

Jiri Hera/shutterstock.com Beemtech offers a technology solution and a service to help operations managers get a handle on how energy is being used by placing sensors to measure carbon dioxide levels, which indicate when and how many people are in the room. The sensors also measure light levels, temperature, and other pre-set parameters that can help cut energy savings and improve worker productivity.

What makes the Beemtech system extra smart is that it interfaces with the entire office staff through surveys and questionnaires to learn people’s preferences. With the massive amounts of information Beemtech collects, the company’s algorithms can also map out how office staff and visitors are actually using the space.

“We can greatly reduce costs by telling the facility managers what rooms are empty most of the time so they can close these rooms and turn off the power. They can also tell cleaning staff not to clean these rooms,” says Freiberg. When presented this way, Beemtech starts to become an easy sell.

Source: Excerpts of article by Rivka Borochov, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs