Maturity in factory energy management
Your sites’ energy performance, measured site by site and turned into a costed roadmap.
10 themes, 72 questions, a 5-level scale. And the action that moves each level to the next.
The framework’s 10 themes, already written from L1 to L5. One company, one business unit, or 300 at once.
Maturity in factory energy management
10 themes, 72 questions, 5-level scale.
Nordhavn Industries
53 / 100
They measure their maturity with Datamensio
An example
This could be your situation.
Take one company as an example: three sites, three spreadsheets, no shared answer.
Nobody can consolidate.
Nordhavn Industries, 2,400 people in Hamburg, Lyon and Porto. A client asks where the group stands. Each site answers in its own spreadsheet, with its own scales.
Three weeks, a single base.
One Datamensio maturity framework, industrial energy management (ISO 50001, ISO 50006, ISO 50015 benchmarks) assessment launched across all three sites at once, from the managers’ interview notes. The framework was already written, its 10 themes and levels L1 to L5 too.
Two costs avoided before being committed.
A score of 53 out of 100, with the gap concentrated on three themes. The AI companion spotted that two actions duplicated those of another audit. The committee report took one sentence to request.
What it saved them
- 3sites measured on the same base, instead of three questionnaires to reconcile
- 2duplicate actions caught before the spend
- 1committee report, with no manual rework
These figures are an example. They could be yours.
The standard imposes processes. Datamensio says where you stand.
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The framework is already written
Themes, questions and levels L1 to L5, all written. You do not start from an empty spreadsheet.
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The score lands the same day
Online, by self-assessment link or in interview. Theme by theme, comparable over time.
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The gap becomes a costed plan
Every step up carries its action. The AI prioritises on expected effect, not on the order of the standard.
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Progress can be demonstrated
Campaign after campaign, against your target and against your own past. That is what your board asks for.
The maturity scale
One level, the next, and the action that links the two.
It is this mechanism, a level, a level above, and the action that connects the two, that turns a finding into a trajectory.
Are the energy gains expected from an efficiency project verified after commissioning?
- N1
No verification after works. The gain remains the one stated in the investment case.
- N2
Verification is carried out on some projects, at the initiative of the project owner, without a defined protocol or reference period.
- N3
Every project is measured before and after, on an identified metering boundary, with the gap against forecast documented.
- N4
Measurements are normalised for activity and weather, tracked in a shared record, and gaps trigger analysis and correction.
- N5
Lessons learned feed the assumptions of subsequent investment cases and are shared across sites, with periodic revision of the ratios used.
Action to move from level 2 to level 3
Make it mandatory, within the investment case, to include a verification protocol stating the meter used, the reference period and the gain check date, then place that check on the agenda of the energy performance review held in the quarter following commissioning.
« With Datamensio, we meet our objectives far more efficiently. The ERDF inspection services and our supervising ministry particularly appreciated an approach that gives them reliable data. »
Director, CCI 94CCI Île-de-France
« We believe this is the most suitable solution to scale our transformation project and measure impact according to our needs. »
Maja SucekChief Operating Officer, Interreg Danube
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What this framework covers
The framework covers the full energy management set-up of a production site: instrumentation and metering, knowledge of significant energy uses, performance indicators tied to activity levels, efficiency plans for utilities and processes, heat recovery, control of power demand, team training and investment governance. It draws on the ISO 50000 family of standards without limiting itself to a management system: what is assessed is the industrial organisation’s actual capacity to reduce consumption and hold that reduction over time.
In practice, the difficulty is not technical, it is organisational. The data often exists, scattered between the building management system, the line PLC, the supplier invoice and a spreadsheet kept by an energy manager. How many of your sites can isolate the consumption of a production line from that of the utilities feeding it? Are your indicators normalised by production volume and weather conditions, or are you comparing months against each other without accounting for the production mix? Who decides to shut down a compressor at weekends, and on what basis?
The context has changed in nature. Energy price volatility has moved the subject from the technical department to the executive committee, and non financial reporting requirements have made consumption figures binding. A confusion often recurs: having a recent energy audit or a management system certification says nothing about the level of operational maturity. A site can have a fully documented action plan and still not know whether the expected gains were actually delivered, for lack of measurement before and after.
An audit ends with a finding: the requirement is met, or it is not. The maturity assessment answers a different question: at what level of control does each theme sit, and what precise action moves it to the next level. This shift is what makes the result usable within an industrial transformation programme, because the gap between the score and the target directly produces actions that are ordered, costed and assigned to an owner.
The framework is ready to use and adapts to your estate. The AI adjusts the themes, questions and levels to your sector, the energy intensity of your processes and your teams’ vocabulary, or builds a variant from your own documents: energy policy, audit reports, investment plans.
Reference standard: Datamensio maturity framework, industrial energy management (ISO 50001, ISO 50006, ISO 50015 benchmarks)
The themes assessed
Metering and instrumentation
Coverage of sub metering for electricity, gas, steam, compressed air and water, meter reliability and calibration, time granularity, automated data collection.
Knowledge of energy uses
Identification of significant energy uses, split between processes and utilities, flow mapping, knowledge of consumption at standstill and outside production.
Indicators and performance analysis
Definition of energy performance indicators, normalisation by production volume and weather factors, baseline, detection of drift.
Utilities efficiency
Compressed air and leak detection, steam production and distribution, industrial cooling, lighting, ventilation, insulation, control and operation of equipment.
Processes and heat recovery
Optimisation of operating parameters, recovery of waste heat, heat exchangers, arbitration between energy carriers, process electrification.
Demand management and procurement
Monitoring of power demand, demand response and flexibility, contract and penalty management, self consumption and on site generation.
Governance and responsibilities
Energy policy, role of the energy manager, periodic performance review, integration of energy into site and line objectives.
Investment and verification of gains
Project arbitration criteria, energy cost taken into account in specifications, measurement before and after works, tracking of gains achieved.
Skills and team involvement
Training of operators and maintenance staff, energy saving operating instructions, reporting of anomalies, cross site facilitation and lessons learned.
Alignment with the carbon trajectory
Consistency between the energy plan and decarbonisation targets, emission factors used, data traceability for non financial reporting.
A short version of the framework, with 32 questions, is available for the online self-assessment. The full version covers 10 themes and 72 questions.
Frequently asked questions
Does this assessment replace a regulatory energy audit?
No, the two are different things. The energy audit quantifies technical opportunities at a given site. The maturity assessment evaluates the organisation’s capacity to identify, decide, deliver and verify these actions over time. It reads well either before or after an audit.
Do we need an energy management system already in place?
No. The framework applies as well to a site with no formalised approach as to one that is already structured. In the first case, it frames the starting point. In the second, it reveals the themes where the system exists on paper but produces no measurable effect.
How long does the assessment take?
The short version takes 20 to 30 minutes for an energy manager or plant director to complete. The full version involves several contributors (utilities, maintenance, production, procurement) and generally spans one to two weeks, most of the time being spent on data collection.
Can several factories be compared with each other?
Yes, that is the main use case across an industrial estate. Each site is assessed on the same grid, the benchmark positions business units against each other and against their own past assessments. A cross site roadmap then consolidates the sites’ action plans.
Can the framework be adapted to our sector?
Yes. You can change the questions, levels and themes, or add to them. The AI adapts the grid to the energy intensity of your processes, your energy carriers and your vocabulary, and can build a variant from your internal documents.
How is the action plan costed?
Every gap between the score achieved and the target generates an action. The service catalogue matches a solution to each item of the plan, with its cost, timeframe and expected impact on the score. The AI groups everything into a prioritised roadmap.
Where is the data hosted?
In France, at OVH, with backup at Scaleway. No transfer outside the European Union. The AI models used can be selected, including from European providers.