Elster, ENER21 join forces to put dollar signs to efficiency

Metering company Elster and energy management information systems specialist ENER21 plan to combine their offerings to deliver real-time energy monitoring.

The companies aim to enable monitoring and verification of consumption data for large-scale energy projects by combining Elster’s EnergyICT EIServer Project Tracking system and ENER21’s Energy Management Information System (EMIS). The resulting energy data will allow organizations to verify their returns on investment for efficiency projects, according to Elster.

“The EnergyICT and ENER21 combined offering is ideal for large, multi-site organizations that want to implement energy efficiency programs and require reliable, verifiable data to justify the deployment,” said Claude Godin, Elster’s president of EnergyICT in North America.

EnergyICT’s EIServer Project Tracking module detects, quantifies and verifies the achieved savings from energy-saving projects. Project Tracking accounts for all sites where an energy project is implemented, so managers can analyze the data of each individual site as well as the comprehensive data from the entire project.

ENER21’s EMIS provides real-time access to energy spending and consumption information, as well as key performance indicator data and extensive weather data, allowing the EnergyICT EIServer to analyze the information and produce detailed reports for improving energy efficiency.

“In today’s economy, securing financing for energy efficiency and performance contracting requires increasingly stringent verification of consumption data,” said Julien Milot, executive director of ENER21.