Talk:Energy management software

Initial comments
I've worked with Energy Management Software and please read this before deleting. I am looking for feedback to improve/add references

Energy Management Software is NOT Energy Management Systems The latter is used my utilities to manage an energy network (eg. an electrical grid). The former is used by buildings (commercial, industrial, possibly residential) to manage their energy consumption

Energy Management Software is NOT Automated Building Systems ABS give control over appliances. EMS track consumption data and assist in managing energy consumption.

Energy Management Software is NOT Energy Monitoring and Targeting EMS can be used as part of the EM & T process, or it can serve other functions.

Let me know if you have any questions Also, if someone could tell me how to add references, that would be great. I tried: , but it didn't work —Preceding unsigned comment added by AHR Canuck37 (talk • contribs)

Merge
Energy accounting software is very similar to energy management software. (Technically, probably accounting is a subset of management). At this stage there isn't much point in separate articles. Suggest we combine them to facilitate development/growth. Zodon (talk) 08:05, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Another user has undone the merge of Energy accounting software into this article, with no explanation. If you think there is reason to maintain separate article on that subset of energy management software, please explain and discuss it here. Thank you. Zodon (talk) 03:24, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

In opposition to one of the above comments, Energy Management Software is an integral component of an Energy Management System. An Energy Management System comprises both hardware,software and control solutions to manage and reduce energy within any defined boundary and is not restricted to Utility networks. The new ISO50001 standard supports the continuous improvement of an organisations Energy Management Systen (EMS) and is aimed at the full commercial and industrial sectors. http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail?csnumber=51297 StuartTurvey (talk) 13:51, 29 June 2012 (UTC)StuartTurvey

With respect to Energy Accounting Software, whilst the data contained in Energy Accounting systems is widely used for Energy Management purposes, there are many organisations whose primary use of an Energy Accounting System relates to managing energy and utility transactions. E.G. automating the receipt, validation, processing and payment of utility invoices. Such systems are also used to calculate bills for tenant recharging. Since this use case does not strictly feature as part of an energy management system, merging the two would not be appropriate. StuartTurvey (talk) 13:51, 29 June 2012 (UTC)StuartTurvey

Sorry I dont seem to be able to get the refs to work :/