Energy Efficiency Solutions

Energy Insight provides Energy Efficiency solutions to customers in the industrial, commercial and residential sectors. The following services and turnkey solutions can be provided:

Energy Audits and Consulting: Energy Insight undertakes energy audits and energy management consulting to identify and assess energy cost saving opportunities.

Maximum Demand Controllers: To shed/restore load according to pre-configurable control algorithms in an effort to manage maximum demand. Load forecast and control on half-hourly Maximum Demand (MD) targets, and on daily or monthly energy quota targets (to be introduced by Eskom under the future Energy Conservation Program).

Pump and Fan applications: Energy efficiency improvement of these applications through the use of Variable Speed Drives (VSDs) or Soft Starters (to some extent).

Process efficiency improvement and Energy usage optimization through improved process operation and control systems.

Compressed Air System efficiency improvement: Energy Insight implements compressed air usage metering solutions in order for the organisation’s management to track air leaks and monitor the performance of air-leak management programs. Energy Insight provides air dryers and related equipment to improve quality of air and increase compressed air system efficiency. Energy Insight can develop computer models of compressed air systems and perform “what-if?” simulations on the models to test various scenarios for the customer.

Peak Clipping solutions: Control of compressed-air demand in an effort to reduce compressor outputs or stop compressors during peak hours. Control on dampers of large fans in an effort to reduce the fans’ electrical demand during peak hours.

Underground mine water management solutions:To implement automated control of underground mine water usage in order to reduce underground pump energy consumption.

Process scheduling solutions: Shift of energy from Peak to Off-peak periods. These solutions require some storage capacity before and/or after the processes to be scheduled, as well as spare production capacity of the processes to be scheduled. E.g. Conveyor system scheduling, Pump scheduling, Furnace scheduling, Crusher scheduling, Mine Winder scheduling.

Hot water load control solutions: Residential hot water geyser control through load switches. Commercial hot water installations and Industrial change house hot water solutions through heat pumps, in-line heaters or solar water heaters.