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% Reduce Lower your operating carbonUp to 70% footprint energy costsreductionPINERGY SMART AGRISee your energy in a new way

PINERGYSMART AGRIInnovation is at the heart of many farms today.We work with farmers across various sectors suchas Dairy to help them understand their energyconsumption across their farm.Until now, Energy has just been a bill to be paidevery month with no clear insights or ability tomanage these costs. Pinergy Smart Agri offers farmers • Control over energy with smart technology • Certainty on energy spend • Access to a wide range of energy services for self generation • Reduced riskWe can also help your farm with innovativeenergy services such as Solar, Wind, Refrigeration,LED Lighting & Heat Pumps that can help you tobe more energy efficient and ultimately reduceyour costs.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?Pinergy Smart Agri delivers the latest in technology for yourfarm helping you: CARBON EMISSION Our 100% green energy is from renewable sources. Our technology allows you to measure and actively reduce your Carbon impact. RISK MANAGEMENT Reduce risk of reduced or lower supply with energy alerts together with budget certainty. MONITOR Smart Meters monitor, manage and help you control your energy usage across all sections of your farm. ENERGY INSIGHTS Our technology allows you to measure and actively reduce your energy consumption and costs.Reducing energy usage for your farm reduces the cost ofoperation which improves sustainability and profitabilitywhen milk prices are high.

CAP 2020 - 2027Everything you need to knowClimate Action at the heart of CAPReform.The new Common Agricultural Policywants to lead a transition to a moresustainable agriculture.This will require action from farmerson carbon reduction and energymanagement.It will be a challenging transition andrequire new approaches to farmenergy management. “Farming and food production needs to get smarter, cleaner, and greener…” Phil Hogan (2018) Photo credit: © European Union , 2018 / Lukasz Kobus

IT MAKES SENSE TO SAVE ENERGYDairy Farming is a high energy business. ProcessingWe know that dairy farmers use a large amount of energy to operate theirfarm. This can be as much as 7kWh per cow per week. Energy is used invarious ways. ProductionMilk cooling and water heating dominate. 40%Energy usage varies considerably through the year. Energy Saving “Cutting energy usage by 40% is absolutely realistic…” Dr John Upton, Teagasc, April 2018 Photo credit :Linkedin

HOW DOES IT WORK?Understand your energyWe install a smart meter at your farm. This will measure your energy every half hour, every day and we provide you with a login toview this usage so that you can understand it and make behavioural changes to reduce usage, waste and ultimately costs.InsightsWe provide you with insights to reduce energy usage through the day. We learn what your typical usage looks like and provide youwith warnngs when we see issues with supply or unusual activity on your usage.Investing in your energy efficiencyWe understand energy usage and the needs of your farm. We use the evidence from your farm to advise on the most effective,high priority energy investments – the ones that will have the greatest impact at each farm.Every farmer is unique and has its own best investment profile. Our energy services team will select the most beneficial energyservices to boost your farm's energy efficiency. MONITOR GRANT AID COST INVESTMENT REDUCTION Smarter Meters Accelerated access Accelerated access to monitor, manage to grant aid from Reduce your energy Milkflex funding forand help you control Dept ofAgriculture from an average investment in energyenergy usage acrosss (TAMS) and SEAI 7kWh per cow per efficiency and micro- (Dairy Farm Grant) generation.. all your sites. week to as low as 2.5 kWh per cow per week

Our Smart Manager platform allows you to monitor, manage and control energy usage, and importantly reduce energy waste.www.pinergy.ie/agri 24/7 ACCESS TO YOUR ENERGY

ENERGY SERVICESAt Pinergy, we supply our customers with electricity along home or for your business, Pinergy will help you choose thewith energy efficient technology solutions to help them to best solutions for an energy efficient future. We empowerunderstand and monitor their electricity usage, reduce their you to reduce your carbon footprint, help the environmentenergy waste, lower their carbon emissions and become a while reducing your costs and waste.more energy efficient and sustainable business. LED LIGHTINGWe partner with the most reliable and innovative techproviders in the country to provide a wide variety of energy Improve the ambiance of settings withsolutions to suit all business requirements. Whether for your superior quality lighting, while saving up to 80% on running costs, plus reduce ENERGY MANAGEMENT your maintenance expenditure. SOFTWARE HEAT PUMPS Energy Management provides a greater insight into your energy consumption Heat pumps are refrigeration in reverse! and based on this insight allows you to Extract heat energy from the air or the reduce usage, create savings and report ground to produce heat and hot water. your successes. WIND ENERGY Urban environments and remote locations can now enjoy a permanent, renewable power solution completely free from an external grid power source. WATER ENERGY SOLUTIONS REFRIGERATION ENERGY SOLUTIONS We offer solutions such as water treatment devices that prevent scale The refrigeration technology options build up in water systems. We also maximise energy efficiency and device provide interflow valves that control the performance. Devices keep cold air flow of water resulting in lower energy within refrigeration units, reducing energy and water consumption costs. costs and lowering maintenance.16

SOLAR ENERGY OUR ENERGY SOLUTION PARTNERSUtilise the sun’s energy to save up to70% off your hot water cost or generateyour own electricity using solar PVtechnology. Solar energy solutions makesense for both domestic and businessbuildings today.Innovation is what drives us.By choosing one of Pinergy’sinnovative energy solutions, youmake the future a little more securefor everyone. 17

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