Water & gas consumption reduced

Wireless utility monitoring products from HWM’s Radio-Tech brand have been used by Verco Advisory Services to reduce a major UK food producer’s water consumption by almost 10% and gas consumption by over 5% in five months, with projections showing savings of around £1m in only two years.

Energy management consultancy, Verco, has been focussing in 2012 on improving the company-wide sub-metering of resource consumption across its client’s 15 UK sites. To do this, Verco has used Ecochirp transmitters and Wi5 data concentrators from HWM’s Radio-Tech range, which have been installed to enable rapid, centralised data collection from all areas of the business.

The wireless devices were chosen largely because of their modular nature, integrating easily with the Carbon Desktop energy management system and requiring minimal ongoing maintenance and management. Easy to specify, install and expand, they have proven to be effective at providing a visible return on investment in the fastest possible timeframe.