What is energy monitoring & targeting?
Energy monitoring & targeting is a management system designed to help identify and reduce energy wastage.
Your business is probably wasting energy. But do you know where, when and how? An energy monitoring and targeting (M&T) system will provide you with detailed energy usage information to help you identify and reduce wastage.
Overview
Monitoring & targeting sits at the heart of any strategic approach to energy management and can be defined as "A set of activities to obtain, interpret & report on energy consumption information in order to measure and maintain performance and to identify opportunities for improvement. It is often referred to as aM&T (automatic monitoring & targeting)."
An energy monitoring and targeting system can be fully scalable and can be used to gather data and create reports on various utilities. Other information can also be taken into account for analysis purposes. Analysis data may include:
electricitygas watersteamoiltemperaturecompressed airproduction informationeffluentfootfall
An M&T system will:
show you how, where and when energy is being used and wastedalert you to unexpected excess in consumptionenable you to target and drive down consumptionprovide objective measurement of savings you have acheivedhelp you forcast energy demandhighlight performance problems in equipemnt or systemsallow you to check energy billsfacilitate CRC managementhelp manage contribution to CSRprovide automated energy reportingfacilitate informed planninguncover areas for improvementhelp you assess the success of energy saving measures
Systems may include
Meters (electricity, gas, oil, water, steam, heat, temperature)Data communications (cable, low-power radio, GSM or GPRS as appropriate)Data logging (using hardware data loggers or software as appropriate)Data storageData analysisData presentationInstallation of hardware, cabling and software (as appropriate and as required by the customer)Configuration of hardware and softwareCommissioning of the complete systemDocumentationTrainingSupportConsultancy
Every site is different and every business has individual needs. It is for this reason that each system we design is bespoke taking into account these many variables. Our highly knowledgeable and experienced technical team design fully integrated systems that use the best and latest products on the market, meaning you only have to deal with one supplier.
Components of a typical M&T system
People
It is important to remember that people are a key element of any M&T system. Without actions from people, reducing your energy consumption is not a reality. People need knowledge, responsibility, motivation and information.
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