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Works in the following sectors:
Communication Technology, Information Technology, Low Carbon, Renewable Energy
Would like to meet companies in the following sectors:
Energy Generation, Energy Supply, Low Carbon, Renewable Energy,
Company Description
The company was set up in 2009 to provide products and services related to the application of networked sensor technologies for better management of power and energy.
The problem our feasibility study project is trying to solve
Reducing energy consumption and making its usage more effective is an increasingly important issue in the modern world. Current energy monitoring is based around unidirectional meters which are permanently associated with a specific energy access point in a home or business. Whilst adequate for billing, this technology does not allow for fine-grained monitoring of energy usage and associated demand control, or for effective "tagging" of energy with additional information such as its carbon content. It also does not lend itself to integration with "microgeneration" sources such as wind and solar, or to monitoring energy consumption across multiple physical locations.
What our study aiming to achieve
The project seeks to develop a new approach to energy monitoring and control based on the usage of network-centric sensors which can monitor fine-grained energy usage, independent of physical location and assign usage to a "virtual energy account"; the sensors can also activate individual appliances in response to opportunistic availability of low-carbon electricity tariffs, monitor appliances for early signs of fault conditions, and account for "microgeneration"of electricity by individuals or businesses. The potential benefits
The technology will make energy accounting, monitoring and control much more flexible, agile and poweful. This will form the basis for a number of high value energy applications:
? Real time electricity tariffs which respond to availability and quality of generation capacity
? More effective "energy tagging" enabling greater accountability of usage and associated carbon content
? Energy managent of commercial and industrial premises
? Easier and more convenient recharging of electric cars
? Cheaper fault monitoring of diverse electrical appliances
? Sub-metering of multi-tenanted buildings
What we need to do next
With a further £100k we would be able to develop a commercial prototype and carry out marketing activities with a number of actors in the electricity supply industry.
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Delegates Attending
David Brain
CTO
Free Meeting Slots: 20
Stuart McKee
marketing
Free Meeting Slots: 23
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