Assessment for a Distributed Monitoring System for Industrial and Commercial Applications

An energy management information system (EMIS) combines software, hardware, and data to support people in their efforts to manage energy at the process, system, facility, and enterprise level, year after year. A distributed measurement and monitoring system (DMS) is a fundamental part of an EMIS; it is constituted by the meters distributed in the switchboards of the power system. This article suggests a method of assessment of a DMS based on an indicator called level of coverage (LOC). This indicator can evaluate the LOC of a single meter or of a whole system considering the classification in significant energy uses according to the standard ISO 50001.