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Unlock Savings with an Industrial Energy Management System

Written by Pamela Newenham | May 20, 2025 3:12:33 PM

In today’s volatile energy landscape, manufacturers can no longer afford to treat energy as just another overhead. With rising utility costs, increased pressure to decarbonize, and the growing complexity of multi-site operations, the need for an intelligent, responsive industrial energy management system has never been greater.

At CoolPlanet, we’ve built our platform around not just monitoring energy—but transforming it into a controllable, strategic asset. Here’s why that matters.

What is an Industrial Energy Management System

An industrial energy management system (IEMS) is a software-driven platform that helps manufacturers track, analyse, and optimise their energy usage across sites, assets, and systems. It goes beyond utility bills and basic metering, giving you real-time visibility into:

  • Energy consumption patterns

  • Equipment performance

  • Cost-saving opportunities

  • Carbon emissions

  • Operational anomalies

But not all IEMS platforms are created equal. The real value lies in what the system helps you act on. And that’s where CoolPlanet sets itself apart.

How CoolPlanet’s Industrial Energy Management System Works

CoolPlanet’s industrial energy management system is designed for real-world manufacturing complexity—not just data collection. It integrates directly with your site's operational technology (OT), including HVAC systems, heat pumps, chillers, compressed air systems, refrigeration units, and energy storage assets like batteries. These connections happen at the asset level via BMS, SCADA, or PLC systems, ensuring visibility and control without disrupting operations.

Tackling Operational Drift (Before It Costs You)

Operational drift is one of the most overlooked costs in manufacturing. Over time, even well-tuned systems slip:

  • Setpoints get nudged

  • Schedules become outdated

  • Equipment begins running outside optimal ranges

The result? Silent inefficiencies that bleed energy and erode profit—often without triggering alarms.

CoolPlanet’s industrial energy management system automatically detects these signs of drift using machine learning and trend analysis. Whether it’s a chiller short-cycling or a compressor running through weekends, CoolPlanet flags it, quantifies the cost, and recommends action. You get insight and instructions—without waiting for a manual audit.

Quantifying the Cost of Inaction

Most manufacturers don’t realise just how much money is leaking from their operations every day—until it’s too late. CoolPlanet’s Cost of Inaction (COIN) dashboard changes that.

Unlike traditional reports that surface inefficiencies weeks or months later, COIN gives you daily, real-time visibility into the financial impact of inefficiencies across your sites.

It translates complex operational issues into executive-ready insights, showing:

  • The €€€ cost of inefficiencies—from poorly sequenced chillers to heat pumps running outside optimal hours

  • Where operational drift is silently bleeding cash

  • Which sites are falling behind in performance—and why

More than just a snapshot, the COIN dashboard actively benchmarks every facility in your portfolio, highlighting:

  • No-cost and low-cost fixes hiding in your current systems
  • CapEx projects with <3-year ROI to prioritise high-impact investments
  • Site-by-site comparisons to surface performance gaps and best practices

This is about more than just saving energy. It’s about strategic control—putting a monetary value on inefficiency, and giving operations, finance, and sustainability teams the same source of truth to unlock millions in potential savings.

No more hidden losses. No more guesswork. Just daily visibility into what inaction is really costing you.

Why Industrial Leaders Choose CoolPlanet

CoolPlanet is more than a software vendor. We’re an operational partner trusted by global manufacturers to deliver measurable impact. With CoolPlanet, companies:

  • Reduce energy spend by up to 20%

  • Cut carbon emissions in real-time, without compromising production

  • Unlock revenue through grid-responsive flexibility

  • Get strategic control through a centralized command layer across all facilities

From food processing to pharma to heavy industry, our clients are proving that with the right tools, energy can become a profit lever—not just a line item.

Final Thought

If your energy data is locked in spreadsheets, siloed in SCADA systems, or buried in monthly bills, you're missing a major opportunity. CoolPlanet’s industrial energy management system brings it all together—detecting drift, reducing risk, and turning energy into an advantage.

Stop paying for inefficiency. Start optimising with CoolPlanet. Book a call with us today. 

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