Facilitate Utility Management with Advanced Data Services
What is It:
The Utility Data Enterprise System (UDES) has been developed to help organizations optimize and manage their enterprise-wide utility and energy management operations through (near) real-time data collection and proactive data analytics. The UDES facilitates enterprise utility management by bringing together all (near) real-time facility utility data into a single uniform file system accessible via dashboards, each customized to the individual user.
The system provides value in
- Reduced Hardware, Infrastructure and Start-Up Costs;
- Rapid Deployment with Existing Data Sources;
- Streamlined Data Structures and Organization;
- Control of the System to Adapt and Scale with Reduced Additional Costs;
- Focused Efforts on Decision Making and NOT Data Entry.
Customized Data Collection and Export Services
Conduct
Site Assessments and Recommend Data Collection
Infrastructure
Install UDES Data Collectors and Network Connections
Integrate
Sub-Metering / DCS / BMS Data Aggregation and Export Devices
Configure
Secure Network Connections to Collection Meters and Devices
Maintain
Automated (Near) Real-Time Collection from All Utility Sources
Support
Facility Systems via Open Protocol Communication
Provide
Manual Data Entry Capture Via Tablet Web Application
Providing scalable data historian solutions for all facility and energy data.
Integrate
Cloud-Based Storage of All Data Sources for All Sites
Validate
Data for Errors (e.g., Missing Data) and Implement Data Cleaning
Provide
Auditable Transactions of All Data Received
Implement
Common Lexicon (Naming Convention) Across all Facilities
Support
Facility to Facility (Point to Point) Performance Analysis
Output
Data to UDES Dashboard Tools and Analytic Services
Connect
Customer or 3rd Party Software Through Secure API
Scale
For New Facilities, Meters, Accounts as Added to Portfolio
Data visualizations via our web-based dashboard to support decision making.
Monitor
Real-Time Utility Consumption Trends
Alert
Operators to Abnormal Conditions
Benchmark
Facility Performance and KPIs
Process
Utility Invoice Review, Approval, and Payment
Forecast
Accurate Budget Scenarios
Analyze
Contract and Rate Changes
Customize
User Access to Meet Responsibilities
Archive
Files in Uniform Structure for Quick User Access
Develop
Custom Energy Dashboard and Performance Reports
Secure API and data connections to customer and 3rd party systems.
Integrate
UDES Data To/From Existing Legacy Customer Systems
Maintain
Connection Between Systems for Data File Transfer
Reduce
Manual Data Entry In Systems via Automated Data Flow
Provide
IT Customer Support Services and Troubleshooting Services
Audit
Connection Transactions and User Interaction
Alert
Connection Issues and Interrupted Data Streams
Collaboration with University of Maryland Computer Science Department on a Machine Learning Project to Optimize Real-Time Facility Operations based on Available Facility BAS / Meter Data
Model
Continuous Parameter Behavior and System Efficiency
Develop
Correlations in Data to Variables (Weather, Occupancy, etc)
Predict
Future Utility Consumption vs Changing Variables
Detect
Anomalies in Real-Time Data vs Model Predictions
Use
BAS-Based Tenant Billing When Revenue Meters Not Installed
Predict
Equipment Failures and Maintenance
Simulate
BAS Setpoints to Maximize Tenant Comfort vs Energy Consumption
Allocate
Cost and Resources to System Operations
Provide
Management Level Review of Facility Operations from Off-Site Locations
In support of your organizations utility management programs and UDES implementation, we offer utility management consulting and engineering services.
Our experienced team of energy managers, software engineers, and data analysts can help your organization develop a real-time, data analytics program to meet your Organization’s Utility and Energy Management Goals. Our goal is to develop a program that provides end-to-end automation of energy management activities, in order to focus your organization’s resources on making business decisions and NOT data entry or report development.
We offer In-House Services and Partnerships with Industry Leading Experts for the following services in support of the Utility Data Enterprise System (UDES) software implementation:
Advanced Metering and Data Collection Implementation
- Conduct Site Assessments and Recommend Data Collection Infrastructure
- Design and Install Sub-Metering and Collection Hardware
- Design and Install DCS / BMS Data Export Devices
- Integrate Secure Network Connections to Site Infrastructure
- Integrate UDES to Customer or 3rd Party Software Through Secure API
Energy Auditing and Data Management
- Develop Energy Management Plans and Reduction Strategies
- Conduct ASHRAE Level Energy Audits
- Conduct Invoice Processing and Audits
- Facilitate Energy Project Design and Installation
- Verify ECM Savings Measurement and Verification
- Conduct ENERGYStar Reporting and Certification