Making every watt count: An intelligent demand side management system on phones by Energy-Save (Esave)
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Additional Comments:
1)Please look at the Neuro device so as to avoid recreating the wheel and instead get straight to the problem. The initial target market if in a developing country will be the usually gang; industries, commercial properties and businesses a substantial % of domestic users who are knowledgeable enough to tell the difference between a watt and an amp does not exist yet.
2)Web and mobile energy audits are not new, but perhaps designing a specific audit for the target community is of merit. When it is described as phone-based, is this mobile web smartphones or for more basic phones? The hardware device to connect with the “switchboard” but the consumer sounds interesting but isn’t really explained. In the US, this is the circuit-breaker box. A typical home energy consumer couldn’t do anything by themselves to that box.
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Judges' Comments
This type of project has been brought up many times and more information about the actual implementation, savings for the customer and impact would have been very useful
The solution is interesting for a technically curious person but I doubt it will be of much interest to the proposed target audience.
The high net worth individuals, especially in Africa, want to be perceived as wasteful which is why they would visit a restaurant, order the most expensive meal, take a few nibbles on it and then leave the rest.
Small industries are too involved in doing the business to take time off to consider their costs especially when in most cases they can pass them on, multiplied, to their customers/consumers.
For the larger consumers there needs to be a more business like proposal as to how it affects their bottom line as the environment is not a line item that many have on their balance sheets.
My proposal would be to work on a low cost fun device that can be installed by anyone and then connected to their phones for monitoring. The device could be as simple as a plug.
A similar system to the one you are proposing here has been crowd funded in the USA and they have also already shipped their first batch, its called Neurio (http://www.neurio.io/)
Not New invention though. My understanding is that the Esave app/hardware is similar to most Building Management Systems (BMS) already deployed on the market by some players. The inventor must understand that the length of transmission of energy to communities from the point of production also create huge losses. Areas of savings/benefits not clearly spelt out. Carbon Reduction of 10% has to be supported by data. It is not clear how the inventor arrived at the 15% Money saving. The time line would have to be looked at. For example the inventor could look at Prototype and testing during the Year 1. Collaboration with government could be in Year 2 along side manufacturing by OEM's. Not recommended for next stage.
It is not clear what the target market is, residential consumers or small businesses. The costing should be refined and provide cost estimâtes for development and roll-out. Some indication should be given for cost declines as a function of market size.
some examples of applications by market segment should be given.
Finally, can the hardware and software be built/developed locally
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