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Saving energy makes business sense MX4 Energy is a comprehensive software solution for all your energy monitoring and targeting needs in one system. One of the growing costs over the past few years has been energy consumption. Whether for manufacturing, commercial or social facilities, the same factors apply. MX4 Energy monitors consumption of energy and provides you with the information to identify and address energy issues. Once assets have reached their optimum performance, MX4 Energy monitors ongoing activity and enables prevention of energy efficiency decay. aM&T SOLUTION MX4 Energy is an automated Monitoring and Targeting (aM&T) solution. Fundamental to aM&T is an information system to identify waste for prompt corrective action and track savings This allows you to gather information about your business process and analyse the energy performance against set targets or criteria. Energy data can be sampled using a range of frequencies (such as half hourly data) that suit the intended application. MX4 Energy – simple and cost-effective Essential questions for a cost-efficient business ● How can I streamline my Production/Office working to reduce energy costs? ● What is my energy cost per production unit? ● Where do I direct my effort to save energy costs? ● How do I know if my energy bills are accurate? ● How do I get visibility of my company energy usage? MX4 Energy - helping to reduce energy costs CONSUMPTION MX4 Energy monitors consumption, knowing what an organisation is consuming at any given time is one of the most effective ways of achieving savings. This enables you to TARGET ● Excessive consumption costs ● Leakage ● Wastage ENERGY ACCOUNTABILITY MX4 Energy allows you to become more energy efficient ● Establish good housekeeping ● Monitor performance ● Highlight energy problems ● Reach & maintain best achievable performance MX4 Energy allows you to set realistic targets and benchmarks within your organisation. MARKET RECOMMENDATIONS The UK government considers that between 5% and 20% energy savings can be achieved with little or no capital outlay through monitoring and targeting techniques DATA COLLECTION MX4 Energy accepts information acquired automatically for any utility including electricity, gas, water, oil, coal, propane and steam as well as key data on temperature, production and other consumption variables. WHERE TO USE IT? Rising energy costs mean that industry and commercial buildings are being pushed to drive down costs per ton, per product, per site in terms of energy usage. MX4 Energy enables a better focus on building management, specific manufacturing cells or production lines, which in turn allows cost savings to be made. This flexible solution is suitable for any number of sites, whether for manufacturing or commercial activity, for either new installations, or indeed, retrofit. GOVERNMENT USER ● 9% energy saving (approx £105K pa) ● Transition from reactive to proactive energy management approach ● Provision of accurate energy consumption ● Influencing internal staff ● Improved communications for faster problem solving ● Extensive infrastructure ● Energy efficiency accreditation
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Saving energy makes business sense
MX4 Energy is a comprehensive softwaresolution for all your energy monitoring andtargeting needs in one system.
One of the growing costs over the past fewyears has been energy consumption.Whether for manufacturing, commercial orsocial facilities, the same factors apply.
MX4 Energy monitors consumption ofenergy and provides you with theinformation to identify and address energyissues. Once assets have reached theiroptimum performance, MX4 Energymonitors ongoing activity and enablesprevention of energy efficiency decay.
aM&T SOLUTIONMX4 Energy is an automated Monitoringand Targeting (aM&T) solution.Fundamental to aM&T is an informationsystem to identify waste for promptcorrective action and track savings
This allows you to gather information aboutyour business process and analyse theenergy performance against set targets orcriteria. Energy data can be sampled usinga range of frequencies (such as half hourlydata) that suit the intended application.
MX4 Energy – simple and cost-effective
Essential questions for a cost-efficient business
� How can I streamline my Production/Office working
to reduce energy costs?
� What is my energy cost per production unit?
� Where do I direct my effort to save energy costs?
� How do I know if my energy bills are accurate?
� How do I get visibility of my company energy usage?
MX4 Energy - helping to reduce energy costs
CONSUMPTIONMX4 Energy monitors consumption,knowing what an organisation is consumingat any given time is one of the mosteffective ways of achieving savings.
This enables you to TARGET
� Excessive consumption costs
� Leakage
� Wastage
ENERGY ACCOUNTABILITYMX4 Energy allows you to become more energy efficient
� Establish good housekeeping
� Monitor performance
� Highlight energy problems
� Reach & maintain best achievable performance
MX4 Energy allows you to set realistictargets and benchmarks within yourorganisation.
MARKET RECOMMENDATIONSThe UK government considers thatbetween 5% and 20% energy savings canbe achieved with little or no capital outlaythrough monitoring and targeting techniques
DATA COLLECTIONMX4 Energy accepts information acquiredautomatically for any utility includingelectricity, gas, water, oil, coal, propane andsteam as well as key data on temperature,production and other consumption variables.
WHERE TO USE IT?Rising energy costs mean that industry andcommercial buildings are being pushed todrive down costs per ton, per product, persite in terms of energy usage.
MX4 Energy enables a better focus on building management, specificmanufacturing cells or production lines, which in turn allows cost savings to be made.
This flexible solution is suitable for anynumber of sites, whether for manufacturingor commercial activity, for either newinstallations, or indeed, retrofit.
GOVERNMENT USER� 9% energy saving (approx £105K pa)
� Transition from reactive to proactive energy management approach
� Provision of accurate energy consumption
� Influencing internal staff
� Improved communications for faster problem solving
� Extensive infrastructure
� Energy efficiency accreditation
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MX4 ENERGY – HOW IT WORKSThe software collates data from yourbusiness or plant, consolidating it into easilymanageable information to constantlymonitor energy usage and identify correctiveaction, ensuring optimum performance. Thesystem comprises of the following elements..
DATABASE� Automatically uploaded
� Data managed in series of channels
� Data can be viewed on screen in an easyto manage directory structure
� Can be edited directly through thekeyboard
� Navigation made easier by selectingdifferent views - list format, tree view etc
� Powerful searching tools enable quickaccess to data
� Security permissions allow various levels of access e.g. administrative, users and guests
� Audit function records each user'sactivity on the database
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BROWSINGMX4 Energy contains a wide variety ofanalysis techniques. The techniques allowbrowsing of data according to set parameters(per site, per meter or per data channel). The monitoring point is set and the user is able to zoom in to identify and amendactivity accordingly.
Data on energy consumption from oneminute up to several years is available in both tabular and graphical format at a click of a mouse. The visible comparison on amulti-site and/or multi-cell operation withsub-metering gives up to the minute energyconsumption information.
REPORTINGWide range of reports available byinteractively browsing ‘on the fly’ or byscheduling specific outputs including:
� League tables
� Exception reports
� Benchmarking
� Targeting
� Budgeting
� Data quality
� Consumption/cost profiles
Reports can be created via templates, editedby user. Routine reporting tasks assigned toa scheduler ensures that they are runautomatically on a regular basis Reports canbe printed out for distribution, forwarded byemail and even saved in html format forposting to a web or intranet site.
COST REPORTINGConsumption channels can be converted tocost by applying channel prices (i.e. pool prices),cost rate files and tariff structures Cost filescan be linked to any utility channel, enablinggraphical or tabular reports produced for costallocation
EXCEPTION REPORTING‘Management by exception’ is essential andboth cost and time efficient with the mass ofhigh frequency data.
MX4 Energy enables you to set upperformance alarms to monitor your utilityconsumption, cost, or both, and before orafter ‘normalisation’ using the variousanalysis techniques. If consumption fallsoutside a given tolerance limit at any time then this occurrence is highlighted as an alarm.
INTEGRATION ANDCONNECTIVITYMX4 Energy integrates seamlessly withMX4HMI (operator terminal) and MX4SCADA(as well as connecting directly with PLChardware and networks. The ease ofconnectivity, utilisation of existing networksand architectures makes MX4 Energy themost cost effective way to access yourenergy information.
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