Abstract
The purchase of an Energy Management System (EMS) is a business activity that can be quite risky for an owner. Periodicals abound with stories of failures of such systems, but on the other hand, there are also successes. The owner, therefore, is often in a dilemma as to which stories to believe. How can the conflicting information be sorted? What is there to guarantee that the installation will be a success? How can the best value be obtained out of the whole process? This paper addresses these questions and outlines a general step-by-step solution. A case study shows how the solution was applied in the purchase of a $1 million plus EMS.
Coggan, D. A. (1984). How To Get The Best Value When You Buy An Energy Management System. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94643.