Västfastigheter provides the Västra Götaland Region with premises, primarily for healthcare, but the company also owns and manages premises for museums, folk high schools and agricultural upper secondary schools. Västfastigheter handles maintenance, operations and service itself and has a strong ambition to offer energy-efficient premises. In 2013, Västfastigheter was named Energy Adviser of the Year for its exemplary and focused work on improving energy efficiency.
The challenge:
Västfastigheter has strong energy ambitions, and its commitment has produced excellent results so far. During the past ten-year period, it has managed to reduce energy consumption by 22 percent, and there are more targets ahead. The current goal is to halve energy consumption by 2030, and PiiGAB products are among the solutions being used to achieve this goal.
22%
reduced energy consumption
2000
st
number of metering points
The solution:
Västfastigheter previously used pulses but wanted to switch to a more convenient and efficient system for collecting information about energy consumption. Västfastigheter also wanted the ability to store values and present the information. We delivered a solution that included the collection and storage of energy values, as well as the ability to read them. Our converters, PiiGAB M-Bus 810 and PiiGAB M-Bus 900, handle the collection of all meter values together with PiiGAB M-Bus OPC Server/PiiGAB Explorer. The OPC Server then converts M-Bus to the OPC standard, while PiiGAB Quickloop stores the values and enables the information to be visualized.
Francisco Prieto, operations engineer and responsible for energy data collection, sees the advantages of being able to store the information locally while communicating with multiple areas.
After the implementation, Västfastigheter gained greater control over its energy consumption and was able to start working more actively on improving energy efficiency. With the help of our products, deviations in energy consumption were identified and could therefore be followed up. The company also began storing meter values to enable comparisons, allowing Västfastigheter to troubleshoot more effectively.
The most important factor in improving energy efficiency is creating the right conditions to raise people's awareness, and PiiGAB can help with that.
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