Abstract: Energy Information Systems (EIS) are being promoted and implemented in the industry at a rapid pace. Industries are employing professional energy service providers to implement these systems to find the losses in the system and thereby reduce costs and improve efficiency. However, their usage in academic institutes is extremely limited today due to lack of awareness and financial limitations. The present research aims to describe a blueprint for developing energy information system in an academic institute. The study presents an innovative energy monitoring system used in Maharaja Agrasen College to measure and study the real time energy demand in various sub-domains of the college matched with time-table and occupancy levels. Using this systematic monitoring and precise matching of loads, energy consumption patterns of various sub units can be assessed and the wastage of electrical energy in each unit can be identified and minimized there by leading to energy efficiency in the academic institute. The technical details of the sensor network are also discussed. The innovative EIS comprises of energy meters capturing the instantaneous parameters (line current, phase voltage, frequency, power factor, active power, reactive power and apparent power) and cumulative parameters (active energy, apparent energy, active power and apparent power) connected to the server through USB to RS-485 converter module which contains the self-tuner ASIC which automatically tunes to the baud rate and data format for the RS-485 network. All such important real time parameters provide important information in order to frame policy decisions and undertake pro-active measures for better utilization of energy in academic institutes resulting in efficient management of energy and further reduction of their carbon footprints.