1. IssyGrid Results Trimming energy use with real-time consumption data
French town builds country’s first smart-grid neighborhood
Results
Concerned about rising energy consumption, Issy-les-Moulineaux created a project that empowers homeowners with data about their energy consumption.
Installed Microsoft Azure to host data
Added Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to analyze data and yield insights
Residents reduced energy bills by 10-20%
Analyzed data in real time to optimize energy use
Engage
Customer: IssyGrid
Partner: n/a
City: Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Organization Profile
IssyGrid is France’s first smart-grid ecodistrict, a demonstration project aimed at optimizing energy usage in the French town of Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris.
Summary
IssyGrid is a bold experiment in seeing what happens when homeowners and building owners are empowered with real-time data on their energy usage. The result: they reduce their consumption—and their energy bills—by 10 to 20 percent. The exciting project, happening near Paris, France, is led by a consortium of business leaders and uses Microsoft public cloud resources to store data and Microsoft data management software to analyze it and yield insights.
Technology:
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft SQL Server 2012
“IssyGrid has shown that when families have data about their energy consumption, they take action to reduce their consumption—and bills—by 10 to 20 percent.”
— Guillaume Parisot, Head of Innovation, Bouygues-Immobilie