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Monitoring and Targeting

The practice of energy monitoring and targeting (M&T) provides a systematic approach to gaining and maintaining control over energy consumption through measurement and analysis followed up by well directed actions.

The key steps to effective M&T are:

• Measurement of energy consumption over time,
• Measurement of influencing factors (weather, production, occupancy) over
  corresponding time intervals,
• Development of a relationship (a model) between energy and the
  influencing factors,
• Establishment of reduction targets,
• Frequent comparison of actual consumption with targets,
• Reporting of consumption and target variances,
• Initiating actions to ensure targets are met.

Perhaps the most important step is the final one: initiating actions. Without this the entire effort will not succeed.

Energy cost savings are the primary objective of M&T systems.

Other benefits include:

• Improved budgeting and forecasting,
• Improved product/service costing,
• Tracking and verification of energy efficiency retrofits,
• Opportunity for improved operation and maintenance practices