1. Research and Innovation April 2010 Brought to you by the students from the Electromechanical Technician program Mark Valdmanis, Alex Kushnarenko, Michael Joyette With the assistance of Andriy Stepanenko, Support Staff Under the supervision of Leo Salemi, Professor CCET in cooperation with Don Martone, dx2 technologies and a special thanks to Home Energy Monitoring Dashboard

2. Background This project was a spin-off from the primary research project at the Archetype House, Kortright Centre The objective was to assist dx2 technologies with their work on an energy monitoring web portal An Energy Dashboard would benefit the homeowner by making them aware of their energy use and promote conservation and time-of-use consumption

3. dx2 technologies Energy Dashboard dx2 technologies Energy Dashboard The Energy Dashboard can monitor key points in the house

4. dx2 dashboard Customized menu options to monitor key consumption profiles/use for: Electricity (wind/pv/grid)Electricity (wind/pv/grid) Water (municipal/cistern)Water (municipal/cistern) Heating (geothermal etc.)Heating (geothermal etc.)

5. DX2 Dashboard Data can be displayed in real time or by the week, month or year

6. System can monitor wind, photovoltaic and grid power overall net power used/generated

7. Dashboard for the Kortright Centre Dashboard for the Kortright Centre Live data can be logged over any period of time and displayed String #1

8. GBC Contributions Alex Kushnarenko Designed and commissioned the remote-site network to allow the GBC team, dx2 and other researchers to work off site This technology was developed in a previous research project and applied here

9. Michael Joyette Set up the data-logging system to access data from the photovoltaic panels installed on House B This data was used in our primary research project and by the Ryerson University team GBC Contributions

10. Andriy Stepanenko Designed the dashboard to view the Kortright solar panel data over the web http://greenenergy.georgebrown.ca

11. GBC Contributions Mark Valdmanis Researched several technologies that can be accessed via the web dashboard Setup the Programmable Automation System to monitor and log the solar panel data on the roof at Casa Loma Campus

12. Lessons Learned Collecting data to display on a dashboard was the challenge: too many incompatible technologies and communication protocols installation and retrofitting sensors was difficult or expensive learning curve for some technologies was a problem even for experienced programmers These issues need to be addressed in order for this technology to gain wide acceptance

13. Conclusions Collecting data just for the sake of telling the homeowner how much they consumed will be a difficult sell given cost of implementation vs benefit If the data is used to save on energy costs, i.e. control lights, room temperature and provide comfort and security, then the return on investment will be justifiable Manufacturers, architects and home builders need to collaborate and make this technology available in all new homes

14. Future Research dx2 technologies has agreed to partner with GBC once again to develop this technology so it can be used as part of an Intelligent Home Automation System dx2 technologies will provide a $1500 cash contribution and in-kind support and GBC will help with the design, installation and system testing

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