A new study from North Carolina State University researchers suggests that smart meters can improve energy efficiency in manufacturing.
The key driver is the willingness of managers to actually make use of the technology, according to the researchers, who also present the study as a proof-of-concept for using ‘event system theory’, historically used to understand the impact of unexpected phenomena, to work out the practical effects of planned actions in businesses such as adopting new technologies.
The study was based on data from 87 plants owned by a Fortune 500 company that adopted an energy management system utilising smart meters.
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