Ensuring that facility operations don’t get interrupted by emergencies such as power outages or blackouts is a top priority for facility managers. To this end, there are a wide variety of backup power solutions to make sure a facility doesn’t go dark.
In this Facilities in Focus video, three different backup power solutions are explored: generators, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) and battery energy storage systems (BESS). Each comes with its own advantages as well as drawbacks. However, one solution need not be used exclusively, as they can be layered together to ensure redundancy.
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