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BureauScope.com
Using Technology
to YOUR benefit
BureauScope.com is the latest
exciting development arising from Casey Technology's long and successful
experience in the energy management sector.
Over the past decade, Casey Technology has provided
energy management services to a broad spectrum of Industrial, Commercial
and Public Sector clients. The company's solutions have been developed
on the basis of practical experience - gained through this period
- working closely with all Competent Authorities, such as Sustainable
Energy Ireland (SEI). One of the core operating principles of Casey
Technology is to provide LOW COST, HIGH IMPACT solutions to clients'
energy issues.
Services
Energy Waste Elimination
Over the past decade, Casey Technology has developed a unique approach
to energy management. The company utilises a suite of tools and
techniques, drawn together and tailored to meet the unique requirements
of clients' facilities. Their approach has proven successful across
all sectors, working with clients both from the public and private
commercial sectors.
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Casey Technology has developed proven tools and techniques
for energy waste reduction. CEMS® - a unique energy
waste elimination system - has been developed on the basis
of over a decade of experience in the energy management industry.
Energy efficiency improves the capacity to generate revenue
and enter emerging 'green' markets. The knowledge and
practices which provide energy efficiency can also provide
process flexibility -
- Tailored change programs drawn up to the specification
of client operations
- Regular mentor meetings—keeping change programs on track
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Strategic Energy Management
Energy management has evolved into a multi-faceted discipline which
requires a holistic approach. Casey Technology has contributed to
the development of utilities management strategies - from policy
development through to monitoring and reviewing procedures for many
leading companies with locations in Ireland.
CEMS (Complete Energy Management System) includes
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- identifying energy wastage where it occurs
- developing a conservation programme
- delivering behavioural change
- setting criteria for investment.
Conservation programmes developed using the above tools, result
in real and sustained cost reductions. The principal features are
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- Policy driven
- Fully documented
- Unique rating system of energy aspects
- Gap analysis techniques
- Performance reporting
- Compliance monitoring
- Review procedures.
Strategic energy management can reduce fuel consumption by 10 to
20 percent in most cases. Note that these are results for energy
alone - savings in labour, materials and other consumption add more
value. Additional value comes from improved capacity utilisation
and prolonged equipment life cycles.
Fully Documented Energy Management Systems
Developed to conform with the requirements of ISO standard acquisition
and maintenance, Casey Technology is widely experienced in mentoring
energy management processes. The company offers a suite of tools
which can be developed to meet the specific requirements of client
sites.
IPC and IPPC requirements for energy
management systems are also satisfied by the Casey Technology product
range. Public sector energy management requirements - as per EU
regulation - can also be accommodated.
Casey Technology offers an extensive array of analysis
types, including - energy reports, production efficiency graphs,
financial analysis such as budgeting, tariffs, invoice validation,
through to exception reporting and even emissions trading - all
of which can be documented.
GHG Amalgamation
For those falling under the EUETS, Casey Technology provides a requirement
amalgamation service for CO2 allowances. This
eliminates the constraints implicit in the European and Global markets
- that of standardised trade sizes. The company trades both shortages
and excesses.
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In many cases, less or more than 1 standard market
trade (5000 allowances) are required. The company brings together,
anonymously, buyers and sellers with the aid of its working
partners, Co2e - one of the largest traders in the world.
Casey Technology hosts an exchange facility for the purchase
and sale of EUETS allowances.
Current market values are far surpassing expectation. Fines
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Pre-Verification Preparation for EUETS
Preparing your organization to meet all of the requirements is critical
in ensuring a smooth verification and submission process. Casey
Technology are specialists in the associated documentation process
- and, hence, provide a pre-verification preparation service.
Are you ready to meet the verifier? Will your verifier sign your
emissions off straight away? Have you even appointed a verifier?
Is your site prepared? Is your paper-work ready? Are you sure? Casey
Technology can get you prepared - selecting a verifier, ensuring
your site and documentation is prepared, keeping you informed on
legislative developments, acquiring any shortfalls in your submission
requirements and disposing of excess allowances.
Energy Auditing
Energy audits are a useful tool which can be utilized either independently,
as a condition of licensing, or as part of a greater energy policy.
Casey Technology provides a site specific energy auditing service,
tailored to client needs.
Energy auditing is a service often performed by Casey
Technology. They have developed a methodology which is fast, effective,
exhaustive, low-cost and concise - and work with all energy types,
site types and sectors.
Compliance Monitoring & Checking
Ensuring that you are meeting the requirements of your IPPC, IPC
or the EUETS, commitments - or any other standards - Casey Technology
provides a compliance and checking service.
EU Directives, coupled with national legislation,
now impact on the following areas relating to energy:
- Procurement for public sector clients
- IPPC licensing
- Emissions.
In addition, energy management systems are now subject to IS393
or are incorporated as part of the environmental systems, such as
ISO 14001.
Energy Procurement
Casey Technology provides energy procurement services for a wide
range of clients across both the public and private sectors. Working
with all of the suppliers for both gas and electricity, they will
ensure that clients receive the most beneficial plan for their operations.
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They have developed models capable of comparing quotations
from all potential vendors to ensure that a true comparison
is made. Assess your energy requirements.
They will - invite tenders to supply from a selection of
suppliers; assist in the selection of the most appropriate
tender for their clients; provide a fully transparent process.
They are compliant with EU directives.
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Management Software solutions
- eSight
eSight is a comprehensive energy monitoring
and targeting product, providing facilities for energy analysis,
budgeting, reporting, financial analysis and invoice validation.
eSight is a web enabled solution allowing all facilities
to be accessed through a browser interface.
Built on robust multi-user, scalable technology, eSight
may be used both internally - within an organisation - or externally
- across the Internet. eSight is a scalable solution and
can accommodate both single site companies or large multi-site organisations.
Product Features
- Automatically import high frequency metering data or manually
enter and validate meter readings.
- Perform a wide range of analysis techniques, including - degree
day analysis, specific energy consumption, regression analysis
and CUSUM.
- Create energy alarms for notification by report, email or SMS
text messaging.
- Validate metering data and quickly identify missing readings.
- Apply tariff pricing to energy data and analyse the cost of
energy.
- Create energy budgets and measure performance against budget.
- Perform supplier invoice validation.
- Produce and distribute customised energy reports on a scheduled
basis.
- Create calculated meters for data aggregation or plant efficiency.
- Manage emissions for the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
(EUETS).
Energy Analysis - Comprehensive graphical analysis of energy
data, including the ability to compare data from different meters,
sites and date ranges.
Energy Budgeting - Create energy budgets and display actual
figures against budget in both graphical and tabular form.
Financial Analysis - Define and maintain energy tariffs.
Each tariff is time banded and can include elements of both fixed
charges, as well as half-hourly consumption based charges. The cost
of energy used can be shown graphically on a weekly or monthly basis.
Data Quality Check - Validate meter readings and
ensure that no missing or unexpected readings exist for a given
period. Run the data quality check across all of the data for a
specific company. Drill down through the graphical representation
of data quality errors to quickly identify missing or incorrect
data.
Reporting - Reporting facilities are provided through the
integration of Crystal Reports. A number of standard reports are
included and clients have the flexibility to design their own reports
with the use of Crystal Reports. Reports may include text, tables
and graphs and can be distributed internally or made available over
the web.
Calculated Meters - Create calculated meters with a user
definable formula based on actual meters. Calculated meters can
be used to calculate plant efficiency, compare sub-meters with a
main meter or aggregate data across sites.
Meter Readings - Import half-hourly meter readings or
manually enter readings taken by hand.
Data Exchange - The data exchange facilities allow for
the import and export of meter readings. The import facilities have
been designed for the rapid exchange of large files containing meter
data, such as half-hourly readings. Meter readings are exchanged
in a comma separated value (CSV) format and can be recorded at any
frequency from 1 minute upwards.
User Management - Full user management facilities exist
to define and maintain a list of users. Each user is assigned an
access level that determines which facilities within eSight they
may use.
Product List (Hardware)
Metering Equipment
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Casey Technology distributes Northern Design meters
in Ireland.
Northern Design provide a comprehensive range of instruments
and accessories for the measurement and analysis of single
and 3-phase electrical power and energy - and associated support
services.
Instruments are available in panel mounting, DIN rail, wall
mounting and portable formats.
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Logging Equipment
The Multilog™ system for AMR applications will automatically
log and communicate all meter readings and the half-hourly consumption
values over the site LV mains network.
This technology brings obvious benefits to all metering applications
mainly by reducing the installation and cabling costs. Final data
transfer from several sub-metered networks to the host computer
can be via telephone lines, GSM Modems and IP LANS - again
reducing the installation costs.
Multilog™ uses the PLT-22 Powerline Transceiver as well as
the FTT10 Echelontm twisted pair technology - both developed and
widely used in the USA - with increasing commercial and industrial
use across Europe.
Each Multilog™ can take pulse outputs from any 2 utility
meters ( Electricity, Gas, Water etc.) and store up to 60 days (3000
values) of 30 minute meter data in usable Comma Delimited Value
- ASCII text format, for easy importation into Excel spreadsheets,
BMS, BEMS, Billing Software or full M&T, profiling energy management
systems.
Current Transformers
Casey Technology supply a selection of current transformers to suit
all situations. The company advises clients on the most suitable
type of CT for each location on their site.
Phase Couplers
Casey Technology can provide clients with phase couplers to meet
their requirements.
Modems
Casey technology has a variety of communications solutions available
- hardwired, 56k to broadband, wireless, or GSM. These are but a
few of the selections on offer.
Sample Client Sectors
Casey Technology works with a wide range of clients
across a large variety of sectors -
- Jury Doyle Ballsbridge, SEI & The IHF, Hospitality Sector
- This on-going project is an industry case study. Working
with the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), Sustainable Energy Ireland
(SEI) and Jury Doyle's Hotel in Ballsbridge, Casey Technology
is setting the industry standard for hotels in relation to energy
management.
- Pharma-chemicals - Casey Technology is currently working
on many different energy management and change programs with a
number of companies in this sector. Strict licensing conditions
in this sector can be easily accommodated by the CEMS waste energy
consumption reduction methodology.
- Health Care - Hospitals are a multi-user, fast-changing
environment and heavy consumers of energy. CEMS - the Casey Technology
approach to energy management - is currently being employed in
the health care sector and is proving very effective in the reduction
of energy consumption.
- Food Processing and Preparation - An important sector
in the Irish economy, food processing and preparation is heavily
reliant on energy intensive activities. Energy management is of
ever increasing importance in this sector and Casey Technology
is at the forefront of energy management in relation to food processing
and preparation.
- Retail Sector - From the shop on the corner to the largest
of supermarkets, Casey Technology offers a suitable solution to
energy management for all. Currently the company is working with
a large number of retailers of all types and sizes of operating
consumption - reducing energy management systems.
BureauScope.com
Specifically designed as a fast, easily worked, affordable
and extremely effective energy managment system, BureauScope.com
has, just recently, been launched by Casey Technology.
Effective management information is an essential element
of any effective energy conservation programme. Until now, this
meant that it was necessary to invest heavily in software solutions
which then required configuration and customisation.
With the introduction of the BureauScope.com
model -
- Casey Technology have already made the investment in software
(eSight) - thereby providing clients with a low entry cost.
- The system is capable of accepting manual readings which
allows clients to progressively develop their system by using
a combination of data from logging devices and manual readings.
- Casey Technology develops clients' reports taking account of
their requirements - whilst also drawing on a vast experience
in practical energy management, gained over the past decade.
- The company has developed CEMS - which is a systematic
energy management system, similar in structure to ISO 14000. (See
www.caseytechnology.ie).
As BureauScope clients, companies will have access to a suite
of management tools.
- Casey Technology has developed sectoral solutions for a number
of major industries in Ireland - the most recent being for the
Hospitality Sector on behalf of the Irish Hotel Federation. Clients
will benefit from these solutions if they belong to the relevant
sector.
How it works
- Casey Technology provides clients with access to its system
- via www.bureauscope.com
- The company then configures the client's reporting, using the
extensive range of features available including -
(a) Look up tables - (i) CV Values (ii); Degree days
(b) Calculated Meters
(c) Alarms
(d) STOD Pricing
(e) Report Designer
(f) Access Control
- Casey Technology schedules the client's report distribution
to local management, via email - using a report scheduling
facility.
- Manual data is entered by local management via the input
screen or using eRemote, which runs on a standard PDA device,
which includes such features as -
(a)Walk Order
(b) Sensibility Checking
(c) Simple down-load procedure directly to eSight.
- Data collected via automatic meter reading systems - such as
Enercom Multilog, BEMS, etc - can be automatically retrieved directly
into eSight, via eTransfer, which resides
on the client's PC. In the case of Enercom Multilog, Casey Technology
can remotely retrieve data via modem (Land Line or GSM).
Benefits from CEMS (Complete Energy Management System)
To derive benefit from their investment, clients must respond to
the information presented - CEMS provides the roadmap which ensures
savings.
The principal features of CEMS are -
- Policy Driven
- Energy Aspect listing and rating system (Prelisted for the Hotel
Sector)
- Gap analysis
- Performance Reporting
- Compliance Monitoring
- Review Procedures.
Casey Technology provides documented procedures and help-desk support
to guide all its cients through the implementation of CEMS.
For further information, contact
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