An Automated Software Package Creation for Energy Consumption Accounting

Modern world market relations put forward rigorous requirements for conditions of information exchange and implementation of automated systems for commercial accounting and sale of thermal and electric energy. Data collection of the amount of energy consumed is often carried out through manual entry of information, that does not exclude probable errors. Besides, errors may occur when data are integrated into internal and external information systems. A software package for household energy consumption metering was worked out. Its architecture is built on a centralized principle; interaction with users is carried out through a web interface. The developed metering software package provides control over the performance, operation mode of main networks and central heating units. It consists of 12 functional blocks; the paper covers the purpose of each of them. The automated software package is designed to obtain thermal energy consumption data, their following processing by means of automatic analysis and automated transfer to the customer billing system.