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Article: Path to reducing fuel consumption and lowering bills.
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- Real Estate Weekly
- Article date:
- September 24, 2008
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Each year during heating season, property managers start paying closer attention to their fuel bills, especially as the cost of heating oil steadily increases. But rather than simply groaning over the high bills, many property managers are starting to take key steps to reduce their fuel consumption, save money and prove energy savings. They are driving their buildings to peak operating efficiency by following a five step process.
The first step in reducing fuel consumption is to install an energy management system (EMS) to control boiler run-time. This is the single most effective way to retrofit centrally-heated buildings to be energy efficient. Rather then the ...