I attended eSight Energy's 4th annual summit at the Chicago History Museum on Tues., Aug. 14, and the event featured a number of its energy partners, includingOpto 22(www.opto22.com)andTridium（www.tridium.com）。eSight Energy Group(www.esightenergy.com)通过软件提供能源管理软件s-a-Service (SaaS) and traditional software licensing for both commercial buildings and factories. The company's value proposition is advanced visualization of energy consumption by way of data feeds from a facility's (or facilities) platform.
The event was well attended with facility managers and integrators in the audience, with an agenda of presentations on the future of building and facility managment and breakout sessions in the afternoon.
Tridium（Esight Energy合作伙伴）业务发展经理Jeff Keagley说：“智能电网并没有兑现其承诺。”他对智能电网的愿景包括：
· Smart Power Generation
· 分配
·能源管理/便利
· Keagley added that he sees a lot of "run it until it fails" examples with buidling managers, and, at that point, equipment is hugely inefficient and more costly.
· He also pointed out the consumer platform model of "buying one of everything—iPads, droid phones, etc—is not the way to go for building automation. His vision includes "mulitple devices that can feed into one platform to run a plant or building." To that point, Tridium's Niagra Framework feeds eSight Energy's software program and recent speed advances for data transfer were recognized at the event.
Also, Steve Norman, managing director, eSight Energy, gave an overview of recent changes to the service pack and the announcement of a new release of the energy management software in the fall.
Facility Coverage
自动化世界在工业和工厂环境中，杂志多年来一直关注能源管理，但是现在我们正在扩大覆盖范围，以研究建筑自动化。在Esight Energy峰会上，我感觉到商业建筑所有者的能源管理“买入”。他们在上面卖出了。一般而言，通过古老的HVAC系统及其组件，建筑一侧的能源管理更容易理解。此外，能源和环境设计（LEED）和能源明星计划的领导能力在建筑社区中获得了相当多的吸引力。
On the industrial side, it's a sizable investment. First, you need to look at your equipment and processes to find what's driving energy costs at your plant. On a recent tour of the奥兰治县水设施in Orlando, Fla., an operations manager (our tour guide) mentioned that they don't have an energy management software system in place at this newer facility. He added, though, that they do recognize and schedule certain systems within the water facility to run in off-peak energy hours. Highly predictable events.
Manufacturing is transforming right now and more technology, such as demand and response programs, are also on the horizon. There are a lot of bleeding edges on the manufacturing front.
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