Division of InStep Software gives large energy users powerful tools to cut energy costs

Chicago 10 October 2001 At this time of widely fluctuating energy costs and an uncertain economy, large energy users are seeking new ways to monitor and control all enterprise-wide energy and water-related expenses. To address this demand, Industrial Peer-to-Peer (Ip2) LLC introduced a new solution for Enterprise Energy Management, based on its proven eDNA process historian.

Originally designed to support the power monitoring needs of the world's leading utilities, this is the first time that eDNA has been leveraged for corporate and industrial power consumers. Two large universities have already selected the Enterprise Energy Management solution, including DePaul University and Northern Illinois University.

The Enterprise Energy Management solution allows organizations to acquire, store, access and analyse their real time power-use data, and then integrate that information with enterprise systems to promote sound cost-cutting decisions.

With its broad functionality, users have the ability to display real time energy usage; execute trending and reporting on historical energy use by meter, facility, division or company; send alarm notifications via email and pager when usage patterns meet specified criteria; conduct invoice analysis comparing rate structures; and correlate weather and production data.

With this data, users can identify inefficiencies and eliminate waste. Specific to energy monitoring, users can aggregate loads and generate historic load profile reports to better negotiate pricing in a deregulated market.

"Information is key to running a profitable and productive enterprise", stated John Kalanik, co-founder and president of InStep Software LLC, parent company of Industrial Peer-to-Peer. "Companies have long leveraged information on customers, financials and the supply chain to make more informed business decisions. Now there is an appreciation that data on energy use is also a vital part of an organisation's success."

The R&D team at Ip2 has spent more than 10 years developing eDNA to address the needs of process industries. Following is a list of key differentiators:

  • eDNA's unique compression technology allows it to capture and store more accurate historical and real time data than any other solution available today.
  • A distributed solution, eDNA enables easy data retrieval from disparate information sources through one application.
  • eDNA is an open and scalable solution, unlike other process-historian systems.
  • Modular solution allows for easy add-ons, unlike other monolithic systems.
  • Web functionality offers executives their own "dashboard" for enhanced graphics, and easy reporting and analysis.
  • eDNA is the first and only message-based architecture solution in the power industry, which minimises the load on the server enabling more users to gain access at once.
  • eDNA is licensed by the server, not the seat or point, like other products, making it cost-effective.

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