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Module Tab Navigation |
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Module Tab Navigation |
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rev. 01/21/2010
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Features and tools are accessed through five Module Tabs, sequenced by timeline and level of user engagement.
Five functional tabs are arranged in a logical sequence, and made available according to the subscription level. Within a subscription, individual users are assigned "roles" to expose information and functionality according to their job needs.
Module Tabs
The current module tab appears in full color and other tabs appear in grey. A user with full access privilege will see all five, but many users will see only one or two tabs. Move from module to module by clicking on the tabs.
The six module tabs are:
| 1. | Buildings and Meters |
Set up your buildings, including contact information and basic physical details. Attach your utility meters and utility account information. If you can provide this in a spreadsheet, MEI staff will enter it for you as part of the normal account provisioning process.
| 2. | Utility Bills |
Enter utility bills. MEI will import up to three years of historical bill spreadsheets for you, as part of the account provisioning. Ongoing, mec supports manual entry, flat file import, and automated meter data streams from a variety of sources. Our published API and Web Services technology makes it easy to minimize or even eliminate manual entry.
| 3. | Physical Details |
Document the systems, equipment, and operating practices that contribute to energy use at the sites. This information is essential for a building systems engineer to find conservation opportunities, analyze them, and determine if they are truly feasible.
| 4. | Opportunities |
Identify, assess, and fully document the opportunities to reduce energy costs and environmental footprint in each of your facilities..
| 5. | Advanced Analysis |
Customize your utility baselines. Factor out "production" variables that influence energy use (e.g. suites occupied for an apartment, beds occupied for a hospital, meals served for a restaurant). Implement Cusum statistical analysis to spot consumption drift.
Reports
mec includes a wide variety of standard reports to choose from, and custom reports can be tailored to your particular business needs. Reports are sorted into six categories: Portfolio Management, Energy Accounting, Mechanical, Lighting, Opportunities, Comparison, and Emissions.