1. See where the energy actually goes
You cannot cut what you cannot see. Connecting environmental sensors and machinery to one dashboard with full energy-consumption analytics surfaces inefficiencies in real time instead of after the fact. When Can Garús did this with CoFarmer, the data exposed inefficiencies that had been quietly adding to costs every single month.
2. Automate climate thresholds
Manual climate control over-runs equipment 'just in case'. Automated thresholds run heating, ventilation, and cooling only when conditions actually require it. With this approach, Can Garús reduced energy consumption by 18% in its first production season — with no impact on crop output.
3. Act before problems escalate
Real-time alerts catch a drifting variable — a vent stuck open, humidity climbing — before it forces the whole system to compensate (and burn energy doing it). Catching deviations early is far cheaper than correcting them after the climate has already swung out of range.
4. Match the climate to the crop, not the calendar
Different zones and growth stages need different setpoints. An FMS lets you tune climate by zone and by crop readiness rather than running one blanket programme, so you are not heating or cooling space that does not need it.
5. Keep it all in one system
When energy data, sensors, automation, and tasks live in the same platform, savings compound: an alert becomes an automation rule, and an inefficiency becomes a fixed setpoint. Fragmented tools leave that value on the table.
The takeaway
Greenhouse energy is a controllable cost, not a fixed one. With visibility plus automated climate thresholds, CoFarmer helped Can Garús cut energy use 18% in a single season without affecting production — proof that the savings are real and measurable.