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    Throughout my junior year I did an independent research project working as

    an Energy Consultant for “Hotel X.” The purpose of this project is to monitor and

    analyze the energy expended down at “Hotel X.” To do this we use sensors made by

    Veris Industries. These Sensors detect the amount of energy expended by each wire,

    and then, using a 5V output, the sensors are able to send the information it has just

    received from the hotel, all the way up to the monitoring room in the Energy Lab.

    This process happens every five minutes and is recorded on Elab2, which is one of

    the many monitoring systems we have up at the Energy Lab.


    This year I am expanding the energy-auditing project to the golf center at the

    hotel. Although there are many possible projects at the golf center, we are starting

    with the golf carts. The golf carts down at the hotel are plugged in to be charged

    immediately after use. The cost to charge the hundreds of golf carts matches the

    payment of about 5 employees. To try to escape these high costs, the hotel bought

    the Watt-Miser, which is an electric power management system that is designed

    to charge a large group of golf carts efficiently. Essentially the program automates

    charging of electric golf carts during off-peak hours. The Watt-miser does this by

    charging groups of golf carts at a time (group 1, group 2, etc.); when one group is

    fully charged, it movers on to the next group. According to the Watt-Miser website,

    savings can be from 10 to 60%, depending on the area. In one example, a 70 car fleet

    could save an average of $550 per month. Throughout this year, I am going to apply

    what I learned at the hotel to a new project at Parker Ranch; however, we will be

    monitoring water, which will eventually translate into energy.


    That project is only one of several projects I will be working on this year. I

    will also be working on several HPA Energy projects, as well as presenting some of

    my work to MacWorld in the spring.


    I will be meeting will Dr. Bill every E period, and because I am an Intern and

    the Energy Lab, I will be up there every night, and every weekend working on my

    project. I have made an ibook describing what I have already done with my projects

    and I will continue use that, along with the wiki as a portfolio.


    This project is something I hope to continue for the rest of my high school

    career. I would also like this to be a jumpstart for every environmental project I will

    work on in college.