Saving Energy with the use of Automation and Technology

Posted by Zennio UK Ltd on 9th May 2022 -

Rising energy prices are a growing factor in the squeeze on household budgets. They are also adding further financial strain on the leisure and hospitality businesses in the wake of covid.

If ever there was a good time for real estate and property professionals to switch on and invest in technology to future proof buildings and commercial premises to become sustainable and save energy, it is now.

The first step to saving energy is monitoring how much you are using on a regular basis and understanding where that consumption is coming from. Automation specialist Zennio has been leading the way in offering such solutions for the real estate, commercial and hotel industry.

As well as its vast product portfolio of KNX* products that spans from access control sytems to sensors, Zennio also manufactures essential energy saving devices, which detects and assesses energy consumption and identifies where consumption is at its greatest and least. Provision of such data allows for better energy management.

Energy saving devices by Zennio

The KES Plus (KNX Energy saver) from Zennio is an energy saver of electrical energy for single-phase or three-phase systems, so can be used in a residential or commercial context. Able to measure and notify in the KNX system the amount of energy consumed or produced, it can also assess the associated costs according to six different tariffs (sources), the amount of CO₂ emmissions and provide other information related with the use of electrical energy in the installation. Alarms and notifications can also be configured as warnings when power exceeds the limits established, for example, to disconnect low priority systems to reduce consumption.

The KCI 4 SO Interface by Zennio collects readings and information for up to four consumption meters. Specifically, up to four S0-pulse generators can be connected independently to the inputs of KCI 4 S0, which will interpret these S0 pulses as energy, water or gas consumption measurements depending on the external S0-compliant meter that has been connected. It brings the possibility of notifying other KNX devices about the consumption levels measured by external S0-pulse generators.

* The KNX system is a standardised bus system for building control. This means that all devices in a KNX system use the same transmission method and are able to exchange data via a common bus network.