Introduction to Digital Energy Management

The dashboard is the first thing a user encounters when logging into MinEnergi2. It provides a quick overview of the company’s/building’s aggregated consumption, visualized in terms of costs, CO₂, and energy, for all your registered forms of energy.

Building benchmarks
Building benchmarks compare your buildings’ consumption and performance with other similar buildings in EnergyData’s database (anonymously).

Alarms
There are two modules with alarms.

• A Call-To-Action overview, which is an economically prioritized list of unacknowledged alarms
• An overview where the five most recent unacknowledged alarms are presented, a module that shows the five latest alarms, regardless of the economic consequence.

Standby consumption
Standby consumption provides an overview of the building’s development in standby consumption over the last four weeks, as well as an indication of the distribution of consumption throughout the day.

Heatmap
Heatmap, where energy waste is localized using Heatmap, and an overview indicates how long the energy waste has been occurring.

MinEnergi2 has five different analysis modules. One of the most used is the Consumption Analysis, which simply shows the current year’s energy consumption compared to the same month last year, as well as the budget for the current form of energy.

The overview can be “expanded” with one click, zooming in on the current month, and one more click shows the daily breakdown of energy consumption. Down to the aggregated energy consumption per energy type, per meter type, or for each individual meter.

Standby analysis
The standby analysis is based on the operating hours recorded in your master data, where anything outside of operating hours is considered standby consumption.

Cooling module
The cooling module conducts an analysis, down to hourly resolution, for cooling in the district heating installations. The cooling module also provides an indication of the economic consequences of any non-optimal cooling in relation to the cooling requirements that may be imposed by the district heating plant.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI) Analysis
The key performance indicators (KPI) analysis provides an overview of the company’s own buildings. The building with the highest key performance indicator is ranked at the top. The standard for MinEnergi2 is to create key performance indicators based on area distribution, but it is possible for each individual company to create other keys that are specifically tailored.

Building Benchmark
The Building Benchmark analysis compares your company’s buildings with similar buildings in MinEnergi2’s database. Anonymously shows how many buildings are being compared on the different energy forms.

The monitoring modules in MinEnergi2 provide different overviews of inefficient energy consumption. All alarms set up for your company will be displayed in two different lists. The first list shows the financial implications as a consequence of exceeding the consumption limits, while the second list shows the alarms in a date prioritized order.

This makes it possible to prioritize efforts based on either the frequency of alarm occurrences or from an economic perspective.

Call-To-Action list
The Call-To-Action list shows all unacknowledged alarms in an economically prioritized order, with the highest economic consequence at the top. The economic consequence is calculated from the first unacknowledged alarm on the respective energy form up to the current date. It is therefore important to acknowledge the alarms when they have been handled by the MinEnergi2 user.

Alarm List
The alarm list shows a list of all alarms that have occurred, with the most recent at the top. This list has no connection to the economic consequences but is solely based on when they were generated. In this list, it is possible to see the frequency of each set alarm, allowing prioritization if it is a frequently occurring alarm that may require action to remedy in the future.

Alarm Setup
The alarm setup is the module where alarms are created, edited, deactivated, and deleted. In addition to being able to see the frequency of each alarm, it is also possible here to see which meters are associated with an alarm, as well as possibly how many alarms are associated. The alarm setup allows you to choose from six different types of alarms, so for example, overconsumption and poor district heating cooling can be monitored.

In MinEnergi2, you can send consumption-related reports, with different set frequencies, to relevant stakeholders in your company, or externally (board members, etc.). The reports provide an overview of the energy consumption trends over a given period.

Building Report
The building report is sent out every week, comparing the energy consumption of the past week with the week before, so the building manager can track the development and stay updated on the buildings’ energy consumption. This can be freely chosen by the users who have data access to the building.

Customized User Report
The customized user report can be sent as an instant report, showing the consumption and CO₂ emissions for a previous period, or set up as a frequency report that will automatically be sent at fixed intervals in the future. The advantage of the customized user report is that it can be sent to recipients who are not necessarily users in the system, as it can provide value, for example, for a municipality to keep the municipal council informed about the development in energy consumption.

It is possible to create budgets at all levels in MinEnergi2. In other words, you can set up budgets in the way that is most suitable for your company. The level of detail can be edited according to needs and preferences, upcoming optimization projects, etc.

This way, energy consumption can be closely monitored and compared against expectations, while also setting up budget alarms that notify if the budget is exceeded.

With MinEnergi2, you don’t just get an EMS platform plug & play. It comes with a service concept that complements your monitoring and data insights with our expertise and a team of energy advisors who support you in how to act on and work with your energy data.

Our service concepts are designed to provide your company with the type of Energy Management you need, now and in the future. No matter what challenges arise, our energy experts will help you meet them safely and effectively.

MinEnergi2 EMS (Energy Management System) can support a company’s ISO 50001 certification in several ways:

1. Data Collection and Monitoring: The EMS can collect data on energy consumption and other relevant parameters in real-time. This enables the company to have accurate and up-to-date information about its energy consumption and performance, which is essential for meeting ISO 50001 requirements.
2. Analysis and Reporting: The EMS can analyze the collected data to identify energy-saving opportunities and inefficient processes. It can generate reports and analyses required to document compliance with the ISO 50001 standard.
3. Efficiency Improvements: By using the EMS, the company can implement and monitor energy efficiency improvement measures and initiatives. The EMS can assist in planning and managing these improvements systematically.
4. Compliance and Documentation: The EMS can help maintain documentation and traceability of the energy management system’s performance, including compliance with ISO 50001 documentation and communication requirements.
5. Continuous Improvement: A core part of ISO 50001 is the continuous improvement of energy performance. The EMS can support the company in establishing goals, measuring results, and implementing improvement activities in a structured way.

Overall, the MinEnergi2 EMS platform can serve as an integrated tool to help companies achieve and maintain their ISO 50001 certification by optimizing their energy consumption and energy performance in a systematic manner.