ELECTRICAL EFFICIENCY LIBRARY
USEFUL ANSWERS FOR PEOPLE EVALUATING BUILDING TECHNOLOGY.
Technical education, measurement guidance, and facility decision tools designed to make the sales conversation more transparent—not more complicated.
What Is Harmonic Distortion?
A practical explanation of nonlinear loads, distorted waveforms, THD, and why harmonics matter in commercial buildings.
How Should Energy Savings Be Measured?
Why kWh/kW under comparable conditions matter more than any single supporting power-quality metric.
How Do Tune, EC Units, and EcoMAXIM Differ?
A scope-based comparison that explains where each technology is typically evaluated—and why facility assessment comes first.
Reactive Power, Power Factor & Real Energy
What these terms mean, where they overlap, and where they should not be confused.
How Long Should an Energy Pilot Run?
From quick controlled tests to multi-week or longer studies depending on variability and measurement scope.
From Pilot to Portfolio
How enterprise owners can turn one measured result into a repeatable facility-screening and rollout framework.
A PRACTICAL NEXT STEP
Ready to improve your electrical system?
Talk with Orion about your facility, energy costs, electrical system and what you want to improve. We’ll help identify the most practical path.