The Benefits of Installing an Energy Management System
03/09/2017
As home energy costs continue to rise, homeowners everywhere are seeking the best ways to lower their energy bills. In Maricopa County, Arizona, where the average high temperature during the summer months exceeds the 100-degree mark, keeping home cooling expenses under control presents a major challenge.
Many homeowners are discovering the advantages that home energy managements systems (HEMS) offer in terms of energy conservation. These energy management systems make use of specially designed computer hardware, software and sensors to control HVAC units, lighting, electronics and household appliances with greater efficiency. Using the power of home automation, these state-of-the-art energy management solutions enable you to create a preset schedule for the operation of your home’s systems. You can also use your mobile device to manually operate the systems even when you’re not at home.
Exploring the Many Benefits of Energy Management Systems
Key HEMS benefits include:
- Less wasted energy via prescheduling: The ability to preschedule when your systems operate can avoid a needless — and expensive — waste of energy. For example, a heating/cooling system that is programmed to your family’s schedule and preferred temperature settings, and that automatically monitors and adjusts the temperature as needed, can reduce energy consumption by approximately 25 percent on average.
- Making manual temperature adjustments remotely: Imagine this scenario: You’ve been outside throughout a blistering Phoenix summer day, so you want your home to be nice and cool when you arrive. You’ve programmed your HEMS so the air conditioning won’t be blasting while no one is home, which would be a big waste of energy. Using your mobile device, you can manually crank up the AC at the right time so that when you finally step inside your home, it will already be at the perfect temperature. You won’t have to wait forever for your home to cool down!
- Occupancy sensing: Leaving lights on in unoccupied rooms is one of the biggest energy wasters in many homes. Some energy management systems include an occupancy sensing feature that will automatically turn off the lights when someone leaves the room or when it remains unoccupied for a certain period of time. You won’t have to worry about whether you’ve remembered to turn off the lights after you’ve already left your home.
- Increased security: A HEMS allows you to preprogram the operation of lights throughout your home, which can be an effective deterrent to burglars. For instance, you can have the lights go on and off in specific rooms during the nighttime while you’re away on vacation. This makes it appear to burglars that someone is at home. And if you’re coming home late at night, you can use your mobile device to turn on the lights before you arrive. You won’t have to worry about stepping inside a dark — and possibly unsafe — home.
Titan Alarm, Inc. can install a custom-designed HEMS in your Phoenix area home. Contact us to learn more about the benefits of our highly efficient energy management system for the home today.
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Updated by Titan Alarm on November 5, 2018.
