Energy Management overview

The Energy module turns FreeMaint into a full energy and utility management hub. Track, parametrize and control electricity, water, gas, steam, compressed air, fuel and oil — plus your own on-site generation such as solar. Every reading is automatically priced and converted into a carbon figure, so you can see consumption, cost and emissions side by side.

Three pillars

The module is built around three complementary capabilities. You can adopt them progressively — start by monitoring, then refine your configuration, and finally enable control when you are ready.

• Monitor: create meters, record readings, and watch a live dashboard with cost and carbon per utility and per zone.
• Configure: define zones, tariffs, emission factors and targets so every reading is priced and benchmarked correctly.
• Control: actuate connected devices, run lighting schedules, build automation rules and link external connectors.

Where to find it

Open the Energy section in the sidebar (the /energy area of the app). From there you can reach the dashboard, meters, readings, configuration and the control panel.

Availability

The Energy module is part of the Enterprise tier. Once enabled, an administrator can grant the relevant permissions to the right people.

Permissions

Access is controlled by fine-grained permissions, so you decide exactly who can view, edit and actuate energy data.

• energy:read — view meters, readings and the dashboard
• energy:create — add meters and record readings
• energy:update — edit meters and configuration
• energy:delete — remove meters and configuration
• energy:configure — manage tariffs, emission factors and targets
• energy:control — actuate devices and supply (sensitive; admin-only by default)

Power capacity and load shedding

If you run on-site generators, set each generator meter’s rated capacity (kW) and, optionally, a demand cap per zone. The Energy dashboard then shows a live power-margin gauge — available capacity minus current load — company-wide and per zone, so everyone can see how much headroom remains. You can surface the same figures on a shared Wallboard screen, and rank which zones and breakers to shed first in a Load-shedding plan. This plan is decision-support only: FreeMaint shows the numbers and the recommended order, but the actual protective trip stays in your generator paralleling controller.