Data Streams Unites!
A lot of people might not realize Michael and I haven’t met yet. Until today that is. It was great to get a pair of brainstorming sessions in Omaha during MVP’s travels here. Thank you Omaha Office for hosting us and allowing us to take over the conference room palace of 3rd floor and have it all to ourselves!
For those of you lucky enough to attend, we appreciated your support and Mr. Gatewood’s questions!
“Its sort of like inventing the “FitBit” but for buildings.”
Imagine this if you will:
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Fitbit: You road 12.3 miles today
Me: I know how far I went, I mapped it out in my head…its close enough
Fitbit: You burned 488 calories
Me: Not pertinent, I know I’m fat and need to work out
Fitbit: Did you know if you took this alternative path for 2.3 miles south and 1.8 miles north you would have changed elevation 6 times and cut 1.8 miles out of your journey, resulting in 56 more calories burned?
Me: Oh, well that is good to know because that will get me in shape faster and I won’t have to take as much time out of my day to exercise. Thanks Fitbit.
Fitbit: No problem Fat Boy.
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Data Streams: Your infrastructure consumed 5.985 kWh today
Me: Ok, there’s nothing I can do about that, so thanks for nothing.
Data Streams: 7 classrooms had lights turned on all day but my sensors indicated that the room was never occupied (verified by motion and CO2 levels). This would have resulted in a net energy savings of 0.715 kWh
Me: Well a lot of good that does me now!
Data Streams: Thanks to my backlog of data, tomorrow I predict the same result. Now would be the time to shut them off. I am also predicting that Classroom 128 will be under-utilized.
Me: Oh….yeah. Thanks.
Data Streams: This will result in a net cost savings of $35/month for the year if this result were to continue.
Me: Nice! What other problems do I have?
Data Streams: Let me check. Oh boy, you have other issues. 68 Results.
Me: <Charlie Brown face> :S
Data Streams: According to my records, Office 233 is only occupied 16 days out of the calendar year. Could this room be better utilized?
Me: Yes, that room is no longer an office. Glad you caught that. Let me issue an “AR” (allocation request) to the FM/Owner to see if we can better use that square footage.
Data Streams: My results show that sunrise is now at 6:25am due to daylight savings time. Your exterior lights are still pulling load from 6:25am to 8:00am. Turning those off, or dimming the settings could result in using 0.233kWh to 0.295 kWh less than leaving them on. This will result in a cost savings of $15/month for the year if this result were to continue.
Me: Nice! Hmm…We still need lighting until at least 7AM because it is not light enough out to justify turning those lights off completely. I will adjust that setting accordingly.
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Additionally, I will be posting more images about our brainstorming session as well as traveling to UNO Peter Kiewitt Institute to meet with Dr. Moe Alahmad and his technology for deciphering signals to individual outlets throughout a building. Pictured from left to right are Michael, Ryan, Moe and Professor Tim Hemseth.
