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AI tech ‘can transform energy management’

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That’s the suggestion from Duncan Everett. Managing Director of Optimal Monitoring – his firm has developed software called EMMA AI, able to identify anomalies, send instructions to energy managers and help save energy, emissions, time and money Duncan Everett, MD Optimal Monitoring chatting to Sumit Bose from Energy Live News Full article @ Energy Live […]

Optimal’s EMMA AI energy management innovation wins Wright Commission Award

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Optimal Monitoring, a thought-leader in energy management software, has won the Retail Energy Forum’s prestigious Wright Commission Award with its pioneering EMMA AI (Artificial Intelligence) solution. Optimal Monitoring, is award The Wright Commission award for innovation by the Retail Energy Forum. Developed in partnership with The University of Reading, EMMA AI is a unique, artificial […]

Who killed Eric the Energy Manager?

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By Duncan Everett and Michael Prager at Optimal Monitoring In the same stance as who killed Roger Rabbit before you engage the local constabulary. But behind every good opening line is a serious point. In this case what actually is the role of the modern Energy Manager? Well managing energy demand and consumption is surprisingly […]

How to make our AI assistants talk about energy management?

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By Dr Lai Jiang, Chief Data Scientist at Optimal Monitoring In this case, a question of great interest will be: how will these AI systems interact with their end users in the energy management field? A number of previous articles have already pointed out that AI systems will be applied in the energy management field […]

If you don’t know is it your fault?

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By Duncan Everett, Managing Director at Optimal Monitoring Nobody wants to fail but often the fear of failure can get in the way of success. So how do you break the ‘better to do nothing than fail’ barrier? In Energy Management we are often trapped in this dilemma, stuck somewhere between the challenges of our […]

Optimal’s EMMA AI energy management innovation nominated for Wright Commission Award

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Optimal Monitoring, a thought-leader in energy management software, has been nominated by the Retail Energy Forum as one of three short listed finalists for the prestigious Wright Commission Award with its pioneering EMMA AI (Artificial Intelligence) solution. Optimal Monitoring, finalist, will present EMMA AI at: The Wright Commission Final, Energy Live Expo, 5 Nov 2019, […]

The Future for Energy Managers

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By Michael Prager, Chairman, Optimal Monitoring Well first things first, there is one. The entire history of technology development has been one of net job creation not destruction. The emergence of AI as the baseline form of computing in the years ahead will create more jobs than it will destroy. The disruption, where that happens, […]