David Balcells

Automatic Vs. manual Energy data collection

You might be wondering why should you implement an Energy Management software when you can manually gather the energy consumption data from your facilities’ meters and enter them on your own Excel spreadsheet. Maybe you believe that an Energy Management Software is not for your projects, it is expensive, and it wouldn’t add a lot of value to your work…

If you can somewhat relate to the previous statements, this article is just for you. Of course, there are ways to carry out energy management within facilities without the use of an Energy Management software. Many large and respected companies are still basing their energy decisions on data collection manually.

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

by David Balcells

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 […]

DEXMA chosen as one of the most exciting Energy Management companies to watch in 2015 by Verdantix

by David Balcells

DEXMA is glad to announce that it has been chosen by Verdantix as one of the most exciting energy management companies to watch in 2015! Thanks to the hard work of our team, DEXMA is now spotlighted in the top energy management companies in the world. This report helps investors, and Heads of Strategy and Product […]

4 New Companies in Energy Efficiency Join DEXMA

by David Balcells

DEXMA’s worldwide partner community keeps growing and this time we would like to welcome 4 brand new companies in Energy Efficiency from the United States, India, and Spain. We are glad to announce that we now operate with 194 partners in 30 different countries. You can also join DEXMA! DEXMA’s Partner Program is a full-service […]

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.

What’s new with Energy Efficiency in UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises?

by David Balcells

DEXMA carried out the following study in June 2015 focusing on the market feasibility in Spain, Italy and the UK. I will specifically pay attention to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) established in the United Kingdom and their Energy Efficiency measures implemented, following a structure divided by 4 elements: Political factors, economic factors, social factors and […]

Misconceptions and Realities of Energy Efficiency

by David Balcells

Which are the Energy Efficiency facts everybody should know about? The easiest way to understand how someone acts energy efficient is when they use less energy than someone ese, receiving the same service level. This concept is also known as efficient energy use, and its goal is to reduce the amount of energy required to […]

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 […]

Apple Goes Green: $848 million solar deal

by David Balcells

“True innovation must consider everything”. That’s what the tech giant is communicating around its environmental responsibility. But what do they really mean? Here’s everything you need to know about what’s trending in the industry and why Apple goes green. We are talking about Lisa Jackson, the company’s environmental chief, who oversees the company’s sustainability and […]

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.

Hot Topics on Energy Efficiency: the Powerwall

by David Balcells

Are you aware of the new hot topics on energy efficiency industry and which companies are committed to it by launching new products? What is Tesla Powerwall? The Tesla Powerwall is a big home battery made of lithium ion and charges on solar energy. Tesla launched two variants of batteries. One is capable of storing 7 […]