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Circuit Level Monitoring Pilot Installation
Posted by Arash Guity on October 26, 2011 at 2:04pm
Earlier this year, we introduced a project we are working on with Panoramic Power, an Israeli based company, to develop and test a low-cost, nonintrusive, real time circuit level monitoring solution. The primary focus of this effort is targeted towards the potential applications to healthcare facilities. After conducting a focus group and administering surveys to better define the solution’s value proposition, we are now entering the next phase of the effort which will involve a full scale pilot installation at a large acute care hospital in San Francisco.
Prior to this full scale pilot installation, we had installed a small batch of sensors in our firm’s headquarters in San Francisco to better understand the installation process and refine the solution. This mini installation was extremely valuable in identifying potential issues and challenges that would need to be addressed in the large scale pilot installation. It also provided valuable insight into the power consumption of the systems that we were monitoring.
Of particular interest was the significance of some of our loads. For example, it was observed that our large-format document plotters have an extremely high power draw during plots. More interestingly, we found that our non-Energy Star certified plotter actually consumed less energy that the Energy Star certified one. In addition, we were able to directly observe the behavioral influences on power consumption such as identifying which computers were not turning off at night as they were programmed to.
All of this is to say that we were able to get much better insight into the potential applications of this technology in a larger setting with more complex systems and greater benefit for getting energy consumption under control.
The pilot installation will be performed over the next few weeks and will be followed up by a period of continuous monitoring and data collection. The findings and results of the project will be made publicly available in Spring of 2012. Check back and watch our social media feeds for updates as they develop.
San Francisco pilot install
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