🏭 Saving Energy… or Just Buying a Solution Too Early?
- Truewatts
- Jan 24
- 2 min read
Many factories don’t start with reducing energy.
They start by buying equipment.
Want to reduce electricity cost → look for devices
Want to save energy → look for a solution
Want to see results → look for a dashboard
And this is where the problem begins ⚠️
🧠 “Energy saving” is not a technical problem
It is a decision-making problem.
From what we repeatedly see in real field work:
Factories have data
Factories have equipment
Factories have systems
But no one knows
what those data are actually used to decide.
As a result, the system becomes something that
exists to be looked at — but not used 👀
⚖️ Similar electricity bills do not mean the same solution
We have seen two factories with similar electricity costs and similar load sizes.
🏭 Factory A
Implemented a full EMS.
Measured every panel
Had complete reports
But the electricity cost barely changed
📉Because everyone knew where the power was coming from,
but no one had the authority to act on it.
🏭 Factory B
Measured only a few points
No monthly reports
No fancy dashboard
But they clearly knew:
when demand increases, who must do what — and within how many minutes ⏱️
The result: electricity cost actually went down.
Even though the system was much simpler.
🔧 A custom solution does not start with “what to install”
It starts with uncomfortable questions.
Before designing any system,
we often ask questions customers don’t really want to answer, such as:
If you see the data, what will you do differently?
Who is actually responsible for peak demand?
If no one looks at the dashboard, is this system still worth it?
If an alarm goes off at night, will anyone make a decision? 🔔
These questions are not found in brochures, but they determine what a solution should — or should not — include.
✂️ True customization means removing things
In many projects, what we do is not adding more functions, but cutting things out.
Removing measurement points that don’t support decisions
Removing features that require high manpower
Removing systems that need constant monitoring
Because in real factories, systems that require too much attention are usually the first ones to be turned off 🔕
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