Energy Monitoring System of the SmartCollect SC²

A Sankey diagram is a special type of flow chart in which the flow quantities are indicated by arrows proportional to the quantity: The width of the arrow represents the quantity to scale. Moreover, in a Sankey diagram, directed flows always run between two nodes (processes); consequently, they transport other information besides quantities, such as the division or structure of systems. Sankey diagrams are thus an effective alternative to conventional flow charts or bar and pie charts, especially when it comes to representing energy flows and quantity flows in production plants. Sankey diagrams are used, among other things and significantly, in energy management, facility management (building services engineering), process engineering or plant engineering.

The current performance data show the current consumption situation of the individual metering points as well as of the entire site.

Heat maps are a method in energy management to clearly depict three-dimensional data in only two dimensions. Here, the two axes of the two-dimensional space represent two time dimensions (e.g. date and course of the day), while the value dimension is visualised by a colour gradient. This means that all consumption data for long periods (from several months to years) can now be displayed at a glance. Many consumption patterns that are very difficult to see in the traditional consumption graph are immediately revealed by the heat map.

The statistical evaluation of energy consumption is still the most important parameter, as the monetary derivation takes place directly here. Various time windows make it possible to directly evaluate improvement measures in monetary terms.