Posted on : 7/10/2016

Within the training of energy managers in units of local self-government, delivered at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade in the period from 20 to 26 June 2016, the first group consisting of 37 participants has acquired the knowledge necessary for the use of the Energy Management Information System (EMIS). The training for the use of EMIS consisted of 2 hours of theoretical training, 2 hours of practical exercises using computers, and 2 hours of checking the skills using computers. The training was delivered by representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Maja Matejic and Dragan Urosevic.

Energy management information system – EMIS (or ISEM in Serbian) is a computer program or an internet application serving as a basic tool supporting the energy management system in public and commercial buildings. EMIS has been donated to the Republic of Serbia by the UNDP - United Nations Development Programme within the Project „Introducing energy management system in public buildings in Serbia“, implemented jointly by the Ministry of Mining and energy of the Republic of Serbia and the UNDP, in the period from 2013 to 2016. After one year testing in a number of pilot municipalities the EMIS was tailored for use in Serbia and prescribed by the Ministry of Mining and Energy as one of the mandatory tools for energy management in municipalities. This does not put an end to the development of EMIS. In June 2015, the GEF – Global Environmental Fund approved funds to the republic of Serbia for the project „Removing barriers to promote and support the energy management system in municipalities in Serbia“ which will be implemented jointly by the Ministry of Mining and Energy and the UNDP in the period from 2015 to 2020. It is planned that the project will include the upgrading of the EMIS, to include the development of new modules for utility services and development of new and enhancement of existing functionalities within the module for public buildings. The future development of EMIS shall be carried out in a manner which is to ensure a high level of compatibility with other software tools used by the Ministry of Mining and Energy

EMIS is intended primarily for monitoring and analyzing data on consumption and costs of energy and water in public buildings under the responsibility of local self-governments, the province, and the national level. Thus, EMIS shall be used to establish a national data base on actual consumption of energy, energy raw materials and water in public buildings. Nevertheless, irrespective of its primary purpose, its concept design is flexible which enables it to be used with equal success also for buildings which are the responsibility of other institutions and organizations, indirect budget beneficiaries, commercial buildings and public enterprises.

The training participants have been trained to form objects and their users, suppliers and their energy sources, measuring points, invoices for energy and water consumption, and system users at the level of buildings. The participants were also trained to enter different types of fast and slowly changing data into the system.