How Energy AnalytiX Works

Energy AnalytiX is an analytics data-driven application for Energy Management. It operates by collecting data from various data sources (real time, historical, Web services-based, external, etc.) and then utilizes the collected data in evaluating user-defined energy calculations.

New Energy AnalytiX Installation

The Energy AnalytiX version released with ICONICS' 10.96.xx product release is a new version of the previous releases of Energy AnalytiX (including 10.95.xx), based on a new architecture. For new energy application deployments, the product installation will take care of all the required modules installations along with sample data.

 

The new Energy AnalytiX is not backwards-compatible nor does an upgrade path currently exists. If the newer version of Energy AnalytiX is installed over an existing installation, the following items should be taken into consideration:

To enable using the new Energy AnalytiX product version, the user must perform the following steps:

Once all of the above steps are completed, the user should be able to add new Energy AnalytiX extensions to existing assets in the AssetWorX tree.

 

Energy AnalytiX Modules

 

NOTE: For the new Energy AnalytiX to function properly, the following configurations and applications need to reside within the same configuration database:

Energy AnalytiX integrates a number of ICONICS key technologies in order to provide an energy management solution.

Energy AnalytiX is deployed using the AssetWorX infrastructure along with Asset AnalytiX support for mapping equipment properties to Hyper Historian tags and calculations. As such, an end user can add energy functionality to any asset using the Energy AnalytiX extension in the Workbench.

 

High Level Architecture of Energy AnalytiX

 

The overall energy application functionality is based on the following steps

When the user installs Energy AnalytiX, a new energy related function library is added to Hyper Historian, which implements the logic for processing energy-related calculations inside Hyper Historian.

 

NOTE: For Energy AnalytiX to properly collect and display data, the following services must be running:

Energy Related Function Library in Hyper Historian

 

In addition, a number of pre-configured Hyper Historian calculation triggers are created to process the various energy calculations based on the AssetWorX tree level and related processing time and phases

 

Energy AnalytiX Related Calculation Triggers in Hyper Historian

 

NOTE: All entities created by Energy AnalytiX installation, such as energy function library folders, calculation triggers, AnalytiX-BI energy-related data model, and Periodic Triggers under Actions should NOT be deleted or renamed by the end user. Otherwise, the Energy AnalytiX product functionality may be compromised.

 

The overall process to add an Energy AnalytiX extension to an asset is a three-step approach.

Energy Asset with Energy Variables and Calculations Exposed as AssetWorX Equipment Properties mapped to Hyper Historian Tags and Calculations

 

Energy AnalytiX-based Equipment Properties

 

Then, the end user can browse for all energy-related data using the standard ICONICS data browser.

 

Energy Data Exposed through Hyper Historian in Data Browser

 

 

Energy AnalytiX at a Glance

 

Energy AnalytiX classifies the collected data by functionality, including:

Internally, it creates interval-based data both for meter summaries as well as energy calculations for key periods. such as:

The above interval defines the output resolution of energy calculations such as consumption, cost or carbon.

 

In addition, Energy AnalytiX utilizes energy variables to produce rich energy-related analytical data, which can be easily displayed in built-in charts and reports as well as third-party analytical tools such as Power BI.

 

In order to facilitate advanced analytical capabilities, Energy AnalytiX utilizes several key concepts at the provider configuration level.

 

Expanded Energy AnalytiX Provider in the Project Explorer in the Workbench

 

These key concepts provide rich analytics results and allow Energy AnalytiX to support advanced data insights and reports. The following are key concepts within Energy AnalytiX.

 

Asset Tree

 

The AssetWorX Asset tree is utilized to add Energy AnalytiX extensions to user-configured assets. Using the Asset tree, Energy AnalytiX supports three types of Energy related assets:

Example of Assets in the AssetWorX Provider in the Project Explorer in the Workbench

 

Meter Types

 

Meter types are utilized to provide/analyze energy data from energy sources such as electric, water, and gas. They are quite flexible and can even be used for non-energy source related counts such as production counts, plug load association, etc. Meter types can also be used to support energy source segmentation, by defining appropriate meter types such as those in the image below.

 

Meter Type Examples (Under the Consumption Node in the Energy AnalytiX Provider)

 

Runtime charts and reports use meter types to drill down to specific energy-related data.

 

Cost Centers

 

Cost Centers are used for cost allocation, such as organizational areas or tenants, and for estimating energy cost. They can also be used to logically filter areas of energy reporting and to quickly identify possibilities for further improvements.

 

Costs Node in Energy AnalytiX Provider in the Workbench

 

Energy Variables

 

Energy variables are used as calculation variables in defining energy calculations, such as energy consumption normalized by square footage. They can be static or time varying.

 

Energy Variables Node (and Subnodes) in Energy AnalytiX Provider in the Workbench

 

There is also a special category of “internal” energy variables, which cannot be edited by end users. The “internal” energy variables are handled transparently by the Energy AnalytiX runtime to provide support for certain energy calculations.

 

Internal Energy Variables in Energy AnalytiX Provider in the Workbench

 

Calculations Categories and Calculations Library

 

Energy AnalytiX supports multiple types of energy calculations: standard, derived, carbon and cost.

Calculations Configuration in Energy AnalytiX (Consumption Tab Shown)

 

Calculation Categories are used to categorize energy calculations data in groups, so that the runtime charts and reports can produce meaningful visualization and reporting results. They are also used in runtime filtering operations.

 

Calculation Categories Tab in Calculations Library Configuration in Energy AnalytiX

 

The Calculations Library is a set of predefined derived energy calculations that are installed with Energy AnalytiX. End users can define more and the Calculation Library enables the definition of the required energy calculations in a template manner in order to accelerate associating the calculations to actual energy assets.

 

Calculations Library Tab

 

Energy Star

 

Energy AnalytiX allows the end user to associate energy meters with Energy Star reporting. The end goal is to fill in an approved Energy Start reporting template for manual submission to the Energy Star Portfolio Manager.

 

In addition, the user will have options to periodically extract formatted data for energy meters to the AssetWorX MS SQL server configuration database for manual reporting to Energy Star.

 

Energy Star Configuration in Energy AnalytiX

 

Energy Star Data Extracts in Energy AnalytiX

 

Energy AnalytiX also installs a number of approved Energy Star templates under:

C:\Program Files\ICONICS\GENESIS64\Components\Templates\Energy Star\Report Templates

 

Energy Star Report Templates

 

Periodic Triggers

 

Periodic Triggers are utilized to trigger data retrieval for Energy Star-configured energy meters from Hyper Historian.

 

Periodic Triggers in Energy AnalytiX

 

A pre-defined trigger, ESTRiggerDaily, which can only be partially edited by the end user, is created to facilitate scheduling, on a daily basis. the extraction of Energy Star-formatted data from Hyper Historian to an AssetWorX Microsoft SQL database.

 

Equipment Classes

 

Equipment Classes are a special kind of asset (equipment), which have parameterized configuration properties. They can be used to rapidly configure an Energy AnalytiX application. When a user creates an AssetWorX database in the Workbench that includes an Energy AnalytiX extension, several pre-built equipment classes are added to facilitate common energy analysis scenarios.

 

Equipment Classes Example

 

See Also:

Energy AnalytiX Quick Start

Optimizing Performance