After a particularly warm start to autumn, the cold is slowly starting to settle in France. To prepare you to manage this period, iQspot gives you its advice on energy management.
Managing your heating properly
The first step in managing your heating is to wait until the end of the day to turn it on. As long as the temperature in your offices does not drop below 19°C, there is no need to turn on your heating. Indeed, the cleanest and cheapest energy is the one that is not consumed.
When the time comes to turn on the heating. It is important to set it correctly, i.e. to choose the right temperature and operating time slots. To set the temperature, we recommend setting it to 19°C. You must then set your heating correctly during periods when your buildings are unoccupied, i.e. to ensure that it is lowered to 16°C at night, on weekends and at times when no one is using the office during the day.
By making these adjustments, you will be able to see your consumption drop quickly.
Adapt your settings according to the number of people in the offices
Who says winter, says Christmas and the holidays that go with it. Before the school holidays (from December 23 to January 8), it may be interesting to take stock with your tenants to find out if they are maintaining their activities during the holidays. Several possibilities can then arise from these discussions:
- You manage a single-tenant or multi-tenant building that is shut down during the period, so you just need to lower the temperature to 16°C.
- You manage a multi-tenant building and some of your tenants are maintaining their activity during this period. At that time, you can adapt the operation of your equipment in order to set them differently according to the different zones. It is also interesting to know whether this maintenance concerns public holidays or not.
- You manage a single-tenant building that is maintaining its activity, so you can check with the occupants whether they need an adaptation depending on the zones they occupy but also if they are present on public holidays.
Another way to save money.
Continue daily efforts
Regardless of the season, certain actions by your occupants can improve your energy consumption. In fact, user actions can save 5 to 10% on your consumption. These actions can take different forms. Turning off your devices before leaving and making sure to turn on the lights only in occupied areas can reduce consumption.
Thanks to real-time monitoring of your consumption and our energy management support, you can improve the settings of your buildings and make them more energy-efficient for this winter.
So choose iQspot to help you decarbonize your assets.
