Saving energy costs
With the pattern “saving energy costs” communities focus not on generating revenue but rather on reducing the costs for the community and its members. Costs saving measures can be smart energy management, energy efficiency or sufficiency measures, self-consumption, reducing peak consumption or shifting demand to low-tariff times.
Implementation reference
- Savings on electricity bills (Green Energy Cooperative, Comunidades Energeticas)
- Save energy through energy management (Tieto Evry, Alpiq, Entelios)
- Savings to commercial and industrial customers (Cut Energy, Open Energi)
Research reference
This pattern belongs to the core area:
Energy Value Capture
Energy Value Capture