The planning and implementation of strategies designed to encourage consumers to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, change the time of usage, or promote the use of different energy source.
In the demand side management as related to compressed air, the focus is on various opportunities of improvement in terms of air quality, artificial demand and demand reduction through various techniques such as: leakage identification & repairs; point of use storage; point of use dew point control; point of use pressure booster; pressure optimisation; pressure stabilisation through flow / pressure controllers; zone control; pressure drop reduction; corrections in piping & distribution; flow & pressure measurement; eliminate or reduce inappropriate uses; etc…