Pay attention to every step in your process to gain maximum efficiency; awareness of the cost of energy is a critical step for a manufacturing company.

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Pike Research report: Building energy management systems help bring commercial buildings to the Smart Grid, increase energy savings.

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The temptation to reduce the energy management focus can prove to be a false economy as it ignores many of energy’s real costs.

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In this article, the author provides thoughts on automation and control industry trends.  Areas covered including wireless, eithernet, energy efficiency, information synergy and security.

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Energy typically represents the single largest controllable cost in manufacturing, and is under constant scrutiny by all levels of management. In this webinar, we will examine the role and components of an energy management strategy, and focus on the benefits of looking at a sustainability strategy from a business perspective.

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Knowing how much energy is used by process activities is the foundation for a business plan for improvements.

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If the financial or career value attached to carbon reduction is zero, then most projects will fall at the first fence.

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