Open Source Energy Management Software

The rise in energy prices is forcing companies to be ever more vigilant in monitoring energy use - and the monitoring of energy bills is a key part of this process. To help overcome some of the shortfalls in existing software applications, Meniscus is developing an Open Source energy management appication which will have a particular focus on the needs of the Water Industry - in particular their need to manage large numbers of bills covering a very large size and variation of assets.

Open Source means just that...anyone can use the software, and anyone can access and change the underlying source code without any fees. By going down the Open Source route it is hoped that companies will contribute to the software themselves and as a consequence the rate of development and take up will be much more rapid than under a standard commercial type arrangement. Further details on how to view and access beta versions of the code will be provided in the very near future - hopefully within the next month.

added on 11 Nov 2005