Smart Innovators: Energy Management Software

Published: 24 August 2011

13 pages, 3 figures

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Rising energy prices, greater energy price volatility, growing regulation for energy and associated carbon and increasing stakeholder pressure to manage energy in a more sustainable manner place considerable pressure upon those responsible for energy management within firms. This report provides energy directors, facilities directors, finance directors and VPs of sustainability with independent analysis of the energy management software market. Having interviewed 16 energy management experts and surveyed 33 energy management software suppliers, Verdantix finds that firms require a new category of business energy management software to effectively overcome today’s energy management challenges. To aid firms when selecting energy management software, Verdantix outlines 12 usage scenarios for energy management software and associated functionality.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SMART INNOVATORS: ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Firms Lack Necessary Tools For Effective Energy Management
 

DEFINING A NEW CATEGORY OF ENTERPRISE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Software Helps Firms Overcome Diverse Energy Management Challenges
The Rise Of Enterprise Energy Information Management Software
 

HOW TO SELECT AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUPPLIER
Energy Software Usage Scenarios Drive Application Selection

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Energy Software Aids With Multiple Strategic & Tactical Business Objectives
Figure 2. Buyers Require Diverse Functionality To Achieve Business Objectives 
Figure 3-1. No Single Application Covers All Usage Scenarios
Figure 3-2. No Single Application Covers All Usage Scenarios
Figure 3-3. No Single Application Covers All Usage Scenarios

ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONED

1E, 4tell Solutions, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, Advantage IQ, AkzoNobel, ArcelorMittal, Archibus, ARUP Associates, Barnes & Noble, BHP Billiton, Bloom Energy, BP, BuildingIQ, C3, CA Technologies, Canon, CarbonSystems, CBRE, Cisco, Citigroup, City of Chicago, CSC, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, eComponents Technology, Emerson, Energetics, EnergyCAP, EnergyPrint, EnerNOC, EnTech USB, Enviance, ENXSuite, Faronics, Fresh & Easy, Google, Grameenphone, Hara, Hilton Worldwide, Honeywell, HP, IBM, IHS, IMServ, Infor, Infosys, ING, Interface, Johnson Controls, JouleX, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Logicalis, Lunds & Byerly’s, MACTEC, Manhattan Software, Marsh Supermarkets, Metcash, Optima, Pace Global, PE International, Phoenix Energy Technologies, Prenova, RBS, RLtec, Sainsbury’s, Samsung, SAP, Schneider Electric, Sentilla, State of Massachusetts, StratITSphere, Summit Energy, Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Sympliciti, TEAM, Telenor, URS, Utilyx, Verdiem, Verisae, Verizon, Whole Foods, Wipro, WSP Environment & Energy.