Value Added Services
ECS/Masana Solutions
Masana has a 37% equity shareholding in Energy and Combustion Services (Pty) Ltd (“ECS”), a technology focused company with strong capabilities to support Energy Management and Measurement & Verification in the mining and industrial sectors. Through ECS, Masana will offer energy efficiency and energy management services via the Current State and Opportunity Scoping Review.
ECS’ range of professional services, technologies and support for Energy management processes include:
- Metering, measurement, and data acquisition
- Usage analysis
- Energy auditing
- Baseline Energy modelling
- Opportunity identification
- Solutions development
- Project management and intervention tracking, monitoring and interactive reporting, performance dashboards • Productivity and Energy management information systems
GreenServe
Our GreenServe value-added service focuses on implementing electronic job carding, proof of service, spare parts inventory management, job planning and time control, service technician and equipment utilisation — all designed to help improve the efficiency and productivity of your service workforce.
Benefits of GreenServe include:
- Easily accessible, comprehensive field services data and related information via an automated, integrated process
- Improved job planning and tracking
- Service workforce productivity
- Visibility of the mobile workforce
- Real-time proof of service
Measurement and Verification Services
Governed by various international standards and protocols, Performance Measurement and Verification (M&V) is a globally recognised inspection process offered by Masana and can be implemented across a broad range of applications and industries.
The M&V services of ECS encompass:
- Testing designs, specifications, implementations
- Testing measurement systems
- Data acquisition systems
- Mathematical modelling and calibrated performance simulation for:
- Product energy and productivity performance testing
- Energy forecasting
- Contract performance assessment and dispute resolution
- Energy savings intervention/project assessments.
These services form an integral part of our client decision support, based around production plant investment and performance contract management.
Energy Plus
Energy Plus is ECS’s Productivity and Energy Management Services; and is a proven, high-performance management programme specifically designed for mining and industrial processes. Massive opportunities exist for productivity improvement and Energy savings through strategic cost control, optimising production processes & systems, and minimising waste – and Energy Plus is your key to these improvements.
Section 12L Energy Reduction Tax Incentive
Section 12L is an Energy reduction tax incentive aimed at the efficient use of Energy, with the intention of safeguarding the security of supply. Section 12L provides an opportunity for industry stakeholders to implement Energy-efficient measures to reduce their carbon emissions moving forward; and applying for this incentive represents a significant opportunity for Energy savings projects.
With the Section 12L tax incentive:
- It is applicable to one full year of assessment (12-month window of savings) for kWh savings per project assessed.
- These energy efficiency savings can be claimed upon receiving a certificate from an accredited M&V inspection body/professional (E.G. ECS M&V body).
- Additional benefits to after-tax returns generated on projects: Effective 26.6 cents per kWh of energy saved, or an effective R2.73 per litre of diesel fuel saved.
- Improved after-tax cash flows on projects
SmartLog
SmartLog focuses on electronic logging of inspection, proof of inspection, inspection log retrieval; exception and non-compliance reporting and management, inspection workflow optimisation and enforcement, and post-inspection reporting.
Benefits of SmartLog include:
Section 12L is an Energy reduction tax incentive aimed at the efficient use of Energy, with the intention of safeguarding the security of supply. Section 12L provides an opportunity for industry stakeholders to implement Energy-efficient measures to reduce their carbon emissions moving forward; and applying for this incentive represents a significant opportunity for Energy savings projects.
With the Section 12L tax incentive:
With the Section 121 tax incentive:
- Gain easy access to comprehensive inspection data and related information via an automated, integrated process.
- Improved data precision and accuracy.
- A better inspection of workforce productivity.
- Greater inspection compliance and workflow management.
- Enhanced visibility of remote inspection workflow.
- Real-time proof of inspection and work permits.
- Simple retrieval of inspection reports.
Energy profiling services for Carbon Neutral Planning
SmartEPS is a powerful simulation toolset for all energy consumers that enables strategic transitioning to optimised energy consumption and Carbon Neutrality, through dynamic profiling and visualisation of expected energy consumption and Carbon emissions, and the projected impact of interventions. The Solution is a Cloud-based dynamic Carbon-intelligence toolset for digitalised energy and Carbon profiling and professional services, that focuses on Advanced Scenario Modelling for Net Carbon Zero transition and planning. It is a critical toolset for enabling insights into energy and Carbon Transition for mining, heavy industrial, and commercial operations. It has been developed and is supported by deeply experienced Mining and Production Engineers together with Energy and Carbon Managers, and operates on modern digital platforms and data processing with Machine Learning and AI.
SmartEPS has consistently assisted customers in project identification, prioritisation and performance tracking – which has the potential to result in Energy and Carbon optimisation.
| Performance Element | Outcomes |
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Scenario Planning and Management |
Forecasted Energy and GHG performance to achieve set targets |
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Target Setting |
Performance milestones to be achieved |
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Priority Projects |
Achievement and tracking of set targets |
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Business Case and ROI |
Assurance of priority project viability |
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Scope Emission Types |
Focused energy and GHG reduction plan by emission type |
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Transition Plan |
Transition Roadmap to Net Carbon Zero |
