Subject: [eman] Terminology: energy management system (was: Re: comments on draft-parello-eman-definitions-00)

From: Juergen Quittek <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:22:07 -0400

Hi John,

In draft-parello-eman-definitions-00 you define an energy management system twice:

>      Energy Management System (EnMS) 
> 
>        An EnMS is a set of systems or procedures upon which 
>        organizations can develop and implement an energy policy, set 
>        targets, action plans and take into account legal requirements 
>        related to energy use.  An EnMS allows organizations to improve 
>        energy performance and demonstrate conformity to requirements, 
>        standards and/or legal requirements.   
>        Example:  
>        A set of workflow procedures setup by an organization to track 
>        and archive utility billing records to ensure an auditable 
>        history of targets. 
>        Reference: 
>        [ISO50001] 

and

>      Energy Management Systems  
> 
>        An Energy Management System (EMS) is congruent to a Network 
>        Management System (NMS) and is a combination of hardware and 
>        software used to administer a network with the primarily purpose 
>        being Energy Management. 
>        Example: 
>        Reference: 
>        Derived from [1037C] 

We cannot go with two definitions. 
Shall we merge them or drop one of them?

For the acronym: I would prefer using EnMS, because it avoids confusion with an 
element management system which is typically referred to as EMS.

Thanks,

    Juergen