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Continual improvement
Energy policy
Energy planning
Management review
Implementation and operation
Monitoring, measurement and analysis
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Figure 1: ISO 5001 PDCA Cycle
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X X Specify desired energy budget and consult with business entity personnel Cost Functional Design
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Figure 3: SMG Approach: Steps 5-6
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SMG Controller Input Supplied capacity
Business intelligence layer Business intelligent rules applied
Controlling software layer Software to interface with the actuating hardware devices
Output Controlled devices
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