TEAM Sigma offers functions including regression and CUSUM analysis techniques, the software also provides extensive choice of "Reporting and Analysis", "Sharing information", "Query Management", "Exception Management" with useful modules such as "Carbon footprint", “Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) billing for utilities “, “Measurement and Verification”, “Project Modelling”, "Tenant Billing", "Web Dashboards and Digital Signage Solutions", etc. The software contains useful functions for business management efficiency improvement.
TEAM Sigma　follows the guideline, ECA Energy Technology Criteria List 2009 "Automatic Monitoring and Targeting Equipment"(EEEL) in the U.K. In particular, it meets one of the criteria in EEEL requirements, Analytical Software (i.e.advanced Monitoring and Targeting (aM&T) Software).

TEAM is the UK’s leading supplier of Integrated Energy & Carbon Management Solutions. Our offering ranges from Monitoring & Targeting and CRC management software to outsourced utility bill validation and specialist energy consultancy. TEAM provides solutions to both public and private sector organisations around the world.
This provides a benefit in simplifying the complexities of energy, carbon and compliance management at the same time as improving business performance. Through solution partnership, organisation can achieve significant energy and cost savings.

The TEAM Sigma software is designed to perform all Energy Monitoring and Targeting (M&T) functions with a wide variety of data types, from utility invoices to self reads and high frequency data (e.g. half-hourly), obtained from fiscal meters and sub meters.
This economical sofware provides benefits by covering all necessary tasks required in EnMS operation ensuring energy performance improvement.

Sigma has over 200 pre-defined reports, plus a powerful Report Creator function.
They enhances analysis work and construct your own report tailored to your EnMS operation.
(For more information regarding the data analytic techniques, free download presentation material available at the end of this page.)

Sigma Browser Interface

Through the Sigma Browser Interface you can enable secure access to M&T tools through the Internet or your intranet. It gives live access to the Sigma database for browsing data and running reports at any location. It is possible to set up any number of users, giving access to managers or engineers working in the field and allowing them to insert meter reads.
Benefit is to maximize the use of database and sharing of information.

A smart meter is an advanced meter that identifies consumption in more detail than a conventional meter, and records and stores data. AMR refers to the automatic collection of data from meters which is transferred to a central database for billing and/or analysis. There are also smart meters for gas, water and electricity that can provide pulsing output to obtain data by linking them with an electricity smart meter or a data logging AMR system. TEAM solutions include metering hardware and installation. We also maintain the meters, collect consumption data and provide this to your supplier to comply with industry standards.
With AMR system, finally the smart meters will serve their purpose for energy users.

Data is organised in an easy to manage tree view allowing you to replicate your organisational structure.

This provides a central store for all information relating to queries arising during manual bill entry or electronic loading of bills via EDI. It automates the process of query management, making it quicker and more efficient. The Query Management System is fully integrated with the TEAM Sigma EA software.
Query Management System saves time and cost. Fully integrated with TEAM Sigma EA software will replace external systems for logging queries, like Excel spreadsheets or additional databases.

Sigma enables you to set up performance targets to monitor your utility consumption using various analysis techniques, such as historic targets and base load analysis. If consumption falls outside a given tolerance limit at any time, it is highlighted as an exception and despatched by email if required. It proactively identify exceptions for early corrective or preventive actions.
The exception management saves time and money when dealing with high frequency data.

Web Dashboards retrieve the latest up-to-date data from your energy management database.

Using an organisation’s intranet or the internet, web dashboards display the latest energy management information and energy saving messages.
Key benefits are:
• Raises energy awareness and influences behaviour to
  reduce consumption
• Interactive and engaging to generate and maintain interest
  in energy saving information
• Fully customisable and always up to date to communicate
  current environmental messages
• Demonstrates your commitment to sustainability by
  disclosing information to staff and members of
  the public
                                                                                                            • Opens up and uses data contained in your energy                                                                                                               management

They provide an excellent way of publicising your involvement in carbon reduction schemes and demonstrating your commitment to saving energy.

TEAM’s Digital Signage Solutions include a wide range of features to effectively use professional digital displays to share energy information. They can display consumption data retrieved from your energy management system and deliver energy saving messages in high traffic areas such as reception areas and staff restaurants.

The key element of the Digital Signage Solutions is the energy dashboard consisting of several applets that can be combined and set to show a large range of data (from single meter to organisation-wide figures).

Key benefits are:
• Raises energy awareness amongst building occupants
  to influence behaviour and reduce energy consumption
• Demonstrates an organisation’s corporate commitment to
  sustainability
• Entirely custom designed to match your organisation’s
  requirements
• Wide range of applets keeps building occupants
  interested in the display
• Option to convey non-energy related content

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is computer-to-computer communication of structural data that allows automatic electronic processing without manual intervention. EDI is the ultimate solution for paperless trading and effective control of utility consumption and costs.
TEAM EDI consists of the following two components:
- Sigma BBC (Bulk Bill Checker)
- Sigma Accounts Link
Use of EDI will save enormous time for person responsible for EnMS operation in managing energy related costs through invoices.
With EDI you can process and validate billing data in a fraction of the time usually taken for manual entry, thus reducing costs.
This includes everything from retrieval of the EDI message, bill checking and validation, to automatic population of accounts payable and M&T systems.
- Reduces administration time and costs
- Real cost savings made through bill checking and validation
- Increased level of visibility, accessibility and depth of data
- Improves accuracy by eliminating manual data entry errors
- Promotion of a paperless environment

The TEAM Tenant Billing system can manage the complete process of issuing electronic or paper bills and tracking payments made against those.
Organisations looking to manage the process of fairly and accurate splitting utility costs between tenants or organizations will enjoy following benefits:
- Flexible and can be adapted to your requirements
- Ability to provide tenants with detailed consumption information allowing them to take control of their own CO2 emissions
- Direct interface with meters, sub-meters or BMS
- Ability to apply different tariffs and add extra charges
- Custom invoice layout and design

Consumption channels can be converted to cost by applying cost rates and tariff structures. This enables cost data to be displayed in graphs to produce either cost allocation or tenant billing reports.
It provides benefit of efficient and accurate identification of energy cost and transparency to the blling.

BBC allows easy management of EDI utility invoices. BBC can read EDI messages sent from utility suppliers into the Sigma database, removing the need for manual bill entry. It is an automated system for the detailed checking of bills. (For the U.K. market, the software can form part of an HM Revenue & Customs approved process for VAT records)
Benefits are not only reduces resources required to process bills, but also ensures that only valid bills are paid.

TEAM Sigma BBC includes an innovative validation system with the following benefits:
Data Validators - TEAM have developed a unique system for data validation that allows the user to either utilise standard validation methods or create bespoke validation criteria. Standard data validation of an EDI file of bulk bills includes:
     - Meter reading concurrency
     - Contract rate changes
     - Consumption tolerance charges
     - Validate bill to hf data
     - Concurrent estimate check
     - Recalculation of the constituent parts of a bill and checking against declared value

The system allows the user to validate in real time, and having more control and visibility of supplier and contract details.
This provides flexible quality reports that can be produced in bulk across the database at any time and then re-validates invoices at a later date. The user can create validation parameters on all supply contract details. Invoices can be validated against supplier names, meter references, contract duration periods and contract cost rates.

TEAM Accounts Link software allows files to be dispatched electronically for import directly into any accounts payable systems, thus avoiding manual input.  It is an innovative interface module to let the validated utility billing data to be transferred automatically to third party financial accounting software e.g. Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, Agresso, SAGE. It will provide a wide range of reports such as:
     - VAT Reports (Especially in the U.K., VAT rules apply where EDI files are used as the primary payment method. When using
       HM Revenue and Customs approved formats i.e. TRADACOMS, BBC creates a VAT
       summary which can be used for VAT recording purposes.)
     - Batch/Bill statistics
     - Invoice Reports
     - Batch Summaries
The automation function provides the following benefits:
- Saves time and costs by removing duplication of manual data entry
- Improves accuracy by eliminating manual data entry errors
- Ensures invoices are paid on time by shortening the billing cycle and reducing late payment fees
- Provides full integration with financial systems for better accounts payable management

Enables you to easily and quickly produce the Footprint and Annual Reports required for compliance with the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme. A forecasting tool helps you manage the risk. It predicts how many Carbon Allowances need to be purchased to cover your emissions at the end of the year The CRC Software has easy to use set-up wizards to manage all supplies included in a CRC Phase. For each round the system automatically selects the most accurate available data from the database. Data gaps are filled automatically by calculating consumption based on historical data using allowable estimation techniques. At a glance you can view all relevant information about each supply including identifier, fuel, supply type, profile class (for electricity supplies), consumption and CO2 emissions. The software can be used as a standalone product alongside other M&T systems or fully integrated with the TEAM Sigma Software.
TEAM's CRC Software has the following key benefits:
- Produces Footprint and Annual reports easily and quickly to ensure compliance
- Can import data from your existing energy management system
- Maintains all records for your Evidence Pack
- Data validation functions ensure data quality for compliance
- Helps manage financial risk through sophisticated forecasting tools
- Calculates the tonnes of CO2 emissions and hence costs

The CRC module has in-built data validation checks such as:
(1) to indicate where database fields are blank;
(2) to provide a rating of the data quality and type of data (billing, half hourly, self read or supplier statement);
(3) to highlight where data fails preset validation checks;
(4) to automatilcally exclude supplies not selected by the regulation such as Residential, Transport and domestic
     accommodation sources;
(5) to provide audit trails for all actions;
(6) to highlight when more than 10% of total emissions are excluded and when the system prevent you from excludiding core
     emissions.
Benefit is to ensure compliance with the CRC regulation (depending on the national regulation).
Source of supply information is selected following the rules set in the CRC Regulations.

Individual sites can be monitored during the year for emissions against target as well as potential excess or shortfall allowing an updated budget for costs down to site level
Benefit is to fine tune the budget of your carbon allowance to be purchased.

Providing ongoing support to ensure customers get the most from the TEAM Sigma software. TEAM professional Help Desk facility provides quality support from specialist staff. Our web site also provides you with secure access to customer specific information, allowing partners to download the latest version of software and access Product Information Sheets. TEAM Sigma is upgraded on at least an annual basis and continually enhanced to anticipate developments in both technology and the utility market.
You are assured of system functionality and entitlement to upgrade.

Stuart Turvey
TEAM (Energy Auditing Agency Ltd.)
Commercial Director
sturvey@teamenergy.com
Tel: +44 (0)1908 690018
Fax: +44 (0)1908 690018
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