{"id":54019,"date":"2014-11-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixcontactuk.wordpress.com\/?p=54019"},"modified":"2014-11-24T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T09:00:00","slug":"do-you-need-to-monitor-your-energy-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-gb\/do-you-need-to-monitor-your-energy-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you need to monitor your energy usage?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Nigel Dawbarn,\u00a0Market Segment Manager – Control & Industry Solutions<\/em><\/p>\n

A regular challenge today is the reduction of energy usage. Businesses are now under more pressure to reduce energy usage, but how do you go about this?<\/p>\n

You need to understand your current position then you can review the facts and work out what you can do to achieve a reduction from your situation. You then\u00a0monitor your progress, which will lead to effective energy management.<\/p>\n

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Three Levels of energy monitoring<\/p><\/div>\n

Phoenix Contact can help at the point of energy data acquisition with hardware you can install to record your current usage.<\/p>\n

We offer a range of applications which can sit on a SD Card and are installed on a PLC. These are configured to suit what you are trying to measure, whether it be an existing energy meter, an analogue input, a temperature sensor, a flow sensor or a device communicating over Modbus.<\/p>\n

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The PLC can then be configured to pass the information up to a higher level system of your choosing via OPC Server, Modbus or a CSV file. \u00a0You can then analyse the information and<\/p>\n