Increasing energy costs are one of the biggest challenges organizations face today. The most common factor companies face when aiming to reduce energy expenses is the cumbersome process of sorting through a business’ operational and financial statements. 

Comverge Energy Manager 3.0 is an energy management tool that will help commercial and industrial customers make smart energy management decisions. Energy Manager provides multi-dimensional energy information in a user-friendly format.  Some of the resources Energy Manager offers to the end user are:

• Consolidated and Analyzed Information
• Flagged Anomalies and Inefficiencies
• Generation of useful, actionable information
• Improved operational efficiency data
• Reduced costs information

In addition Energy Manager offers comprehensive analysis capabilities to help uncover potential structural and operational issues. The ability to dissect and view this multi-dimensional data gives insight across time periods and locations which helps you to better server your customers.

Energy manager is packed with the following features:

• Bulletin Board
• Personalized, on-line communication interface
• Usage Reports
• Usage curves of electricity, gas, steam, chilled water and oil consumption
• Compare usage of multiple sites or same site for different time periods
• Usage and associated cost allocation for selected time range for electricity
• Day-by-day demand profiles
• Exception Reporting
• Daily consumption values exceeding forecast
• Site logs for any selected period of time that reflects cost associated with excess electric consumption
• Daily load profile comparing actual load plots to forecasted load, and customer established thresholds
• Hourly Data Reporting
• Hourly aggregate of enterprise-wide electric consumption
• Site weekly load data with day-by-day comparison
• Weekly load profile for submeters or feeds
• News, Weather, and Technology
• Convenient links to relevant web-sites for News, Weather and Technology

Alarming and Notification
Too often facility and maintenance personnel learn there's a problem only after the fact. The resulting losses in revenue, data, and/or precious time can jeopardize an organization's ability to serve its customers. The Alarming & Notification feature alerts designated site personnel to anticipate and avoid critical events.

Comverge’s Alarming & Notification flags and activates critical system alarms based on pre-designated parameters. The system immediately issues messages via e-mail or an e-mail-enabled pager.  Alarming & Notification ensures that individuals responsible for site electrical systems rapidly receive the information they need to prevent catastrophe. This added protection enhances system reliability and reduces the chance of unanticipated costs.

Benefits

• Alarms triggered when consumption, demand, or price approach preset parameters
• E-mail or pager notification triggered by alarm

Cost Estimation
Cost Estimation enables a facility manager to generate energy cost estimates for one or all metered facilities. Bill calculation features allow cost allocation among multiple facilities and cost evaluations based on the utility's billing cycle. This information can also be used to verify utility-generated bills. In addition Cost Estimation provides the capability to view facility energy cost scenarios resulting from different regional tariffs. Energy managers have the advantage of understanding the impact of pricing options available to them before they are implemented.

Benefits

• Generate utility-type bills on a calendar or billing-cycle basis
• Verify utility bills
• View scenarios for the outcome of new pricing programs