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Keeping Our World Green | Joseph Merlo Discusses Energy Efficiency

As energy becomes more expensive, Joseph Merlo reports that saving energy becomes more valuable. With the green revolution well underway, Joseph Merlo also says that increasing the quality and efficiency of the energy we use is just as important as the energy production itself.

Joseph Merlo says that our new economy places a premium on quality energy. Decades ago, explains Joseph Merlo, having plenty of electricity was all that mattered to a facility. Joseph Merlo says that facility owners and operators gave little though to wasted electrical energy. In fact, adds Joseph Merlo, it was thought that electricity could not be wasted, just generated. Joseph Merlo sees that trend changing increasingly. Energy efficiency, says Joseph Merlo, is a major consideration of our new economy. Joseph Merlo notes that shortcomings in power quality can become very expensive.

Joseph Merlo finds that many facilities, no matter their size, can run at the same capacity with much less electricity than they currently use. Most of the time, says Joseph Merlo, the facility is simply using low power quality standards. Electricity is often routed inefficiently, adds Joseph Merlo, or the electrical load for some equipment is just to high to be worth it. Joseph Merlo explains that poor energy quality can also damage equipment by overheating or overwhelming the mechanisms. Joseph Merlo says this leads to downtime and repair costs that ultimately increase overhead. If overhead is too high, adds Joseph Merlo, it saps customer confidence and can eventually reduce sales. All of these concerns, notes Joseph Merlo, are in addition to an unnecessarily high utility bill.

For example, points out Joseph Merlo, electrical currents can produce harmonic distortions if they are routed improperly. Joseph Merlo explains that harmonic distortion can adversely affect motors and transformers, weakening the entire system. The more sensitive the electronic equipment, notes Joseph Merlo, the more susceptible that equipment is to power anomalies. Joseph Merlo explains that the harmonic distortion produced by a typical lighting system in a commercial facility distorts the standard smooth 60-Hertz sine wave used to transmit most electricity. Joseph Merlo also notes that this distortion causes problems in the facility's power grid. Harmonic distortion, adds Joseph Merlo, can create current on the neutral phase of a circuit. Current on the neutral, continues Joseph Merlo, puts stress on transformers in the neutral that are not supposed to receive current. In the end, says Joseph Merlo, poor quality energy wastes money and hurts sensitive equipment. That is one reason Joseph Merlo is committed to greening the planet through producing higher quality energy systems.