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Many manufacturing facilities can realize significant energy savings with little or no investment by optimizing the controls on their primary process equipment.Yet setting and maintaining controls and controls optimization for many different types of equipment is a challenging blend of both art and science.

EPS has extensive expertise in controls optimization. It is one of the services included in our xChange Point^® energy management solution that helps manufacturing companies reduce ongoing energy consumption for a competitive advantage. We deliver a full range of capabilities:

• New controls automation systems

EPS identifies the energy-using equipment that needs controls and defines additional strategies for greater efficiency. We recommend and design the most effective controls platform for that equipment or facility, integrate the controls to the system, and test them for proper operation. And with xChange Point, we ensure the equipment and controls perform at the optimal level on an ongoing basis.

• Optimizing existing controls

Many manufacturing facilities already have equipment controls in place. However, they may no longer be calibrated to operate efficiently, or may only be optimized for one piece of equipment. We take a holistic view, assessing the demand load and capacity levels of different equipment, including boilers, chillers, furnaces, ovens, dryers, and central plants.

We program the controls to ensure  minimum energy usage and feed real-time information into xChange Point. You can then monitor the equipment, receive immediate alerts, and ensure you continue to operate at the lower energy usage levels over time.

• Upgrade existing controls

EPS will identify and recommend solutions for any controls and test them to make sure the real-time information is fed into xChange Point, so you can monitor your equipment and ensure you continue to operate efficiently.

• Networking different controls platforms

EPS helps manufacturing customers aggregate the data from their different subsystems into a common database. Our xChange Point energy management control system is designed to integrate across many different networks and therefore can support most commercial and industrial controls platforms, including Ethernet and many serial RS-485 systems.

• Incentives and financing

Many utilities offer incentives to industrial customers that install new or upgraded controls, which in turn provide the ability to participate in Demand Response (DR) and Permanent Load Shift (PLS) programs. As part of EPS’s controls optimization offering, we research and quantify any incentives available within your region so you can achieve an even faster ROI. In addition, EPS offers financing and leasing so you can realize the benefits of new or improved controls sooner without impacting your balance sheet.

Contact us today to learn how EPS can help your facility with controls optimization.