Our team at JRG Building Engineering has extensive experience in designing and modifying buildings, and we want to help you make your building as energy efficient as possible. We also want to help you convert your existing facilities to run on renewable energy sources where possible, and to assist you in designing your future builds to take advantage of renewable energy as well. In this article, we will go over a few key pieces of advice you will likely hear when you meet with a renewable energy advisor from our team.
- Assess Your Current Building – One of the first things your renewable energy advisor will likely recommend is to have a survey of your building conducted. Our team will assess your building’s existing systems to determine how much total energy it is using and how efficiently that energy is being spent. Gathering this data is the first step in creating a plan to convert your infrastructure to run on renewable energy.
- Invest in Monitoring – Another piece of advice our renewable energy advisors often give is to invest in monitoring systems for your energy consumption. Having reliable systems of data collection allows you to monitor your energy use and generation in real time, which will allow you to make better choices about how you are using the various systems in your building. For example, if our team installs solar panels on your building, we will also install monitors where you can keep track of how much energy the panels are generating vs. how much your building is consuming.