Busy energy managers, many of whom are given the task as only part of their job, rarely have the time to painstakingly enter data into spreadsheets.

Several proprietary software packages are available in New Zealand. All are designed for organisations with substantial energy use, ranging from city councils to factories, wineries, shopping malls and universities.

They work best with modern time-of use electricity meters, but some can accommodate older-style meters.

There are a number of computer based packages available which can automate the M&T process and allow on-going critical analysis of energy use. Some of these have components addressing other energy management factors and some carry out more powerful analysis including billing verification. Some programs have been developed in New Zealand while others from overseas have local representatives. Most companies and individuals involved with these packages are EMANZ members. Not all packages available are listed below and if you know of other suitable programs please let EMANZ know and details can be added to this web page.

The listing of commercial software packages and services on this website cannot be taken as an endorsement of the product by EMANZ or EECA however the suppliers are able to provide references and user sites should you wish to obtain third party feedback. The information below has been sourced from supplier’s websites, literature or repeated from a survey of software conducted on behalf of EECA.

EECA has recently commissioned a review of software packages which gives additional information on the products listed above.

e-Bench™

This is marketed as an energy efficiency benchmarking database. e-Bench™ is an Internet based computer tool for measuring energy and environmental efficiency. Energy and CO2 is measured per facility or process and compared to benchmarks established from other facilities or processes around the country. In addition to benchmarking e-Bench™ can provide invoice reconciliation, targeting and monitoring, and also simulation.

e-Bench models an organisation’s core business (buildings and processes) and allows users to determine for themselves how efficiently they are consuming energy and utilities and how this relates to their core activities. e-Bench has been developed from concept by Energy and Technical Services Ltd based in Wellington.

More information at http://www.nzenergysolutionz.com/index.html

EnergyPro

This package is marketed as a virtual energy manager. EnergyPro® is a purpose built software system providing reliable, sustainable and practical measurement, management and reduction of energy utilities and carbon emissions. It has been developed in accordance with GHG protocols, ISO14064 standards.

It acts as a Virtual Energy Manager enabling an Energy & Sustainability team to make informed decisions without getting absorbed into data collection and mining using spreadsheeting or inadequate tools. By centralising all energy utilities and carbon emission information, it provides streamlined data collection, integration and retention. It has the ability to automatically process, audit, analyse and report.

EnergyPro® can be installed in-house (standalone or LAN), client server or externally hosted through the web. Alternatively the supplier can deliver bureau services as an outsource option.

EnergyPro has been developed by and is marketed by Auckland based EnergyPro Solutions Limited.

More information at http://www.energyprosolutions.com/

Insite ²

insite² promotes energy and carbon management by enabling effective Monitoring and Targeting (M&T) and reporting across an entire enterprise.  insite² provides excellent access for plant managers, energy managers and engineers to view, analyse, report and update the energy consumption trends in their sites.

insite² is web-based and has been custom designed to help monitor energy consumption by providing a flexible database for industrial metering data.  insite² uses the latest Microsoft technologies, multi-tier architecture and allows multiple user access to a single, secure energy database.

M&T Energy STATUS Reports can be easily generated with insite².  These energy, emissions and water reports can be used to manage energy performance and compare actual energy use against determined targets.

insite² has been developed by, and is available from Demand Response with offices in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, New Plymouth  and Hastings. http://www.demandresponse.co.nz/UpgradeIndex.html

e-Smart

e-Smart is an innovative, web-based resource developed by Smart Power which enables their clients to monitor changes in energy (electricity and gas) consumption and cost. e-Smart records the changes in energy consumption and cost while also providing benchmarks for individual sites and CO2 information year on year for comparison purposes. Other utilities or resources such as Oil, Petrol, Diesel, Water, Wastewater, Recycling, Coal, Taxi, Flights (Domestic, Short haul and Long haul), Landfill waste may be reported on within e-Smart. Additionally, Smart Power can report on the CO2-e emissions associated with the relevant utilities/resources.

Reporting includes cost and consumption information for the current financial year and the previous two financial years.  The client utilities budgets for the current financial year can be loaded allowing consumption and cost reporting against budget at all of the levels identified above.

Individual site trends are provided on a moving annual total basis using the energy use index, kWh/m²/p.a. and targets (benchmarks) for sites can also be inserted to gauge current site performance.   Other forms or measurement may be used if required.

A further report is available which allows the client to graph the trend information for several sites on one graph. This allows a manager to review the utility performance of each site against one another.  All these reports are available by individual utility or a combination e.g. electricity and gas.

A dashboard providing a snap shot at the end of each month is also provided allowing consumption and cost performance in that month, the year to date and a forecast to year end for consumption and cost for each utility.

A variety of personnel will benefit from accessing the information on e-Smart.

Property and facilities managers can easily check on individual sites or a group of sites performance with regard to consumption or cost. They can see how they perform against set benchmarks and select sites for further investigation.

Finance managers will benefit from the at a glance financial dashboard and if this option is selected track how sites are going against set budgets.

Sustainability managers can track all their targeted variables in one place.

All personnel can produce graphs and dashboards at the touch of a button for inclusion in organisational reports.

e-Smart has been developed by, and is available from Power Smart with offices in Wellington, Auckland and Melbourne.

http://www.smartpower.co.nz/our-services/total-energy-management/e-smart

Clariti

Clariti is a web-accessed online solution that is used by customers via their meter data service providers, utility or energy retailer.
The Clariti service provides a range of graphical and tabular reports, but can also provide views on carbon emissions that relate to electricity use and generation types.

Clariti allows users to compare current energy usage against historical usage, monitor individual sites for operational efficiency, compare usage data across multiple sites, access the interval data via exportable formats for in-house analysis, and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of energy saving measures.

Clariti is provided by Wellington-based energy technology design group Energy Intellect.

More information at http://www.energyclariti.com

Ellserve

Ellserve is an online energy use monitoring and reporting tool, and is used to analyse both time-of-use (TOU) and non-TOU billing information.
Ellserve directly processes invoices and metering data issued by the energy retailer, automatically checking this gathered information for errors and against trends.

Ellserve can be used for simple reporting purposes, including month-to-month reporting of energy use and CO2 emissions, as well as to check whether a client is being overcharged for their energy consumption.

Ellserve is supplied and supported by Energy Link Ltd with offices in Dunedin and Wellington.

More information at http://www.energylink.co.nz/reduce-energy-costs/reduce-your-energy-bills-ellserve

Energy Wizard

Energy Wizard is a real-time energy management package that has a monitoring and targeting facility while also assisting with load shedding where required.

It is a New Zealand product developed by Intech Instruments Ltd, initially in a joint venture with former government electricity state-owned enterprise ECNZ. It is used mostly on an industrial scale.

This energy management software has been designed to meet the differing requirements of management who want analysed data for strategic planning, audit, accounts or tariff negotiations and site personnel who need real time information to optimise plant processes, with the flexibility to move to automatic control if desired.

Energy Wizard can accept raw data from industrial PLCs and signals from analogue or pulsing transducers or other sources. It makes data available online in real time, and makes predictions.

More information at http://www.intech.co.nz/products/energymanagement/energymanagement.html

FoundationFootprint™

FoundationFootprint™ is a web based, real time carbon footprint and resource management system built to meet the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and ISO 14064. FoundationFootprint™ integrates with both a company’s internal systems and their utilities and suppliers IT systems to track emissions and resources.

FoundationFootprint™ has been developed to manage the complexity of large organisational structures such as heavy industry, multi-nationals and local, regional and central government as well as maintaining simplicity for small and medium enterprises.

The core product consists of a central web based system where you can define your complex organisational and reporting structures and create an inventory of emission points and data. You can manage your carbon footprint and resource reduction programs, documentation, reporting formats and schedules. Staff can quickly and easily record notes on any item building up a knowledge base of your inventory while the system automatically creates audit trails of all activity.

Additional modules include: Sustainability Reporting, Bill Management, Energy Management and Investment Management. The Energy Management Module gives current and historic energy data and analysis down to asset level. The real time business intelligence shows trends and ratios such as seasonal usage and energy costs per day and highlights unusual usage patterns suggesting further investigation.

FoundationFootprint has been created by and is available from Auckland based Revolution ID Ltd.

More information at http://www.rev-id.com/

PowerLogic ION Enterprise

PowerLogic® ION Enterprise software is a power management solution for energy providers and industrial or commercial operations. It gives engineering and management personnel the information they need to cut energy-related costs, avoid downtime and optimise equipment utilisation.
PowerLogic® ION Enterprise tracks real-time power conditions; analyses power quality and reliability, and responds to alarms to avoid critical situations. It allows study of historical trends to reveal energy waste or unused capacity as well as verify efficiency improvements and allocate costs to buildings, departments or processes. The software includes sophisticated load aggregation and arithmetic calculation. Coordinated control capabilities can be used to manage demand or power factor and to manage loads or generators.

PowerLogic Metering solution is a product of Schneider Electric and supported in New Zealand by Christchurch based Quasar Systems Ltd.

More information at http://www.powerlogic.com/product.cfm/c_id/2/sc_id/16/p_id/30

EnergyICT® – EIServer®

EIServer® is a ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) system providing secure web based access to all of a company’s utility data in real time. This enables utility wastage to be identified in a matter of minutes with real time accuracy.

EnergyICT®’s hardware collects, stores and transmits all energy consumption data (e.g. from electricity, water, heat and gas meters) to the EIServer® management system for all data processing.

This allows end customers to manage their total energy flows and optimise their energy efficiency in general. Reporting can be fully customised to suit organisational needs. Reports can include alerts for consumption that falls outside set parameters and can be automated and sent via.

EnergyICT® and EIServer® have been developed in Europe and supplied and serviced in New Zealand by Energy Solution Providers.

More information at http://www.powersave.co.nz/monitoring/