by Ann Withanee — October 1, 2010—Serious Materials, a leading provider of high-tech solutions that reduce energy usage in the built environment, introduces SeriousEnergy Manager, a software-as-a-service platform that provides building owners and property managers with continuous monitoring, analysis, optimization and control of overall energy usage in commercial buildings.
Used in over 60 buildings in the U.S. and India to date, SeriousEnergy Manager provides consistently fast energy-savings of 10 to 15 percent for rapid total solution payback in one to two years, notes the company.
SeriousEnergy Manager addresses energy efficiency improvements for building owners and managers of an individual building or entire portfolio of commercial office buildings, schools and university campuses, government facilities, retail operations, and factories.
The company explains that SeriousEnergy Manager is a secure Web-based platform, with no software to install or maintain, that seamlessly integrates with building systems to continuously monitor energy usage.
Based on proprietary algorithms, SeriousInsight advanced analytics integrates occupancy analysis, historical and external data to deliver real-time insight into energy usage and establish baselines, trends, and forecasting of energy consumption. The always-on service identifies ongoing, straightforward opportunities to save energy and optimize building system efficiencies, resulting in rapid ROI (return on investment). The core technology of SeriousEnergy Manager originated from Serious Materials’ earlier acquisition of Valence Energy.
“With this new service offering, Serious Materials formalized its newest business unit called SeriousEnergy,” said Mark Mitchell, Serious Materials’ SVP of Mergers & Acquisitions, who will also become General Manager of SeriousEnergy.
“We work with our customers everyday to help them retrofit or build toward very aggressive energy efficiency goals. We see immediate opportunities for energy savings, but you can’t improve what you can’t measure. SeriousEnergy Manager solves that issue and then helps maintain it for optimal performance. With SeriousEnergy Manager, our customers garner a tremendous near and long run return on investment through our intelligent, persistent and continuous commissioning platform.”
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