In Green Tech class on friday, Dr. Bill went over what we will be doing with the audimation project. Awe and I are going to be the Guru's of the sensors in the tennis center, the IT building and in G-pack. Throughout the next three years, we will be monitoring what goes on in these buildings using these sensors. Because Dr. Bill made us an account on elab.hpa.edu, we can check and record how much energy the building is using and we can use that to determine the financial impact it is having on the school. Using that can determine how much money we can save by changing out methods of lighting or cooling the building. Awe and I will be recording all of this in a portfolio on a webpage that we hope to set up next class. Next class, I also want to find out how much money the tennis center currently spending. I have a ball-park idea, but I would like to know the exact amount each day so I can put it on the webpage.
Towards the end on class on friday, we emailed Edgar Spencer and Robert Mckendry letting them know what we are doing with this project. We will be sending them weekly updates on out progress throughout the years. This is what the email said:
My name is Cat Bradley and I am currently in Bill Wiecking's Green Tech
class. My main focus in this class is going to be monitoring the new
sensors in the tennis center, the IT building, and G-pack.
The tennis center takes up 10% of the schools energy. Each light bulb is
10,000 watts and it cost $17 an hour and about $170 a day to keep the
tennis courts lit. Dr. Bill recently put sensors up in the tennis center
to track the amount of energy that is being used, and when it is being
used. These lights totally power down from 10pm till 7am. During these
hours it is impossible to turn on the lights in the tennis center. Theses
sensors are also set up in the IT building, but they don't work exactly
right yet. We also are planning on putting these up in G-pack. What the
school is trying to do is clean up the sky light in the tennis center so
the lights don't have to be used during the day. We are also trying to put
solar panels on the roof of the tennis center so the courts can have its
own source of electricity and we are planning to put in better light bulbs
that use less electricity. My job in this project would be to keep track
of the money and electricity HPA is saving. My parter Awe and I are going
to put together some kind of portfolio or webpage that will keep track of
what is going on with these sensors. We will also be giving you weekly
updates with graphs and information on the sensors.
At the end of the email, I attached a graph of the energy activity in the
tennis center from March 24th to March 30th. Every spike in this graph is
someone coming in the tennis center and turing the lights on. This is just
an example of the kind of data you will be getting from us.
Thank you, and I look forward to working with you over the next few years.
Cat Bradley
(The graph I attached was the graph I put in my last weblog)
COTTAGES: (cottage 5)
kWh used this month: 13.9 kWh
Predicted kWh usage this month: 147.9 kWh
Average daily kWh usage: 3.5 kWh
kWh usage per person: 49.3 kWh Money spent this month: $4.20
Average daily spending: $1.05
Predicted Money spent per person: $14.86 CO2 emissions this month: 21.7 lbs
Predicted CO2 emissions this month: 230.3 lbs
Average daily CO2 emissions: 5.4 lbs
CO2 emissions per person: 76.7 lbs
cbradley
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