The issues facing landlords are very similar those for high end residential properties. The landlords are faced with looking for ways to reduce energy usage, meter and manage their energy and source from the most competitive and cost-effective sources.
Power Supply Protection
Where they can many building owners taken up the option to install or rent out their roof space for renewable power installations, namely solar PV panels. The installation uses a solar inverter and metering to take the DC power generated by the panels and invert this into an alternating current (AC) and voltage that can be used within the building or exported.
Local energy storage systems can also be coupled to solar PV installations. These can store the renewable generated power for use during peak times or when there is a power outage. Energy storage systems can be used without solar PV installations to store energy from the gird at night (when electricity rates are low) to use during peak charge periods during the day.
Within rental and student accommodation there may be little demand for other than small UPS systems for local IT wireless routers and servers. Where fitted an energy storage system will provide back-up power from its Lithium-ion battery pack but with a small break as it is brought into the electrical system.
Typical Domestic IT Systems
- PCs and network systems
- Access and Security CCTV systems
The Synchronised Power range of uninterruptible power supplies ranges from small off-line backup power systems to large three phase modular UPS systems. Systems for rental and student type accommodation are available ex stock for next day delivery.
Rental Accommodation Energy Usage
The use of intelligent building controls and energy management systems allow landlords and building owners to monitor and control the energy used more effectively than ever before. Areas of high usage and low occupancy can be easily identified with the right systems in place. This often involves putting in place electricity metering and monitoring dashboards configured for the site and the characteristics to be monitored.
Rental type accommodation can benefit from grants for energy efficiency drives. As well as upgrading insulation, LED lighting and heating upgrades can also generate energy usage improvements. Buildings may also benefit from the installation of voltage optimisers and alternative heat sources including Biomass boilers and ground source heat pumps.
Typical Rental Accommodation Systems
- Access control and CCTV security systems
- LED Lighting and emergency lighting systems
- Heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems
- Energy metering and management systems
Intelligent building controls linked to access control passes can help to improve overall energy efficiency. As well as helping to build up an occupancy profile, intelligent building controls can be used to co-ordinate lighting and heating systems to ensure that they are turned on/off as required based on card access.
Your Partner for Rental Accommodation Energy Savings
Synchronised Power provides a complete power and energy management service for landlords operating rental and student type accommodation. We work with several energy suppliers to ensure the best prices and can install the latest in energy metering, power management and core building infrastructure systems.
- A fully independent service: our outstanding reputation is based on us delivering projects that solve client problems. When we design a power protection or energy management solution we select the most appropriate products and are not tied to any brand or manufacturer.
- Comprehensive product and service portfolio: to deliver outstanding products we need an outstanding supply chain. We only work with market leading manufacturers and their engineering and service teams who can demonstrate product and service excellence. Our product and service portfolio are extensive allowing us to solve any power problem and improve a building’s energy performance.
- An extensive and fast-growing knowledge bank: we work within two fast-paced sectors and continually invest in our systems, processes and people to ensure we keep up to date with the latest thinking and technologies. We also must ensure backwards compatibility and the future-proofing of designs to ensure we continue to develop long-standing relationships with our growing client base.
Customer service is key to everything we do at Synchronised Power and ensure our continuous business growth. We appoint a dedicated account manager to every client regardless of their energy spend whose sole purpose is to ensure they save that client money, improve their energy efficiency and secure their mains power supplies.
