Blog

Our blog will inform you about the latest industry trends, exciting product updates and enhancements, and how businesses across various industrial sectors can leverage our energy management solutions to optimise their operations.

ECS COO Simmie Reddy shares her story and insights on how women are leading South Africa’s just energy transition through innovation, policy and empowerment.
As businesses in energy, mining, and industrial sectors increasingly turn to digital transformation strategies - Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, real-time analytics - the phrase “data-driven” has become more than a buzzword. But here’s the truth: you can’t become data-driven without a clear data quality strategy, writes ECS's Laveena Munsamy, Technical Expert: Data Transformation and Analysis.
South African businesses can now claim energy tax deductions until the end of 2030, unlocking major savings and sustainability gains.
Choosing ECS means working with an energy management provider that delivers measurable results, industry-leading expertise, and a commitment to sustainability.
The Mining Indaba 2025 provided a valuable platform for ECS to engage with industry leaders, potential clients, and technology partners. Our participation further reinforced ECS’s commitment to innovation in energy optimisation, and positioned TotalEnergies as a trusted partner in the mining sector.
Rising fuel prices, incidents of fuel theft, and growing environmental concerns make optimising fuel usage essential for industries like mining, agriculture, transportation and manufacturing. While this blog focuses on fuels, the insights and principles discussed apply broadly to all forms of hydrocarbon energy.

FIELD SERVICE AUTOMATION MANAGEMENT

SmartOSR Service

TIME SCALES: Review

OBJECTIVE: Prioritisation Value & Opportunity Potential/Scoping

FOCUS:

  • Initiative & Project Technical Review for Energy and Carbon
  • Key Value Driver Review
  • Initiative & Project Prioritisation and Ranking by Type and Impact
  • Abatement Cost Profiling

S-ARID Solution

TIME SCALES: Continuous/Internal

OBJECTIVE: Energy Management

FOCUS:

  • IIoT & Sensors
  • Fuel Energy (Traditional)
  • Fuel Energy (Green & Renewable)
  • Electrical Energy (Grid Traditional)
  • Electrical Energy (Local & Grid Renewable)

SmartEPS Solution

Time Scales: Long

Objective: Strategic

FOCUS:

  • Global Simulations and Assessments
  • Target Achievement Simulation
  • Scope 1,2 & 3 Emissions
  • Carbon Abatement Assessments
  • Project and Technology Option Assessments
  • Prescription Analytics
  • Performance Tracking (Long-Term)
  • Life of Operations Greenhouse Gas Assessments

SmartRoad Solution

Time Scales: Continuous/Internal

Objective: Energy Measurement

Focus:

  • IIoT & Sensors
  • Fuel energy (traditional)
  • Fuel energy (green & renewable)
  • Electrical energy (grid traditional)
  • Electrical energy (local & grid renewable)

SmartFEMS Solution

Time Scales: Continuous/Internal 

Objective: Energy measurement

Focus: 

  • IIoT & sensors
  • Fuel energy (traditional)
  • Fuel energy (green & renewable)
  • Electrical energy (grid traditional)
  • Electrical energy (local & grid renewable)

SmartDSM Solution

Time Scales: Continuous/Internal 

Objective: Energy Management

Focus:

  • IIoT & Sensors
  • Fuel Energy (Traditional)
  • Fuel Energy (Green & Renewable)
  • Electrical Energy (Grid Traditional)
  • Electrical Energy (Local & Grid Renewable)

PEMS Solution

TIME SCALES: Short /Medium 

OBJECTIVE: Early assessment of actual performance

FOCUS:

  • Short Interval Control
  • Automated Reporting
  • Performance Verification
  • Predictive Analysis
  • Diagnostic Analysis
  • General Prescriptive Analysis
  • Unit Operations Simulation
  • Demand Profiling
  • Statutory Emissions Reporting Support
  • Feeds into other Reporting Systems