The benefits of demand control for commercial applications

The benefits of demand control for commercial applications

A Demand controller offers a unique opportunity to businesses and industrial complexes to greatly reduce their electricity usage through the installation of a load shedding system which is used to adjust the run times of specific electrical equipment during peak times.

Perfect for a wide range of applications within an even wider range of businesses, demand controllers are used effectively every day to help control energy costs and increase peak efficiency in schools, supermarkets, restaurants, retail stores, clubs, industrial facilities and any other business which requires a high electrical demand.

How Does Load Shedding Save Money?

The premise behind a demand controller is simple: at any point in time during a business' normal operating hours, there will be non-essential equipment running which simply does not need to be. By identifying the times when the equipment does not need to be operating, a demand controller will switch that item off for a set duration of time, thereby reducing the electrical demand and, over time, reducing your electricity bill, potentially by as much as 30%.

For example: a warehouse business may have several large freezer compartments which can be shut down for short periods of time without impacting the temperature of the items stored in them. Similarly, water heaters will likely be used less, if at all, at night and can be safely switched off for long periods of time along with other non-essential equipment.

While the cycling of non-essential equipment is just one way a demand controller can save you money, there are other subtler ways it can help too. Identifying processes which take place during peak demand times and transferring their operation to an off-peak time can greatly reduce an operation's energy usage, as can the controlled cycling of a HVAC unit's compressor for short periods of time while allowing the fan to continue to circulate chilled air.

Ovens, pumps, battery chargers, fryers, compressors, heaters and lights are just a few of the electrical items a demand controller can manage, to help significantly reduce your electrical usage while still maintaining the same level of utility that your employees or customers require.

Installation and control

Installation requires that each electrical item that is to be controlled be fitted with a demand controller Each of these individual controllers is then linked to a central controller which dictates what item is switched off and for how long. Modern systems can be hardwired or operate via a wireless network, depending on the needs of the company. EG Energy Controls load shedding systems offer both options. Thanks to these advances in modern technology, the monitoring and control of the demand controller network can now typically be done through a web based portal, which allows managers and business owners to monitor their systems remotely from any internet enabled computer

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