INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
Data Centers & IT
Number 1
Challenge:
Reduce energy usage and costs.
Solution:
With easy-to-use PI System visualization tools, facility managers can quickly uncover the causes of energy waste and activate simple energy- saving strategies:
- Identify and correct expensive faults before they impact the energy bill
- Discover root causes for errors in water or power billing
- Anticipate demand and efficiency losses
- Find and repair sources of simultaneous heating and cooling
- Manage power use (PUE), carbon footprint (CUE) and water consumption (WUE) in real time
Number 2
Challenge:
Meet increasing corporate and government environmental compliance requirements while controlling spiraling maintenance costs.
Solution:
By integrating all data and systems – including Building Automation Systems (BAS) – and replacing calendar-based maintenance with continuous, centralized monitoring and evaluation, the PI System:
- creates asset visibility
- lowers maintenance costs
- increases energy savings
- automates required sustainability and compliance reports
- resolves most issues from the command center, eliminating the need for an on-site visit
Number 3
Challenge:
Oversee demand response or microgrid implementation when enterprise, campus or critical facilities are not integrated with local utilities.
Solution:
The PI System supports security and reliability by integrating time-series and geospatial data to provide deep, system-wide situational awareness, performance visualization and status information. It can also triage unplanned events like:
- power outages
- water leaks
- equipment downtime
- accidents
- environmental challenges, including storms, earthquakes and floods