Abstract

The presentation addresses the high effort Energy Managers are facing and how the Energy Management Centre (EnMC) from Steam-Up (Horizon 2020) helps to reduce it. Energy managers face many challenges when organizing implementation of efficiency measures after a technical audit took place: – Auditors report their findings as PDF/paper on many pages. Before being able to plan responsibilities, formulate instructions and set deadlines for implementing measures, energy managers have to extract the needed information manually. Wouldn't it save time if findings could be applied directly? – Audit reports are written from a technical point of view. To get budget for implementation, energy managers often have to convince top-management to agree to investments. Wouldn´t it help to generate suitable summaries automatically? – It is hard to keep track of the implementation process, make adjustments and verify saving effects. Wouldn't it be easier with a reminder, a dynamic time plan and a monitoring solution? The EnMC is a web-app (Open Source, free of charge) that seeks to reduce the described effort for Energy Managers. Auditors use the EnMC as a digital reporting solution. Energy Managers directly apply it for organizing the realisation process. The EnMC offers i. a.: – Interactive Gantt chart for time planning, allocation of responsibilities, description of tasks. – Dashboard with action plans (prepared by the auditor) and a reminder for deadlines. – Generation of business case descriptions and management reports. – Monitoring solution. – Social Network for energy managers and energy auditors.

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Panels of

1. Policies and programmes

2. Sustainable production design and supply chain initiatives

3. Energy management: the nuts and bolts

4. Technology, products and systems

5. Business models and financing: established practice and innovative approaches