Municipal Network for Energy Efficiency

Presented by the Romania Association for Energy Efficiency (SOCER)

Software Goals: The SMEU software was created to set priorities for municipal energy action plans and to assess global energy costs and consumption. The goal of this software is to gather, organize and use energy data so that decision-makers could analyze trends in energy use by consumers and by resources and accurately predict the energy budget for the following period.

Data Input: The SMEU software is built for a standard Windows application named Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 program. Data in input with an "assisted input" mechanism to minimize human error. Input data includes energy resource consumption and cost, consumer-specific technical data and specifications, statistical data such as outdoor average monthly temperature, and contact information for the consumer or site.

Output Data: Reports can be designed and printed based on consumer-specific data, including consumption in natural units and kwh equivalent, cost in the local and Euro currencies, and technical aspects such as amount of energy supplied.

Various Modules: The SMEU software divides data into individual and interacting modules to collect data on various aspects of the energy cycle. The Locality Module collects information on an annual basis, including area, population, and average temperature, as well as general information on the municipality such as number of buildings and number of dwellings per building.

The Supplier Module collects monthly data on suppliers of electricity, heat, and gas to various consumer groups and each supplier's contact information.

The Consumer Module collects monthly data on public lighting, public transport, water supply, and public buildings. For all of these consumer groups, the Consumer Module collects data on energy consumption and cost (in the local and Euro currencies) and contact information for the person or office responsible for that service. For public lighting, the database collects information on the number, power, and type of bulbs. For public transportation, the software keeps track of diesel consumption, number of busses and the length of their itineraries. The Water Supply component the amount of water supplied. And for public buildings, the software collects data on specific buildings, such as year of construction and heated area, and the buildings' energy consumption levels.

For more information you can download a Power Point presentationon on SMEU (27 KB PDF).