Energy Performance

The electricity bill keeps rising, but no one can say where the energy goes. Servers restart for no reason, equipment fails too early: the power supply itself is often to blame.

Cutting the bill rarely starts with a purchase. First you need to know what consumes, where, when and why. The cheapest kilowatt-hour is still the one you don't consume.

SADIS, a Moroccan company based in Laâyoune and Casablanca, carries out this energy audit and then does the work.

Reading the bill line by line

No proposal is made before the bills have been read and consumption surveyed. Three concepts come up almost every time:

• Contracted capacity. Too high, and you pay for unused capacity; too low, and you incur overruns. The right value is derived from measured power demand.
• Peak hours. Depending on the contract, energy costs more at certain times. Shifting forklift charging or a compressor cuts the cost without cutting consumption.
• Reactive energy. Motors, compressors and old ballasts degrade the power factor. A suitable capacitor bank often removes this line from the bill.

Your finance department gets a bill it understands and a first list of points to check on site.

Metering by zone or by use

The main meter tells you how much you consume, not who consumes it. Sub-meters fitted on the switchboard feeders isolate lighting, air conditioning, the workshop, the cold room or the server room.

• Monthly tracking reveals drift: air conditioning running at night, lights left on at the weekend, a machine wearing out.
• Threshold alerts notify the person in charge as soon as a zone exceeds its usual consumption.
• The initial survey serves as the baseline for measuring the effect of the work.

Measurements are sent over the company network. If cabling is missing, it is handled in the same project together with network infrastructure and low-voltage systems.

Protecting equipment

Consuming less is not enough if the power quality is poor. Three phenomena degrade it:

• Micro-outages, invisible to the eye but able to restart a server, freeze a till or stop a PLC.
• Voltage dips and surges, when large motors start or during a storm, which wear out electronics prematurely.
• Internal disturbances, created by some of the site's own equipment at the expense of its neighbours.

Measurements first establish what is really happening. Then come protection for sensitive equipment and UPS units sized to the power, runtime and level of protection required. Their batteries are tested regularly.

For workstations and servers, monitoring falls under IT asset maintenance.

LED lighting and automation

Lighting is often the first lever: visible, measurable, and the work causes little disruption.

• Switching to LED, with fittings suited to offices, warehouses or workshops.
• Presence detection in corridors, washrooms, meeting rooms and storage aisles.
• Time scheduling of outdoor lighting, signage and air conditioning, aligned with your actual hours.

A plan ranked by payback

The survey and site visit lead to a costed action plan. Each action states its cost, the expected savings and its payback period.

• No-cost adjustments: contracted capacity, peak hours, scheduling.
• Quick-payback investments: LED, detectors, reactive energy compensation.
• Larger projects: equipment replacement or redesign of part of the installation, planned over several budgets.

You start with what pays back fastest, and the first savings fund the next steps. No percentage is announced before the survey: every site is different.

Energy efficiency of buildings

In Morocco, Law 47-09 on energy efficiency sets the framework for this approach. The audit helps you position your buildings and document the actions taken.

Measured savings

A saving has to be proven. After the work, consumption is compared with the initial survey, zone by zone, taking activity into account. The installed metering immediately flags any gain that is eroding.

Work is carried out in the evening or at weekends if necessary, and ends with acceptance testing and documentation. Turnkey projects carry a 12-month SADIS warranty, with the manufacturer's warranty applying depending on the equipment.

Under a maintenance contract, any request is acknowledged within 24 business hours. Intervention takes place remotely in under 1 hour, on site in under 4 hours in Casablanca and surrounding areas, and within 48 hours outside Casablanca (under 12 hours in an emergency).

A free audit before any quote

1. Initial discussion. You describe your premises, your hours and your concerns: bills, failures, outages.
2. Free on-site audit. Review of the bills, inspection of the switchboard, identification of uses and sensitive equipment.
3. Costed proposal. Action plan, scope and schedule. No work starts without a signed approval.
4. Work and follow-up. Implementation, measurement of savings, then maintenance if you wish.

A single point of contact handles electricity, the network and the equipment that depends on them. The combined trades are presented on the business divisions page.

Frequently asked questions

How much can I save on my electricity bill?

No one can honestly say before the survey. The action plan estimates the expected savings of each measure, then the actual gains are measured after the work.

Is there a charge for the energy audit?

No. The on-site audit is free, with no commitment, and precedes any quote.

Is a UPS enough to protect my equipment?

Not always. It must be sized for the right power and runtime, with maintained batteries. Measurements show whether disturbances also need to be treated at the source.

Will the work stop our operations?

No. It is planned zone by zone, can be done in the evening and at weekends, and is coordinated with your teams for critical equipment.

Do you work in warehouses and factories?

Yes. The approach applies to offices, shops, warehouses, workshops and industrial sites.

Discuss your project

Gather your latest electricity bills, your opening hours and the list of recent electrical incidents. Email contact@sadis.ma or sales@sadis.ma, call +212 661 396 943 or use the contact page.