How Industrial Businesses Waste Energy in the Summer

Amid the current financial climate, industrial businesses are trying to cut costs wherever they can.

In the summer season, sustainability becomes increasingly important too, as climate change causes temperatures to reach record highs.

This leaves every business with an increased responsibility to reduce their carbon footprint.

While you may look to find cheaper materials, evaluate your production processes or cut shipping costs, these changes can impact business performance.

So rather than making drastic changes to key aspects of your business, there may be a simpler solution.

Many businesses remain unaware of the energy they’re wasting in the hotter months, so in this article, we’re looking at how industrial businesses waste energy over the summer and sharing some simple solutions – for whatever type or size of facility you manage.

Leaving lights turned on

You may think this sounds obvious and that switching lights off should be a given across most businesses. However, people are often too busy in the workplace to remember to turn them off when they’re not needed.

Especially during the summer months, encourage your staff to be more conscious of their use of artificial lighting.

Overuse or poor use of air conditioning

We get it – in the summer months, temperatures can increase significantly, especially with a large number of staff or if you have machinery running.

Continuous use of air conditioning can be expensive, and overexposure can even cause health problems, such as Legionnaires’ disease. Exploiting whatever natural airflow, you can prevent illnesses such as respiratory infections and flu.

Opening windows and doors during mornings and evenings is a safer, more sustainable option.

Night purging is another technique that facilities can use to help handle heat management during those warm summer days. This method involves automated vents being programmed to open for a set time overnight, when the air is at its coolest and the building is unoccupied and stay closed during the day.

Night purging can be suitable for large industrial facilities that aren’t occupied overnight.

Some of our products, listed below, can be used for night purging.

But what are the solutions?

Throughout this article, we’ve highlighted some of the ways in which industrial businesses waste energy during the summer. Plus, we’ve shared how these problems can be solved.

We have several seasonal products that help keep your building cooler and save energy during the summer months. These include:

Direct Evaporative Cooling – A fixed Solution

This solution is a greener alternative to air conditioning, providing the most energy-efficient temperature cooling for larger industrial facilities.

It uses 100% fresh air, ensuring all odours and germs are expelled.

This system works by passing outdoor air through a wetted matrix, absorbing the heat and only allowing cool, fresh air to enter the building.

Whether it’s space cooling or spot cooling, Breezair technology provides the green alternative for cooling your industrial or commercial space. When a fixed technology is not an option for your business, our portable evaporative cooling units could be your answer.

Our mobile industrial cooling system, Enerbreeze, offers versatile and energy-efficient comfort cooling, perfect for demanding industrial environments. Designed for effortless portability, Enerbreeze ensures targeted cooling efficiency exactly where it’s needed most, across a variety of settings.

Hybrid and Natural Ventilation

Defined as a “two-mode” (or multi-mode) system that is controlled to minimise energy consumption while maintaining acceptable indoor air quality and thermal comfort.

This multi-mode ventilation system is designed to optimise adaptability and efficiency by dynamically varying its operating modes based on seasonal changes or daily environmental conditions. Its technology intelligently adapts to external climates, harnessing natural ventilation whenever possible. The intelligent control system seamlessly switches between natural and mechanical modes, ensuring maximum energy efficiency while maintaining optimal indoor conditions.

HVLS fans

HVLS fans offer advantages throughout the year, enhancing comfort while reducing energy costs. During the summer months, they provide cooling for individuals, and in the winter, they facilitate destratification by blending the warmer air from the ceiling with the cooler air near the floor.

HVLS fans work in conjunction with your air conditioning systems and improve their efficiency, meaning equipment operation can be reduced.

Here’s our multifaceted solution to mitigate energy loss in the summer.

Enershield Air Barriers

During hotter periods, and if you have to keep your doors open Enershield Air Barriers hot air outside, and also prevent the ingress of insects, odours, and other contaminants, such as dust.

Enershield Air Barriers create an effective seal across open doorways by re-circulating the facility air in a laminar (smooth) flow. In addition, the kinetic energy within the moving air generates a barrier, preventing leakage of air between two areas with different pressure and climate.

Of course, air conditioning bills can be a major expense for your business. However, Enershield Air Barrier Technology provides the chance for cost savings, whilst enhancing your business’s operational standards.

Our technologies are suitable for use in a variety of industries such as: