Energy Monitoring System

A study is to design, build and test an on-premise energy monitoring platform

Energy Monitoring Conclusion

This section will reflect on the state of energy monitoring within the IT sector. Evaluate the energy monitoring tool produced as part of this project and look at areas for future technical and commercial development/enhancements. Summary of the Industry The IT sector is growing and its appetite for energy now exceeds most countries in the … [Read more…]

Proof Of Concept

Introduction This chapter will seek to build a virtual test environment to prove that a polling agent is able to poll devices and display basic statistics on a website. Once the baseline PoC environment is functioning, the system will focus on energy reporting. This will prove that a polling agent is able to display energy … [Read more…]

Central Design Challenges in Designing a Energy Monitoring System

Introduction This section will look at the central design challenge of designing a energy monitoring system which can monitor all IP devices on a network. From the design challenge the chapter will discuss broad principles which will guide product design and development. Broad principles will be used to inform choices of existing technologies e.g. operating … [Read more…]

Literature and Market Review

Introduction Encouraging energy conservation will not be easy. By its nature energy is an abstract and invisible force that is conceptualised or commonly defined in a number of different ways, for example as a commodity, as a social necessity, as an ecological resource, or as a strategic material1. The ethereal nature of energy needs to … [Read more…]

Post 1 – Introduction

Motivation These posts will when completed will be a document which will investigate use of electricity. Focusing on information technology (IT) electricity usage within organisations. This study will discuss existing electricity energy consumption, potential future energy demands and associated costs. This will use existing literature on energy consumption, primary research conducted for this project and … [Read more…]