IoE – Internet of Energy

In the next few years, the world consumption of electricity is expected to increase significantly.

To cope with this growth, the demand for intelligent energy systems is more widespread than ever.

In order to achieve this, it is necessary to move towards the use of the IoT (Internet of Things) to build effective energy management systems and to update obsolete infrastructure.

With the acronym IoE (Internet of Energy) in Electrex we mean the application of the IoT to the world of energy and energy efficiency.

Electrex IoE is a digital platform through which it is possible to control and manage plants and buildings, which combines the aspects of Monitoring and Energy Automation, in which Electrex has been the market leader for years, with the possibility of interacting in real time with different devices using the possibilities offered by IoT systems.

The result is the creation of an integrated digital ecosystem that can be controlled remotely.

The technologies made available by the Electrex Internet of Energy (IoE) platform  make the difference by promoting  remote and predictive maintenance, the use of digital and interconnection between systems in the company.

The management of production plants and buildings has become an issue as important as it is difficult.

In most of the cases, aspects related to energy management, maintenance and safety management are delegated to specialized personnel, while in the case of smaller and less structured companies these activities are carried out by internal staff.

Electrex IoE simplifies the management of these important activities through a tool that, with a single digital platform, allows for real-time control of plants and buildings, even without the intervention of operators, for all energy, process and environmental parameters, maintenance and safety issues.

Electrex IoE makes it possible to make old analogical processes digital and smart. Indeed, companies can centralize data relating to energy consumption, maintenance and plant performance in a single interface. The real-time data collection and their processing is done automatically without use of human resources.

The connection of the stand-alone monitoring and control devices takes place in peer to peer mode: by using various communication ports (Ethernet, Wi-Fi, radio, serial, etc.) it is possible to create networks of objects with distributed intelligence that interact with each other.

Thanks to Energy Brain Cloud platform and to the intelligent sensors and actuators installed in plants and machineries, the data of all

• energy vectors (electricity, heat, water, gas, etc.),
• environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, PM, CO2, VOC,
• the technical parameters (pressure, fluid temperatures, levels, etc.)

are collected and analyzed automatically.

The users can view and download, real-time or historic data on any device via a smartphone, tablet and PC.

The advantages of the Electrex IoE platform for end-users and companies who provide consulting, assistance and maintenance services:

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Digitization and interconnection

The digitalization of business processes and the tools for remote collaboration between management, production and maintainers, improve the resilience of companies by allowing them to react quickly to uncertainties and manage new scenarios.

The Electrex IoE platform supports switching to digital processes, enhancing remote management methods and interconnection between systems and machinery:

• Industry 4.0 production plants
• HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems
• ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
• BI (Business Intelligence)
• BIM (Building Information Modeling)
• and more …

Interconnected Machines

The Electrex devices of the NET series are equipped with an embedded web server and multiple communication ports and protocols.

Through the numerous functions that can be integrated into the NET series it is possible to:

• Measure and Monitor energy of multiple parts / systems of a building
• Integrate sensors, machine status, alarms and counting signals / impulses
• Make calculations in relation to the pieces produced
• Represent all the quantities on an interactive display
• Log data and events

With modest investments and low invasiveness, new machines (OEM) can be built or existing ones can be  revamped by integrating new technologies with existing systems in order to:

• Quantify and manage energy to reduce its impact on the final cost of the product
• Optimize production management by remotely controlling the machines via mobile devices (tablet, smart-phone, etc.)
• Better manage the use of energy
• Get real time notifications in order to avoid down times
• Apply predictive maintenance policies

Standard protocols

An intelligent and shared management of data and business processes makes the difference in terms of operational efficiency and decision-making speed.

It is essential that remote management and interconnection are based on protocols that are open, publicly available and internationally recognized (like TCP-IP, HTTP, MQTT, JSON, Web API, etc …).

Electrex IoE solutions use MQTT communication overcoming the constraints imposed by internal IT systems which normally does not allow access to the corporate network from outside.

The Web APIs, on the other hand, simplify the interconnection with business intelligence and management systems.

Remote maintenance with Electrex IoE

The energy, environmental or other data gathered from Electrex IoE can be used in order to understand the performance of equipment/system. The exchange of data and implementation of analytics  allows for condition-based monitoring and editing of energy profiles for each component. This new approach utilize measurements on the actual equipment in combination with measurement of energy and process performance, measured by other devices, to trigger equipment maintenance.

The first way Electrex IoE solutions can help plants and processes stay operational is through continuous remote monitoring of machinery and the ability to have a plant overview (Digital Twin).

The data coming from machines and plants can be collected in real time, analyzed and managed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The sensors, with which machines and systems can be equipped, and the Electrex devices that allow connection to the LAN / Internet network provide a continuous flow of data.

This allows to remotely monitor the condition of the machinery and to know immediately when one of them is malfunctioning or starts to show anomalies.

Notifications like E-mails, pop-ups, Telegram messages, SMS, etc., sent directly from the system, will notify the maintenance workers in case of malfunctions.

It is therefore possible to perform further checks remotely, operate commands (also remotely) and only in case of actual need contact the maintenance staff to perform or plan the operations necessary to restart the machine.

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About us

Since 1993 Electrex designs, develops, manufactures and markets, Made in Italy, instruments and software for energy  management and control.

The Electrex solutions are used in the Energy Efficiency and Energy Automation applications, for the industrial, commercial, public, civil, and renewable energy sectors allowing a rapid return on investment.

The solutions provided up to now allow the management of over 425,000 measuring points and more than 750,000 points are controlled via Energy Automation applications.

Electrex, one of the first companies to operate in these sectors, has acquired over the years a considerable experience and competence that few other companies can claim to have. With over 40% of the staff dedicated to R & D, we demonstrate our strong commitment to innovation and continuous improvement in order to anticipate the needs of our customers.