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The gas price brake can help cushion the increase in costs caused by thermal energy from natural gas and thus also reduce the risk of insolvent tenants. In view of the social impact of high energy costs, however, one thing is often forgotten: The potential social and economic effects of a gas shortage. In addition to the primacy of cost containment, there is therefore the imperative of saving energy. Digital monitoring of the heating system helps to implement new legal requirements to reduce consumption quickly and cost-effectively.
On October 1, 2022, the “Ordinance to Secure Energy Supply through Medium-Term Effective Measures”, or EnsimiMAV for short, came into force. What comes across as a complex acronym has a clear goal: to reduce the consumption of natural gas. Property managers are now required to implement the EnsimiMAV requirements within the next two years.
Digital monitoring speeds up and simplifies implementation of EnsimiMAV
EnsimiMAV obliges owners of buildings supplied with natural gas to implement a wide range of efficiency improvement measures. The comprehensive assessment and subsequent optimization of the heating system play an important role in this.
“There are legitimate doubts as to whether all these measures can be implemented locally with the necessary breadth and speed in view of a shortage of skilled workers and problematic supply chains,” Christopher von Gumppenberg, managing director of KUGU Home, is skeptical. “Efficiency measures based on the use of sensors and energy data are delivered to real estate much faster and more cheaply — and also meet a large part of the EnsimiMAV requirements.” KUGU Home, based in Berlin, uses certified energy management and permanent, digital monitoring of all important heating system functions.
Plant inspection as part of certified energy management
With regard to heating systems, EnsimiMAV requires several steps, including the review of the heating system and the subsequent implementation of optimization measures. However, there is no need to check the system if the buildings are managed as part of a standardized energy management system.
This is where Kugu Home comes in with its digital energy management offering. Its establishment not only meets the EnsimiMAV requirements, but also helps to optimize the building's energy efficiency in the long term.
Long-term plant optimization through sensors and data analysis
In a further step, paragraph 2 of EnsimiMAV requires regular optimization of the heating system. Important aspects here include optimising the heating curve, activating night reduction and summer operation, optimising circulation operation or lowering hot water temperatures.
Kugu Home helps meet these requirements with the digital networking and monitoring of the heating system, the “digital boiler room.” The company is equipping the plant with sensors connected via a gateway, whose data converge on an energy data platform. The status of the plant is thus permanently transparent for property managers. Potential for optimization is identified and can be translated into concrete recommendations for action.
Fast, cost-effective and sustainable
The introduction of a digital monitoring system for heating systems is not just a one-time help to meet most of the EnsimiMAV requirements. Through continuous assessment of all relevant plant parameters and the continuous derivation of optimization potential, the plant is kept in an efficient state over the long term. This will meet the EnsimiMAV goal in the long term.
Regular reviews for optimization are omitted, and the number of trips to check the system is reduced by up to 50 percent. This not only reduces organizational effort on the part of property managers, but also the costs of plant operation. In addition, abnormalities in the heating system are detected earlier. Repair-related downtimes can be planned and reduced. Repair costs are usually lower.
“Property owners are now faced with the challenge of quickly implementing extensive and potentially costly measures in the boiler room from which they themselves do not directly benefit,” says Christopher von Gumppenberg. “We help them to meet most of EnsimiMAV's requirements in the short term and at comparatively low costs. And we are also setting up a system for them that provides stable energy savings of well over ten percent and also enhances the property from a sustainability perspective. ”
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KUGU Home GmbH
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