Generate responsibly

With volatile energy prices and an aging energy infrastructure under increasing pressure, reducing the exposure to market price uncertainty or supply interruption is paramount for the continuity and efficiency of operations. Distributed Energy Systems enable the right combination of technologies to be deployed on site for energy production and storage. This limits the reliance on the grid and reduces the amount of energy that needs to be bought.

DES that rely on clean energy production or hybrid systems have a lower impact on air quality and help maintain a greener and cleaner ecosystem. DES coupled with other traditional energy conservation measures can improve efficiency across the energy system. Integrated real-time data monitoring and multipoint controls at plant, building and network level can improve asset utilization and plant efficiency and ensure power, cooling, heating and lighting are used only when and where they are needed, thereby reducing the level of CO₂ emissions.

Like Siemens, an increasing number of public and private organizations are willing to go beyond the financial reward of more efficient buildings. They set themselves ambitious targets to reduce their carbon footprint, with carbon neutrality now the holy grail of sustainable operations. DES are a central part of strategies aimed at reducing the cost of energy and the resulting carbon footprint. Typically deployed in combination with building infrastructure upgrades and optimization to reduce consumption, DES provide the extra "push" required to bring an organization firmly into the new energy era.