Västfastigheter provides premises for the Västra Götaland Region, primarily for healthcare, but the company also owns and manages premises for museums, folk high schools and agricultural colleges. 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 goal-oriented work on improving energy efficiency.
The challenge:
Västfastigheter has high energy ambitions, and so far its commitment has produced very good results. Over the past ten years, it has managed to reduce energy consumption by 22 percent, and there are more targets to achieve. The current goal is to halve energy consumption by 2030, and PiiGAB’s products are among the tools being used to achieve this goal.
22%
reduced energy consumption
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number of measurement points
The solution:
Previously, Västfastigheter used pulses but wanted to switch to a smoother and more efficient system for collecting information about energy consumption. Västfastigheter also wanted the ability to store readings and present the information. We delivered a solution that included collecting and storing energy readings, as well as providing readout capabilities. Our converters, PiiGAB M-Bus 810 and PiiGAB M-Bus 900, handle the collection of all meter readings 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 readings and enables the information to be visualized.
Francisco Prieto, operations engineer and responsible for energy data collection, sees the benefits of being able to store the information locally while also having the ability to communicate with multiple areas.
After implementation, Västfastigheter gained greater control over its energy consumption and was able to work more actively on improving energy efficiency. With the help of our products, deviations in energy consumption were identified and could therefore be monitored. The company also began storing meter readings in order to compare them, which enabled Västfastigheter to troubleshoot more efficiently.
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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