Demand Response

Nowadays there are companies which are not only being conscious about the environment, but there mainly focus is to make other companies aware of their energy efficiency and pay companies that reduce their power when asked to.
Some companies like EnerNOC have taken this concepts and have separate them accordingly to the demands each company might need. below, I have listed four ways in which your company can be part of this pro environmental movement and actually save money in the process:

Demand Response opportunities-

• DemandSmart
• SupplySmart
• EfficiencySmart
• CarboSmart

These four segments run through the DemandSmart interface which consists in the following

Capacity:

• Customers temporarily curtail power usage. “Customers get paid for their willingness to curtail + their actual performance.”

Price-based:

• Customers cut their power use when wholesale electric prices rise.

Anciliary Services

• Load reduction for short-notice curtailment

Peak-Load Management

• Predicts peak demand changes
• Notifies customers
• Empowers customers to cut down power

These companies are not only helping the environment, they are making companies be more power efficient and they have unlock new revenue streams and processed new data, which will help in the research for new energy efficiency opportunities. It is a no cost, no risk and a really viable option for any company or even household.

They are not only focusing in huge corporations, but also targeting almost every entity that runs energy:

costumers included are:

• Commercial entities
• Local Government
• Federal Government
• Manufacturing/ Industrial enterprises
• higher education (schools, universities)
• Healthcare
• housing

They provide each company with comprehensive data about utility expenses and usage in every location within your organization, so you can gain control and lower costs automatically. Providing valuable inside into the current energy use of the companies or entities.
Some companies like Ameresco, take into account variations in weather to determine if your energy usage increases simply do to a heat wave or a cold snap.  It also analyzes patterns year round as well as year to year, allowing you to a better understand and detect data inaccuracies and anomalies, so you can save money you never knew you were losing. Now, not only will companies better manage energy, they will be better prepared for carbon managed future. Both the business and environment benefit from Demand Response.

Automated Demand Response Program