Assess the result and the full cost of achieving it

Compare with current practice first

Without Be Water, a customer may use existing systems, spreadsheets, experts, equipment services or an integrator. Record the people, time, inputs, outputs and costs involved today, along with the part that actually needs improvement.

Identify what the selected product changes: less repeated retrieval, sustained calculations that were previously difficult to maintain, or easier detection and resolution of issues. Compare total adoption cost for the same scope of work. AI use or a new interface is not itself a benefit.

Choose a comparison that explains the change

First decide whether the question concerns cost, consumption or consumption per unit of output, then choose a comparable reference state. Energy work checks output and operating conditions; generation also considers weather and asset status. The measures answer different questions:

Cost

Prices and quantities both affect the bill. A cost change alone does not establish a change in energy efficiency.

Consumption

Check quantities within the same measurement boundary and interpret changes alongside workload and operating conditions.

Consumption per unit of output

Relate energy consumption to the corresponding output and compare consumption per unit under comparable operating conditions.

Review actions alongside subsequent operating results

Compare the original prediction, recommendation, action and subsequent outcome for the same objects and time range. Record model error, execution differences and changes in conditions separately, so lower demand is not mistaken for better optimization.

When outcomes lead to changes in parameters, models or rules, retain both versions and examine subsequent data. Feedback can support learning, but completed training, improved prediction and business value are separate outcomes with different comparisons.

Include implementation and specialist effort

Separate the initial software, integration, configuration and training from continuing operation, updates, professional support and site service. Include the customer’s and partners’ work as well as Be Water’s contribution.

To assess reduced expert dependence, compare the same class of task at equivalent quality. Record routine implementation and specialist judgment separately. Moving specialist effort to a partner changes who performs it; reducing repeated expert work changes the total delivery requirement.

Initial adoption

Selected products and the configuration, adaptation, integration and training needed to put them to work, with site preparation defined for the solution.

Continued use

Application operation, maintenance of interfaces, knowledge and models, agreed updates and technical support, with responsibilities and service scope defined during adoption.

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