Functions and modules Efficio

FUNCTIONS AND MODULES IN EFFICIO ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Efficio is one of the leading software solutions for energy management and even the basic version covers all the requirements for a professional energy management system. For even higher demands, a number of functions and modules are available in Efficio, which significantly support the certification process according to ISO 50001, DIN 16247-1 or EMAS and ensure customer-specific energy reporting.

Because every business unit has different needs when it comes to energy management, you can choose different functions and modules in Efficio. Energy officers must ensure sustainable energy optimization and increased energy efficiency through energy performance indicators (EnPI), controlling must determine exact energy costs and distribute energy consumption data to cost centers, while production and maintenance must monitor key production indicators and identify anomalies such as: B. Detecting leaks and leveraging savings potential. Our powerful modules are available to you in Efficio for all of these requirements. Efficio meets the requirements of ISO 50001:2018 and is approved by BAFA as an energy management system eligible for funding.

NEW: AI forecast module

Consumption forecast for real and virtual measuring points
Assistance with budget planning for the following year
Support for energy purchasing with short or medium-term forecasts
Early identification of necessary measures to achieve energy-saving targets
Separate software module – requires no operation or maintenance

Modul Widget – Designer

Visual preparation of live information
Own design of individual analysis widgets, e.g. for production units, properties or flow charts
Display of current values of meters, sensors, costs, CO2 emissions
Display of value widgets with alarms, trends and histories
Realization of overviews of detailed areas through links
Insert explanatory free texts quickly and easily with the WYSIWYG editor and arrows
Use the widget designs for other applications such as dashboards and power reports

Power reports module

Create individual energy reports using drag & drop with the powerful report generator
Automatically update report content
Page templates, headers and footers, placeholder texts offer simple layouts adapted to the company’s CI
Insert background images for letter templates or CI design
Freely position, scale and overlay analyses, texts and images
Create page templates for recurring design features and standardized reports
Save time when creating the management review
Unlimited number of pages and widgets possible

Energy & Environment module

(Re-)certification at the touch of a button
Set and achieve strategic, organizational and operational energy goals
Present, implement and evaluate measures
Calculate profitability using ROI, break-even point and amortization
Simplify team collaboration
Mapping and implementation of the PDCA process

Sankey diagrams

Visualize energy flows in the form of consumption quantities, costs or CO2 quantities from feed-in/generation to the last consumer
See at a glance how much energy, water or other auxiliary materials are required by which production systems
Automatically map energy flows from the individually constructed topology (hierarchy, company tree).
Tapes in quantity-dependent thickness clearly, transparently and clearly visualize who is the main buyer or small buyer
Identify priorities where savings measures have the greatest effect
Important part of ISO 50001 reporting

Flexreport

Design an individual, tabular and graphical reporting system that is almost typical for Excel with a simple workflow
Create evaluations for individual real or virtual measuring points for a company element such as a building, production facility, location or factory
Report templates are automatically and periodically (finely adjustable) filled with current values and can be automatically distributed to various recipients
Each Flexreport can easily be filled with data from freely selectable observation periods and can be exported to Excel if desired
Graphically prepare data from selected rows or columns as lines, bars, pies or speedometer graphics
Automatically import exported Flexreports into other expert systems in the company, e.g. for internal cost distribution

Condition analysis

Automatically derive states and limit areas from individual measurements and evaluate them separately
Analyze standby behavior, system states, operating states, climate zones
Answer questions such as how long did each condition last and in what period? or How much cost did this condition cause during this period?
Detect gradual changes and avoid failures (preventive wear detection)
Analyze heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems and save costs through adapted behavior
Associating production committees with specific operating states and their occurrence
Analyze system efficiencies in different operating phases
Easily recognize usage behavior: How long was electricity used at which charging station and during which period?

Order key figures (EnPI)

Calculate the amount of energy or costs required to produce a product
Combine energy quantities and production times from different systems and measurements depending on the order
Analyze energy consumption of individual work steps and combine them into a total energy consumption for all required work steps
Monitor order metrics and display them in dashboards
Show relative consumption or cost quantities of individual work steps per medium in stacked bar charts
Analyze partial orders
Combine variable cost blocks for billing purposes, such as occupancy of charging stations, trade fair stands, ship docks, etc.

Flow charts

Position consumption, costs, load values or CO₂ emissions freely on aerial photographs, road maps, system diagrams, overview images or similar
Use any background images to visualize position-dependent measurements
Nest flow diagrams with each other in order to advance from an overview situation to a detailed view (“drill down” flow diagrams)
Visualize current consumption or production quantities, e.g. monitor to display the photovoltaic system with a display of the current power and production quantity per time
Inform employees and customers about your own energy savings
Show flow charts on entrance or hall monitors in full screen mode

Heatmap

Visually immediately identify conspicuous “hot spots” from a variety of measurements
Adjust the color spectrum to the measured values to increase the informative value
Time scrolling to compare with previous time periods
Analyze “hot spots” in terms of their temporal association and frequency
Detect leaks
Recognize unusual consumption behavior during off-peak times
Compile heatmaps (spectral analysis) into dashboards to monitor many areas very quickly
Incorporate spectral analyzes into regular reporting

Scatter plots with regression analysis

Immediately recognize conspicuous connections visually
Represent the coefficient of determination R² according to ISO 50006
Analyze dependencies between the measuring points with the display of xy plots
Incorporate regression analyzes into reporting

Efficio mobile app

All dashboards and favorites available on mobile devices
After synchronization, it can also be used without a connection to the Efficio server
Full-screen view possible in vertical mode to ensure optimal display even on smaller displays
Dashboard widgets can be displayed on the smartphone in the original arrangement or as a list
View and acknowledge current alarms
App is available for Android and iOS smartphones or tablets

Efficio Tour app

- Support manual reading of meters in a tour using a mobile device (smartphone/tablet).
- Graphically visualize the last 7 readings to quickly identify incorrect readings or unknown meter changes
- In order to be able to represent a whole month with a daily reading, the last 30 days are kept
- Fast and automatic synchronization via WiFi
- Quickly recognize the completeness of the tour, change the order as desired despite the tour specifications, add readings
- Very clear number display and input keyboards
- No error-prone note-taking of readings with paper and pen
- Meter readings can also be done offline (without cell phone reception).
- App is available for Android and iOS smartphones or tablets