ECIS Overview & Benefits
The Energy & Carbon Intelligence System (ECIS) is an enterprise software solution that streamlines the capture, reporting and management of environmental data such as energy, fuel, water and carbon emissions across your organisation. It shines a light into every corner of your business, revealing where targeted energy and carbon-efficiency programs will deliver peak environmental impacts and cost savings.
ECIS is a web-based platform that starts work immediately. There’s no complex IT integration and its intuitive user-friendly interface and dashboards mean you’ll be tracking and managing your key energy and environmental metrics in no time.
ECIS provides the tools and insight to transform your business for this century’s clean industrial revolution.
Major benefits include:
Reduced time and cost to manage environmental data
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ECIS saves time and resources by automating electronic data capture, wherever possible, directly from external suppliers, and internal business systems.
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When manual data entry is necessary, clients can enter data directly into ECIS via the web interface which is customised for quick-entry of invoice data.
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ECIS ensures near real-time energy monitoring via smart meter data that is captured daily.
Deliver financial grade compliance and business reports
Features of the ECIS platform that enhance data integrity include:
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Automated error checking of uploaded data
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Reports that identifies missing data
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Data accuracy reports identifying data irregularities based on preset “high and low” thresholds
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Trace to source capability means all data can be verified against primary data inputs
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Audit trail reports identify who loaded and changed data, and when
Manage business transformation to the low carbon economy
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ECIS captures KPIs and intensity metrics (such as square meters, production units) to drive performance via internal and external benchmarking
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ECIS tracks energy and carbon performance across the organisation – from the macro level through to an individual asset or location.
Verify ROI of environmental initiatives
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ECIS provides performance reports to track savings from emissions-reduction strategies requiring capital investment. These reports could be used to track the CO2-e and dollar savings from installing energy-efficient infrastructure.
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ECIS delivers financial-grade information to track return on investment (ROI) and payback periods for investments in energy and carbon reduction initiatives, providing accountability for business decisions.
