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IoT-Based Energy Management: A Case Study of Bright Power and 75F
Technology Category
- Sensors - Environmental Sensors
- Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cement
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Building Automation & Control
- Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
Bright Power, a nationwide leader in strategic energy solutions, was facing challenges with simultaneous heating and cooling in its New York headquarters due to uncontrolled perimeter radiation and packaged air conditioning on thermostats. The building’s system included individually-controlled thermostatic radiator valves and a packaged air-conditioning unit. This led to frequent simultaneous heating and cooling and a lack of control, resulting in energy wastage and occupant discomfort. Bright Power sought to control the space’s disparate systems with the aim to reduce energy waste, increase comfort, and evaluate how IoT-based controls can help their commercial and multifamily clients achieve the same. They also required an open-source solution that could install in tandem with Tunstall radiator products.
The Customer
Bright Power
About The Customer
Bright Power is a nationwide leader in strategic energy solutions for building owners and operators. The organization’s mission is to increase the value and performance of buildings, improve the comfort, health, and productivity of occupants, and eliminate negative impacts on the climate. This mission extends to the company’s own headquarters in New York. The company is committed to reducing energy waste, increasing comfort, and evaluating how IoT-based controls can help their commercial and multifamily clients achieve the same. They also required an open-source solution that could install in tandem with Tunstall radiator products.
The Solution
75F deployed a proportional integral (PI) loop to control 15 steam radiators and thermostatic, occupancy-scheduled control for an obsolete, 10-ton packaged air-conditioning unit. Bright Power also received access to Facilisight, 75F’s web and mobile app for secure, portfolio-wide building insight and control. The hardware across ten zones included one Central Control Unit, nine Smart Nodes, eight Intelligent Temperature Motes, two E10001 multi-tap transformers, and one S10013 Airflow Temperature Sensor. The operation under 75F’s control involved an occupied temperature of 72F and an unoccupied temperature of 67F. Occupied times were programmed to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and heating setpoint anticipation and zone balancing was enabled. To compare 75F’s IoT-based solution with the manual control baseline, project engineers programmed the BAS to alternate control between baseline and 75F every three days.
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