Cost-effective planning of energy-measurement-systems

The lack of information concerning energy flows can be seen as a significant barrier to increase energy efficiency in an industry. The extension of energy measurement systems often fails due to the difficult appraisal of expected reflux. The shown model presents a way to overcome this barrier by forecasting potentials and also including soft facts into the appraisal. Learning effects objectify the presented model through time and make it more stable. In result, an expected net present value can be calculated and used in order to estimate the profitability of installing a measurement device into a given technical system.