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How IoT Solutions are Helping Reduce Energy Costs for Business Owners

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Rima Chandra
How IoT Solutions are Helping Reduce Energy Costs for Business Owners

If you’re wondering what Internet of Things (IoT) technology is, you wouldn’t be alone. The tech has been evolving for a long time, but we’re now seeing more and more real-world applications. IoT refers to systems of devices and machines that can transfer data without human intervention. It often involves a system of sensors or software that can connect and exchange data easily.

Security systems and home audio systems that can be controlled from room to room are common examples. The good news is, there are IoT solutions available for businesses, and they can save you a lot of money.

Data Provides Knowledge

With smart technology connecting all of a business’s utilities, you can gain greater control over usage. An IoT system has the ability to collect data on all of your energy usage, from room to room and device to device. This sort of knowledge is real power because you can take control of your usage.

For example, an IoT system can tell you what rooms of a business use the most energy. You could also find out what times of day are costing you the most. This gives you the opportunity to really analyze how you use energy on your premises. You might notice that you’re generating unnecessary costs overnight, for example. Nobody is in the building, so why is your energy use so costly? With IoT, you can really drill into your costs and determine ways to reduce them.

Remote Controlled Temperature

Smart energy systems powered by IoT technology give you so much control over your energy usage. Building energy monitoring is perhaps the biggest challenge for owners and the biggest reason to consider IoT. Because things like heating systems and lights are all operating on the same system, you can control them from afar.

Think about a business with multiple rooms. You might want some areas to be cooler, likewise, others need to be warmer. Normally, you’d need to go room to room and change the thermostat manually. With IoT technology, you can control room temperatures from a mobile phone. If you’ve got the heat cranking and it’s causing an unnecessary spike in power costs, you can shut it off or turn it down.

Lights are the same, and certainly, in large businesses it can be difficult to manage them. When you’re closing down for the night, who has the time to walk from room to room checking the lights? That sort of task is a thing of the past with IoT. Manage all your lighting at the tap of a button. You can even check the whole building intermittently. Just shut off the lights in all rooms not being used. 

Better Sustainability

IoT systems are also crucial to ensuring more sustainable energy. On an energy provider level, IoT technology allows intermittent clean energy supplies to be maximized and delivered to the grid when it is available. As a business, you may not even notice the difference. But thanks to IoT technology you’re being delivered cleaner, more sustainable energy.

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