Universities are large consumers of electricity. According to ENERGY STAR^® (a U.S. government-backed program), educational facilities in the United States spend over $14 billion on energy each year. To manage their energy usage, many universities implement energy management software and/or SCADA applications. The backbone of energy management is accurate energy and power quality metering. This is because the ability to monitor energy usage and power quality is essential for ensuring an efficient and consistent supply of energy to all areas of a university campus.

EIG meters are certified to the highest energy accuracy standards. They provide advanced revenue metering capability coupled with power quality metering and analysis capabilities. They integrate seamlessly with EIG’s energy management and SCADA applications, and they feature standard communication protocols (Modbus, DNP3, BACnet, etc.) and multiple communication ports to interface with any existing SCADA or other applications your university is using.

If your university is already using a SCADA application for energy management, EIG meters can be seamlessly integrated into the existing system. As mentioned before, EIG meters are equipped with multiple communication ports and support multiple protocols. If your university has not yet implemented a SCADA system, EIG’s HMIPQA+^™ is a SCADA solution that gives facility operators real time data on all areas of the university’s energy infrastructure. You can use the HMIPQA+^™ SCADA solution to:

• View real time usage in a centralized location to gain control over all aspects of the university’s energy use and power quality.
• Perform customized reporting of critical energy management and power quality issues.
• Perform detailed root-cause analysis of downtime events.
• Log historical data for trend analysis and capacity planning.
• Identify inefficiencies and prioritize areas for energy savings opportunities.
• Analyze historical trends to help predict potential issues.

If the university is using a Building Management System (BMS), EIG offers both meters and communication converters to send metering data to BACnet or other BMS applications.