Siemens has pooled its expertise in a number of different areas of building technology to create a modular program of solutions designed to boost buildings’ energy efficiency. Bannered “Maximize Efficiency!”, the program sets out to make buildings as efficient as possible. Currently, Siemens is the only vendor to offer such a comprehensive system aimed at bringing down energy costs. Because we can combine different elements in our product and service portfolio flexibly, we can offer solutions tailored exactly to the needs of all kinds of buildings, including hospitals, schools, hotels, office complexes and sports arenas.

Professional energy management involves three steps: monitoring and analysis, optimization and upgrading, and renewal and replacement. A basic requirement when it comes to achieving lasting improvements is to complete a precise assessment of a building’s status – an “Energy Health Check plus”. This consists of reviewing a building’s energy consumption and conducting interviews in order to identify any deficiencies or problems with the technical infrastructure. We also work closely with customers to record a building’s energy consumption data, to analyze changes in consumption patterns, and to prepare a lifecycle assessment, complete with details of the building’s carbon footprint. This enables us to see where we need to intervene and where savings are possible. We then prepare a detailed report for the customer to present the specific improvements that can be made. We submit our findings in a clearly structured form using a star-based scoring system: one star indicates that important action needs to be taken, whereas five stars denote results that are outstanding.

These findings serve as a starting point for additional services aimed at improving the building’s energy efficiency. With energy performance contracting, for example, customers can leverage our expertise to upgrade their buildings and reduce their energy and environmental footprints without the need for major capital investment up front; they can also have us monitor their buildings’ ongoing performance.