David Balcells

What Do you Know About the Energy Performance of Europe’s Buildings?

This is a sneak peek of a research carried out by Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) in 2012, consisting of a survey template covering legal, financial, and technical information on the energy performance of buildings sent out to countries. BPIE’s mission is exactly this: improving the energy performance of Europe’s buildings, and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions […]

How will Energy Costs Be Reduced in Hotels and Buildings?

by David Balcells

A consortium made up of 5 partners -including DEXMA- will implement an ambitious project lasting 24 months to reduce energy costs. The other members are: COMSA-EMTE, a large industrial engineering company belonging to an infrastructure and engineering group, Tecnalia and Energyville, leading Technology Centres in Spain and Belgium, respectively; and Evernalis, a smart grid software and service company.

How to Succeed in the Building Management Systems integration

by David Balcells

A building is not intelligent for its systems’ automation level, but for its systems INTEGRATION leading to greater efficiency in operations and energy consumption. Most existing facilities have Building Management Systems (BMS) in place that control and manage their lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation. Sometimes, they even have security or fire extinguishing systems. Those systems help […]

4 Tips to Efficient Companies

by David Balcells

You’re about to find out how to communicate your vision to stakeholders of the firm and make them follow you. Go ahead and read some tips to efficient companies.

We are talking about behaviours in efficient firms and how its employees are involved. Changing equipment to more energy efficient equivalents will reduce energy costs, but the most cost-effective actions are those undertaken by the people that use that equipment.

10 Ways in which DEXMA Energy Intelligence Puts Your Company in Control

by David Balcells

Even though energy costs tend to impact a firm’s profitability, many companies don’t do much to control them.

One reason businesses look the other way may be that energy management seems like a complex process. Another cause for this could be the fact that utility companies have large bargaining power in this sector. For this, firms may label the act of trying to exert control over this costs as pointless.

Traditional cities turning into Smart Cities in 2015

by David Balcells

The evolution of smart cities in the past few years are leading to a change in the way citizens interact with urban services. This new model is based on responding to new challenges, to satisfy new necessities. Large cities and urban areas have always had a key role in the development of civilisation. The Internet […]

The Eiffel Tower Setting an Example by Embracing Sustainable Development

by David Balcells

As one of the most prominent landmarks in the world, the Eiffel Tower is both setting an example by being energy efficient and is helping protect the environment. As its first floor was recently renovated, some of the most outstanding changes that have been incorporated are the green measures that will make this attraction more […]

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Interview with the Head of Sustainability

by David Balcells

Energy Management in Education This is a DEXMA successful customer story, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), using our Energy Management Software on its facilities around campus, DEXMA (old: DEXCell). We interviewed the Head of Sustainability and Equal Opportunities Office so he could explain their experience with us. UPC – Our project has been the Energy […]

Energy Performance Contracting: Make Your Energy Efficiency Project Possible

by David Balcells

Are you interested in starting an energy efficiency project in your facilities but lack the resources to implement it? There’s no need to ditch the idea and lose out on the benefits that go with it. Have you ever heard of Energy Performance Contracting as a financing tool?

5 Things You Should Know When Buying an Energy Management Software

by David Balcells

Whether you are considering investing in an EMS or you already have a solution in place to save energy costs in your business, make sure you take into account all the available options, research as much as you need to and find the customised software that works best for you. Using an Energy Management Software is simple, but you need to keep these 5 ideas in mind:

5 Great Ways to Make Energy Management Appealing to Your CFO

by David Balcells

In the resource planning battlefield of your company, getting your Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to grasp the value of energy management is no easy job. When presented as an investment towards reducing costs, the most common answer is that of “maybe some other time” or “there are other priorities right now”. There will always be other projects, competing for priority and financing. Shedding light on the importance energy management really has, is a matter of understanding and presenting the successive benefits that come from it.

Energy Management Dictionary: 30 Terms to Know

by David Balcells

When talking about energy management, there are some words or terms that always come up.

The following is a dictionary with some of the relevant terms that will help you throughout the energy management process. Even though we have tried to make it as complete as possible, we would like to continually update this version with words you would like us to include.

If there’s a word you think fits well in the energetic literature please mention it in a comment. We will gladly expand this Energy Management Dictionary with as many terms as the energy efficiency community considers necessary.