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Why Power Quality Analyzers is a Mandate for most industries?

iD-LOG 8000 – An intelligent & portable power quality device to save energy and improvise the profits.

Poor power quality leads to an increase in the energy bills by rising power usage and damaging expensive equipment. Also, diagnosing and servicing of faulty equipment were found to be a time-consuming process, which in turn affects productivity.

The iD-LOG 8000 Power Quality Analyzer will help you to easily and quickly identify the failure or unscheduled outages, and magnitude of power quality issues.

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Allows versatile measurements and analysis of Power quality events such as Swell, Dip, Interruption, transients, and harmonics.
High capacity rechargeable batteries with more than 24 hours of battery life and extended measurement can be done without using the main power supply.
Measures medium and low voltage power system integrated for 2/3/4 wire connection system (balanced and unbalanced ) supporting AC or DC utilities.
Quick start mode and automatic connection probes are provided to check the wiring connections before the actual measurement is performed.
Power, Waveform and Vector displays for an enhanced display of the monitored output power quality.
Quickly records and process data by the integration of user-friendly, USB cable to the PC using appropriate software as an accessory with memory up to 4GB in SD Card.
Measures Active reactive and apparent power to check the energy consumption using trend and graphs for easy view.
Conformance testing to EN 50160.
Comes complete with measurement accessories, PC software, and a suitcase

The applications of the analyzer are directed to a very wide range of users, with particular reference to the energy auditors.

Energy Audits

Power quality analyzers allow the property owners or building operators to receive a detailed report on their energy consumption, device efficiencies, and power quality measurements by Metering energy audits. The data provided by the auditors using power quality analyzers will be used for monitoring losses of power and cost allocation.

Manufacturing Industries

Power quality analyzers allow the facility managers and operators to take suitable measures to ensure expensive equipment used in manufacturing and process-based operations to execute effectively and efficiently.

Energy Companies

Appropriate power quality management can be devised by using power quality analyzers to improve power variants and energy efficiencies.

Data centers

Power quality analyzer will be used to eradicate challenges that disrupt the effectiveness of systems or critical devices used in data centers and provide a proactive solution to these issues.

Telecommunication

The frequent tripping of devices in telecommunication sectors was mostly associated with voltage sags and swells, was further found to increase loads such as short circuits or faults, or by an abrupt reduction in load on a circuit. Thus, power quality analyzer was found to resolve these issues avoiding costly maintenance of equipment.

Educational Institutions

Power quality analyzers could be used in institutions to monitor and perform in-depth analysis in a controlled setting to rapidly isolate issues, test responses, planning facilities and restructured layouts.

Healthcare

Healthcare sectors use a critical device which is of utmost significance in saving lives, where power quality monitoring device will ensure the smooth running of devices and protection against unforeseen events that deteriorate the performance.

Commercial Facilities

Power quality analyzers can be used in commercial buildings to maintain daily activities and take proactive actions against damage to critical systems.

A simple and easy-to-use handled Power Quality device from ELMEASURE® can be used to perform periodic assessments which stores data, measures energy and ELNET Power Studio software is used to perform detailed analysis to improve their quality and reliability.

Well, if you are looking for one Go ahead & purchase at a discounted price or INQUIRE NOW.

sunitha.p

Project Management | Business Development | Lead Management | Content Strategist

Sticky sunitha.p June 3, 2019

[USE CASE] – Why a residential community in Bangalore is dumping their existing ACCL & opt for Elmeasure iACCL?

There were days until recently where Electricity was still inaccessible to many places in India. But, now the development is to such an extent that, there is no need to go dark any time.

Few products in the Energy space are now able to allow you to connect your EB & DG to give you a seamless power changeover for an uninterrupted power supply.

We call it an iACCL, An “intelligent Automatic Changeover with Current Limiter”

3 phase iACCL M300 (40-63A) — Automatic Changeover With Current Limiter – Buy Directly from Elmeasure

Who needs it?

Well, everyone who wanted to spend the nights/days without any power interruptions, for their family sake, kids sake, business sake, etc. needs it. It’s not the affordability that has the issue but it is the knowledge of which brand to choose that matters & make people spend more on this product.

There are many low cost products as well that might need to be replaced after a year’s use or something, It is the case with one of our recent client who have opted for Elmeasure due to multiple issues from their existing vendor.

The Pain Point

The existing ACCL from the brand X has been burnt as it could not take the load & we are unaware of other technical issues that the product was not able to serve the purpose. We are also not able to monitor the basic things of the ACCL.

The Solution

Elmeasure ACCL that has a display to monitor the current source
A mobile app to restore the power supply from sleep mode without the intervention of human
Product ranges from 40A-125A, for industries with high loads can get a similar but advanced product with extra features called ATeS.
Price range from 8500-34,500 with basic discounts at any time.
Also easy to handle & install with high user experience rating.

ACCL Residential Complex - order — A Sample Order: Customers moving opt for Elmeasure ACCL

Salient Features

Microcontroller based automatic source changeover with neutral isolation
Intelligent re-connection once the trip has occurred due to either overvoltage or overload
Energy, current, voltage measurement for generator & current measurement for mains
Individual phase overload monitoring in 3 phase ACCL & overvoltage protection for DG
Inbuilt display & measurement of I, V, F and KWh on both generator & mains in iACCL M600
The power supply can be restored from sleep mode through the manual provision or via Mobile APP

Applications

ACCL perform intelligent tripping to save the age of the cables
Reduced wiring cost as single phase ACCL has a separate control for power and lighting load
Automate power distribution, protect expensive equipment and prevent fatal risks
ACCL Logic for Currents up to 120 Amps is available

Well, if you are looking for a change & willing to invest in this product, ORDER DIRECTLY (use Coupon: ELNEWBIE) or Inquire.

Naheeda

Senior Executive Marketing with 7+ years of learning in Lead Generation | Customer Pain point analyzer | Events & Media Communications Co-ordinator | Campaigns

Sticky Naheeda May 27, 2019

NEWS INNOVATIONS PRODUCTS TECHNOLOGY

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Smart Cities is an easy spread word but the odds that involve in making it happenapart from involving huge money & technology appreciation are decisions & co-ordination involved among the various departments of the government.

Smart City Design-Stakeholders: City council and City Administration, National and Regional Governments, Citizens and Citizen Organizations, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Industry Associations, Standardization Bodies, Urban Planners, City Service Companies, ICT Companies, International, Regional and Multilateral Organizations, Academia, Research Organizations and Specialized Bodies and Utility Providers.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

Environment : Air quality, Water, Noise, Biodiversity and Energy.
Society & Culture : Education, Health, Safety, Housing and Culture.
Economy : Innovation, Employment, Trade, Productivity, Physical infrastructure and ICT infrastructure.

A few concerns:

Cost of living: Rate of taxes on citizens and hence cost of living will shoot up to cover the massive investment that would require towards Smart city infrastructure build-up and operations needs.
Awareness of citizens: Moderate percentage of digitally illiterate people live in cities and are susceptible to a lot of self and system damage.
Privacy concerns for its citizens: Acquisition of a lot of data that can reveal a lot of things about the individuals.
Security and Safety concerns: A big threat to safety & security of individuals if privacy aspects are compromised.

If Smart cities are made with overreliance on electronics/’the network’. If a whole city is dependent on some AI (Artificial intelligence) that is running the show, again, this is perhaps something of concern.

Governing authorities should ensure the data privacy/security aspects to be well in control and to push good drive to eradicate the digital illiteracy.

A few benefits of sustainable smart cities:

A road tolling system increases the efficiency in utilizing public infrastructure. Whereby each car has an electronic device that can be scanned by the road tolls and when you drive on certain sections of road, you are charged for it. In Singapore like cities, the tolling is dynamic meaning the traffic authority knows traffic patterns and can adjust the price for road space based on usage.
Stores were to implement smart restocking, whereby they need to keep less inventory in the store, because they know more precisely when stocks will run out. This allows them to have smaller store footprints, greater product selection, less products going to waste, etc., all of which should lead to lower cost.
A network of CCTV cameraswith facial recognition technology that can recognize likely criminals before they strike, or take down criminals with better precision after crimes have been committed. Which should lead to Lower crime.
Other areas:
Connecting Cities and Communities
1. Smart Living
2. Smart Mobility
3. Smart Environment
Enhancing Innovation and Participation
1. Smart Governance
2. Smart People
3. Smart Economy

Conclusion:

The pressing demands to meet the normal life requirements in the cities that are exploding in length and breadth with unimaginable population continue to relocate from Villages and towns has made the SMART CITY A NECESSITY.

To build smart and sustainable cities, research on “standards and technology” from academia and industries are in good swing.

Especially R&Ds are focusing on ‘technology & infrastructure’ to address Smart demands like… -Smart Grid – Cloud Computing – Internet of Things (IoT) – Intelligent Transportation – eHealth”.

Smart cities still need significant maturity for effective design and operation.

Rao Suryanaraya September 12, 2019

SMART CITIES

#6 [Smart Cities Web Series] – MORE APPLICATIONS

Electrical sub system: All of the electrical parameters like VLL(RYB), VLN(RYB), Freq.Hz, Amps(RYB), Power factor, Watts(RYB) and VA(RYB), etc. of the loads are measured & acquired through the ‘Multi-Function Meter’ at HT site and at LT motor section, and few more meters to measure output voltages of the 110 V DC system which comprises of the ‘battery bank, charger1 and charger2’, etc.

The ‘Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition’ (SCADA) system comprises of ‘Human Machine interface (HMI)’ software and hardware (viz… ‘Controller’, Gateways, MFMs, Smart IOs, etc.). SCADA systems are used by industrial organizations and companies in the public and private sectors to control and maintain efficiency, distribute data for smarter decisions, and communicate system issues to help mitigate downtime. SCADA systems work well in many different types of enterprises because they can range from simple configurations to large, complex installations. SCADA systems are the backbone of many modern industries, including: Energy, Oil and Gas, Transportation, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage, Water and Waste Recycling, etc.

All the monitoring locations will communicate with SCADA at Main Pump House site and Main Control Room. The sampling time of SCADA system is 1ms.

HMI Software helps to do system customizations more efficiently as to monitor and control valves, pumps, motors, sensors and more. SCADA system generates alerts, alarms and triggers load disconnects and reconnects according to the customized logics based on the customer specification requirements.

Controller and all of these MFMs, DC-meters communicates to Gateway over Modbus RTU protocol from different locations using wired RS485 interface and through the GPRS gateway to the SCADA system.

Controller analog inputs are the process parameters like flow, pressure, sump level, etc. Controller digital inputs are the status parameters of the pump like run, trip and dry run, etc. Controller processing unit reads analog and digital input data from connected field equipment through its input modules. Controller outputs are updated to the output devices (Gateway, Digital Output devices, Analog Output devices that drives or controls Relays/Actuators/Motors) based on the Control program uploaded into the Controller memory and stimuli from analog and digital inputs.

BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BMS)

BMS otherwise known as a building automation system (BAS), is a computer-based control system installed in buildings as to monitor and control the building's mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, water, gas and security systems.

A list of systems that can be monitored or controlled by a BMS are shown below:

Lighting control
Electric power control
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Security and observation
Access control
Fire alarm system
Lifts, elevators,
Water and Cooking Gas control
Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
Other engineering systems
Control Panel
PA system
Alarm Monitor

Benefits:

Possibility of individual room monitoring & control
Increased staff productivity
Effective reduction in wastage of Electrical energy, Water and Gas.
Reduced consumption of Electrical energy, water and gas.
Improved reliability and life of devices/systems under control.
Remote monitoring of the plants (such as AHU's, fire pumps, plumbing pumps, electrical supply, STP, WTP, grey watertreatment plant,)
Systematic and Ease of maintenance

The above picture is a typical BMS example: A gated community where 80 apartments per building and such 26 buildings like… building ‘A’ to building ‘Z’ are connected with various sensors viz...

Temp sensors (Room A/C, Geezers : Thermistors based devices),
level sensors (water level indicators: Simple Digital input devices),
Pulse sensors (water, gas consumption indicators: Digital input devices),
Relay modules (to drive the pumps ON/OFF : digital output devices with relays)
Single phase & three phase Energy meters (prepaid/postpaid devices)

Each of these devices mentioned above are designed & centered around a micro controller with RS485 com port and sufficient enough of memory and other Analog and digital IO ports.

Refer the picture above and assume 20 of such devices for the purposes mentioned above are interfaced to a Gateway (GW) whose south side interface is RS485 and north side interface is Ethernet. From each Block a total of 80 RS485 devices are connected to Ethernet Switch (8 port Ethernet switch: 4 of 8 ports are spared for IO expansion) through the 4 GWs.

BMS room primarily comprises of the interface panel2 and the central server and central display systems. The BMS room is located in one of the 26 buildings and the buildings are about 500 meters apart from each other. Thus necessitated the conversion of electrical signal to optical signal using Ethernet to optical converter then passing it through the line interface unit (LIU) and transport the same through Fiber Optic Cable (FOC) to the panel2. And as the signal reaches BMS room through LIU and optical to Ethernet converter, the optical signal is converted back to electrical and passed on to switch and such multiple inputs are multiplexed by switch and the multiplexed output fed to the central server.

Now the rest the work goes on Elnet Software. Based on (1) configuration of the devices at various locations of 26 buildings and (2) as per the BMS enterprising requirements (billing, alarms, alerts, report generation) the Elnet SW decodes the raw data, validates and does the necessary computations then finally transforms the information into an intelligible format and generates reports and saves the desired info periodically in to the server. Based on the utility requirements displays the diagnostic info of the BMS Network along with vital commercial parameters and alarms / threats if any. And in response to the BMS network system alarms if any, alerts are posted immediately to the Network Maintenance staff and chief controller of BMS Room by text/email.

Rao Suryanaraya August 29, 2019

SMART CITIES

#5 [Smart Cities Web Series] – APPLICATIONS

Functional Description:

Group(s) of street lamps are made ON/OFF based on one of the options (1) LUX sensor data input, in this option the lights are switched ON as the sunsets and they are switched OFF on the sunrise. (2) Remote switching from the MCR: This option helps putting OFF/ON certain (play grounds, shopping complexes, etc.) light circuits according to the need. (3) Manual (Default) switching: this option could be used whenever they need to override the options 1 and 2. for various reasons. Also, Options 1 and 2 comes with a preprogrammed timed light intensities. And the light intensity could be set from 0% to 100% across the timed slots of the day and the schedule could be changed/reprogrammed as per the utilities need.

For example:

0% light intensity from 06:00 Hrs. to 18:00 Hrs.
50% light intensity from 18:00 Hrs. to 20:00 Hrs.
100% light intensity from 20:00 Hrs. to 22:00 Hrs.
50% light intensity from 22:00 Hrs. to 6:00 Hrs.

‘El-Net Software’: The Software installed in the server will help integrating Lights to LMS circuits and configuring, Monitoring and Controlling the LMS circuits and customized report generation. The entire Lighting area is divided in to Zones, Zone wise user interface screen(s) helps View the energy consumption data and history of –communication failure, ON/OFF Status of lights with the time stamp on Daily/ Monthly basis and gives the flexibility to change the On/Off schedules.

Any status change in the lighting circuits will be published within 5 sec. on the central Display system provided at MCR and in case of alarms the respective operators would get text alerts and emails as configured.

Field Devices:

Controller and IO Cards and with RS 485
Field IO – DO Modules
Field IO – AI Modules
Sensors with 4-20mA Output

Network Interfaces:

RS 232 Gateway with communication Ports RS 232 / RS 485 / USB
Ethernet gateway with (south) RS 485 port and (north) Ethernet Port
Wi-Fi network to communicate the data to LMS System

Infrastructure at MCR:

Standard Server for the El-Net SW to handle User Interface and Back endData management application.
Central Display System to present (customized) screens like…

Date	Time	Zone	Floor	Location	Auto/Manual	Sensor Ref#	Lux-Actual	Lux-Set Value	Light ON/OFF Status

“Smart Metering System” functionalities:

1. Remote Meter data reading at configurable intervals (push/pull)
2. Time of day (TOD)/TOU metering
3. Pre-paid/Post-paid functionality
4. Net Metering/Billing
5. Alarm/Event detection, notification and reporting
6. Remote Load Limiter and connection/ disconnection at pre-defined conditions and or on demand conditions.
7. Remote firmware upgrade
8. Security features to prevent unauthorized access to the AMI including Smart meter & meter data, etc.
9. Field replaceable Modular Communication Module (shall be bundled in meter housing)
10. Pairing with Communication Module
11. Geolocation Identification
12. Time Synchronisation

Components of “Smart Metering System” functionalities:

1. Network Management System (NMS):The NMS is responsible for the establishment and management of all radio mesh networks,
  1. The discovery of all nodes once deployed in the field,
  2. The overall system management,
  3. As well as security management of those millions of devices.
2. Meter Data Acquisition System (MDAS)/Head End System (HES):The main objective of HES/MDAS is to acquire data from different end points and monitor them automatically from remote.
3. Meter Data Management System (MDM):A software application that stores, validates, edits and analyses meter reading data prior to releasing it for integration into other operational systems of utility such as customer billing, load forecasting and outage management
4. Smart Meters:
  1. Smart meters are advanced Electronic energy measurement devices with built-in communication module capable of two-way communications.
  2. Also, has the ability to measure the incoming and outgoing (Import and Export energy) flow of electricity (two-way energy measurement) from a specific location such as a customer‘s home or business.
  3. And has the capacity to collect information about energy usage at various intervalsand transmitting the data through a communication network to utility and receiving instructions from utility as well.
  4. In addition to conventional electronic metering functionality smart meters can undertake load switch activities for disconnecting/ connecting the load.

A few features of Smart Meter:

The instantaneous parameters: The instantaneous parameters shall be continuously updated by the meter to the host computer. The energy values in the table shall be cumulative from the day of manufacturing or from the installation of the meter as the case may be. These shall be continuously updated and the last updated value shall be available for downloading as and when required.
Time of Day or Time of use: First of all a passive calendar is set and that speaks about the beginning of the time slot and its end time similarly such time slots to a max. of 16 slots on any given day are set. Then the passive activity calendar is set and that speaks about date and time stamp at which the passive calendar becomes active. The above process is meant for capturing consumption of energy parameters at different time slots of any given day and this would facilitate computing of energy consumption at different tariffs (slabs for peak hour loads) at different time slots across the day of activity calendar.
Tamper detection features: Meter detects Tampers and Frauds such as Voltage missing, Voltage unbalance, Current unbalance, Current Reversal, Neutral Disturbance, Low PF, Magnet detection, Power on/off, etc. along with date and time of occurrence.
1. Voltage Missing: Meter detects and records occurrences of Voltage missing and restoration of voltage. If a voltage missing is detected, it is known as voltage missing tamper.
2. Voltage / Current Unbalance: Meter detects and records occurrences of Voltage and Current unbalance. A phase voltage difference of 30% and a phase current difference of 30% are known as Voltage unbalance tamper and current unbalance tamper respectively.
3. Current Polarity Reversal: Meter detects and records occurrences of CT polarity reversal. If a Current polarity reversal is detected, it is known as Current polarity reversal tamper.
4. Neutral Disturbance: Meter detects and records occurrences of Neutral disturbance, if the voltage is more than 300 V, it is known as Neutral Disturbance tamper.
5. Low power factor: Meter detects and records occurrences of low power factor, if the power factor is less than 0.2, it is known as Low power factor tamper.
6. High Current: Meter detects and records occurrences of High current. If the Current is more than 65A, it is known as High Current tamper.
7. Power on/off: Meter detects and records occurrences of Power off, if the voltage is less than a particular threshold of voltage, it is known as Power off tamper.
8. Magnetic influence: Meter detects and records occurrences of the presence of abnormal Magnetic influence near the meter that influences the functionality of the meter.
9. Front cover opening Disturbance: Meter detects and records occurrences of Front cover opening, if any one tries to tamper the meter by opening the front cover of the meter it detects and logs the event in to its memory with time stamp.
10. High/ Low Voltage: The meter detects voltage crossing above and below the set threshold voltage, for a persistence time then it logs the event with time stamp.
  The front cover open tamper information will be logged in a stay put type compartment and all other tamper information are logged on divided roll over compartment and first in and first out basis. Meters have provision to record the energy in forward direction in case of CT reversal.
Demand side Management: Smart Meters provide load control outputs for Demand side programs and load shedding on Demand. Demand Control Register is programmed for Maximum demand that is allowed for consumption during the Demand Integration period (Normally 30 minutes / 15 Minutes). For Example: if Demand Control register is programmed for 6 KW then load gets disconnected for either (1) the instant power exceeds 6 KW for more than 2 minutes (Demand Persistence time) continuously, or (2) If the raising demand reaches 6KW.
Reconnection happens (demand reconnect time) when the raising demand is less than Demand Control Register value (in this example 6KW.)

Assuming the Demand Integration Period (DIP) is 30 minutes and the raising demand reaches 6 KW in 20 minutes then the load gets disconnected and remains in disconnected mode for the next 30 seconds (Demand Reconnect Time: DRT). After the DRT the load gets connected automatically.
Security: When the meter is Security locked, only meter readings and Load survey data are accessible. No access of data that leads to change the functionality/configuration of the meter are allowed. The security system virtually eliminates the fraud / tampering attempts of the meter.
Parameters for accounting and billing: The set of parameters identified for accounting and billing shall be generated by meter for each billing cycle and stored in the meter. The set of data for last 6 billing cycles are stored in the meter memory. At the end of each cycle corresponding set of data shall be readable by host from remote.

Smart parameter list (measured & calculated) based on IS16444, IS13779, IS15959, & IS15884:

Voltage parameter per phase:
Current parameter per phase:
Power Factor per phase:
Frequency:
Signed Active Power(+forward ; -reverse):
Signed Reactive Power(+Lag;-Lead):
Apparent power:
Active Energy :
Reactive Energy:
Apparent Energy:
Block active energy kWh(forward/import):
Block apparent energy kVAh(forward/import):
Block apparent energy, kVAh lag:
Block apparent energy, kVAh lead:
Block active energy, kWh export(reverse energy):
Block apparent energy, kVAh export(reverse energy):
Import active energy (Forward energy kWh):
Import apparent energy(forward kVAh):
Export energy (reverse energy: active kWh):
Export energy (reverse energy: apparent kVAh):
Maximum demand in kW(active maximum power):
Maximum demand in kVA(apparent MD):
TOD Maximum demand in kW (configurable time zones, maximum will be eight time zones):
TOD Maximum demand in kVA (configurable time zones, maximum will be eight time zones):
Cumulative billing count:
Cumulative tamper count:
Cumulative programming count:
Average Power factor:
Average Voltage:
Average Current:
Number of power failure events:
Billing power on duration in min:
Cumulative power off duration in min:
Cumulative apparent energy, kVArh lag:
Cumulative apparent energy, kVArh lead:

Rao Suryanaraya August 14, 2019

SMART CITIES

#4 [Smart Cities Web Series] – FEW SMART CITIES

While the world is still on a wedge to decide whether to be a smart city too soon or not, A few pacers are already named & operating as the top Smart Cities of the world in terms of infrastructure, technology, automation, etc.

Amsterdam

The Amsterdam Smart City initiative which began in 2009 currently includes 170+ projects collaboratively developed by local residents, government and businesses. These projects run on an interconnected platform through wireless devices to enhance the city's real time decision making abilities.

The City of Amsterdam claims the purpose of the projects is to reduce traffic, save energy and improve public safety. A resident developed app is Moby Park, which allows owners of parking spaces to rent them out to people for a fee. The data generated from this app can then be used by the City to determine parking demand and traffic flows in Amsterdam. A number of homes have also been provided with smart energy meters, with incentives provided to those that actively reduce energy consumption.

Other initiatives include flexible street lighting (smart lighting) which allows municipalities to control the brightness of street lights, and smart traffic management where traffic is monitored in real time by the City and information about current travel time on certain roads is broadcast to allow motorists to determine the best routes to take.

Barcelona

Barcelona has established a number of 'smart city' projects applications. For example, sensor technology has been implemented in the irrigation system, where real time data is transmitted to gardening crews about the level of water required for the plants. Barcelona has also designed a new bus network based on data analysis of the most common traffic flows in Barcelona, utilising primarily vertical, horizontal and diagonal routes with a number of interchanges. Integration of multiple smart city technologies can be seen through the implementation of smart traffic lights as buses run on routes designed to optimise the number of green lights. In addition, in an emergency, the approximate route of the emergency vehicle is entered into the traffic light system, setting all the lights to green as the vehicle approaches through a mix of GPS and traffic management software, allowing emergency services to reach the incident without delay.

Columbus, Ohio

In the summer of 2017, the City of Columbus, Ohio began its pursuit of a smart city initiative. It partnered with American Electric Power Ohio to create a group of new electric vehicle charging stations. Many smart cities such as Columbus are using agreements such as this one to prepare for climate change, expand electric infrastructure, convert existing public vehicle fleets to electric cars, and create incentives for people to share rides when commuting. Because autonomous vehicles are currently seeing "an increased industrial research and legislative push globally", building routes and connections for them is another important part of the Columbus Smart City initiative.

Dubai

In 2013, the Smart Dubai project was initiated by Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of UAE, which contained more than 100 initiatives to make Dubai a smart city by 2030. The project aimed to integrate private and public sectors, enabling citizens to access these sectors through their smartphones. Some initiatives include the Dubai Autonomous Transportation Strategy to create driverless transits, fully digitizing government, business and customer information and transactions, and providing citizens 5000 hotspots to access government applications by 2021. Two mobile applications, mPay and DubaiNow, facilitate various payment services for citizens ranging from utilities or traffic fines to educational, health, transport, and business services. In addition, the Smart Nol Card is a unified rechargeable card enabling citizens to pay for all transportation services such as metro, buses, water bus, and taxis.

Dublin

Dublin finds itself as an unexpected capital for smart cities. The smart city programme for the city is run by Smart Dublin an initiative of the four Dublin Local Authorities to engage with smart technology providers, researchers and citizens to solve city challenges and improve city life. It includes Dublinked- Dublin's open data platform that hosts open source data to smart city applications.

Madrid

Madrid, Spain's pioneering smart city, has adopted the MiNT Madrid Inteligente/Smarter Madrid platform to integrate the management of local services. These include the sustainable and computerized management of infrastructure, garbage collection and recycling, and public spaces and green areas, among others. The programme is run in partnership with IBMs INSA, making use of the latter's Big Data and analytics capabilities and experience. Madrid is considered to have taken a bottom-up approach to smart cities, whereby social issues are first identified and individual technologies or networks are then identified to address these issues. This approach includes support and recognition for startups through the Madrid Digital Start Up programme.

Manchester

In December 2015, Manchester's City Verve project was chosen as the winner of a government-led technology competition and awarded £10m to develop an Internet of Things (IoT) smart cities demonstrator.

City Verve is based on an open data principle that incorporates a "platform of platforms" which ties together applications for its four key themes: transport and travel; health and social care; energy and the environment; culture and the public realm. This will also ensure that the project is scalable and able to be redeployed to other locations worldwide.

Milan

Milan, Italy was prompted to begin its Smart City strategies and initiatives by the European Union's Smart Cities and Communities initiative. However, unlike many European cities, Milan's Smart City strategies focus more on social sustainability rather than environmental sustainability. This focus is almost exclusive to Milan and has a major influence in the way content and way its strategies are implemented as shown in the case study of the Bicocca District in Milan.

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes has a commitment to making itself a Smart City. Currently the mechanism through which this is approached is the MK: Smart initiative, a collaboration of local government, businesses, and academia and 3rd sector organisations. The focus of the initiative is on making energy use, water use and transport more sustainable whilst promoting economic growth in the city. Central to the project is the creation of a state-of-the-art 'MK Data Hub' which will support the acquisition and management of vast amounts of data relevant to city systems from a variety of data sources. These will include data about energy and water consumption, transport data, data acquired through satellite technology, social and economic datasets, and crowd sourced data from social media or specialized apps.

Seoul

International evaluation of Seoul: This is world’s number one city in municipal e-governance for seven consecutive times from 2003 to 2016 (Rutgers University, USA), Ranked 3^rd in the world in the number of international conferences hosted (UIA 2015), Ranked 6^th in the world in Global city competitiveness (Mori Memorial Foundation – Japan 2016), Ranked 8^th among the world’s smartest cities (Forbes, USA 2016).

Focus of Indian Smart cities:

Quality of Life: To improve Livability, sustainability and economic development.

Transportation: New Public Bus stands at the periphery of cities to avoid entry of buses into the city. And up gradation of the existing bus stands. Widening of roads and anti-encroachment drives. Additional Parking stands for the public/Private 4 wheelers, 3 wheelers and 2 wheelers. And City surveillance center(s) to monitor the real time traffic using huge no. of Cameras.

Water availability in the city and reduction of Water wastage: 24x7 water supply to most of the wards in the city by providing possible no. of hand pumps, tube wells, OHTs along with necessary distribution network.

Solid Waste Management Programs: Increase in collection efficiency to about 90%, assisted by no. of GPS enabled vehicles. Vehicles are fitted with loudspeakers to create awareness on waste segregation. Door to door collection in all most of the wards. Land parcels identification for decentralized waste treatment facilities.

Safety and Security conditions in the City: To help overall crime rate reduction to a lowest %, N0. Of CCTVs to be installed at important junctions with control room at SP office. City should have No. of police stations including a few dedicated for women and a few dedicated to weaker section. Huge no. of LED Street lights to be installed for the coverage is improved by good %. And GPS enabled PCR van. Community & Cultural policing which includes formation of PINK BRIGDE, HAWK SQUAD for safety of girls and senior citizens. DIU (District Intelligence Unit) to set up for surveillance and vigilance. Traffic rules and safety awareness camps to be conducted. Women and Child Helpline No.: ex: 1800 345 6247 &: 1098.

Energy availability and reduction of outages in the city: project funded through IPDS underway for underground cabling, and other infrastructural enhancements. 90% of households have electricity connections. Great focus to increase Power supply towards 65% and reduce T&D losses to very low % from 42% to 33%. Power supply to see a major improvement with average daily supply of 20-22 hours. Government buildings with solar roof tops. Billing and Collection Efficiency 90%; Online Payment, Grievance Redressal System and response to be outsourced, every substation to be connected to at least 2 grid service station to prevent any breakdown.

Housing Situation in the City: Initiatives to bridge housing gap, Online building plan approval system under e-municipality/Corporation time to be reduced to a couple of days. Online holding tax collections to be improved through rigorous efforts viz, digitization of records, introduction of online payment and special drives. Automated GIS base map reconciliation with municipal database.

Local government: committed to citizen centric governance and excellence in service delivery. An administratively efficient, accountable, responsive and transparent government departments through ICT based governance system and service delivery. City will institutionalize continuous engagement with its citizens in the decision making process. Enhance outreach of citizen centric services through ICT with effective grievance redressal system.

Rao Suryanaraya August 1, 2019

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#3 [Smart Cities Web Series] – PLATFORMS & TECHNOLOGIES

Cloud-based services

The term is generally used to describe data centers available over the Internet to many users. Cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct active management by the user.

Key Characteristics:

Enables users to access cloud computing services using a web browser regardless of their location from anywhere or what device they use (e.g., PC, mobile phone).

Multitenancy enables a large pool of users sharing the resources thus allows Centralization of infrastructure in locations with lower costs (such as real estate, electricity, etc.).

Productivity may be increased when multiple users can work on the same data simultaneously, rather than waiting for it to be saved and emailed. Time may be saved as information does not need to be re-entered when fields are matched, nor do users need to install application software upgrades to their computer.

Reliability improves with the use of multiple redundant cloud computing sites, which makes the cloud computing well-designed, suitable for business continuity and disaster recovery.

The Internet of things (IoT)

is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices that are embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of sensors, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

The definition of the Internet of things has evolved due to the convergence of multiple technologies, real-time analytics, machine learning, commodity sensors, and embedded systems. Traditional fields of embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation (including home and building automation), and others all contribute to enabling the Internet of things.

Applications of IoT devices:

Smart Home

A smart home or automated home could be based on a platform or hubs that control smart devices and appliances like, using Apple's Home Kit, manufacturers can have their home products and accessories controlled by an application in iOS devices such as the iPhone and the Apple Watch.

There are also dedicated smart home hubs that are offered as standalone platforms to connect different smart home products like, the Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple's Home Pod, and Samsung's Smart Things.

Medical and Healthcare

IoT devices can be used to enable remote health monitoring and emergency notification systems. These health monitoring devices can range from blood pressure and heart rate monitors to advanced devices capable of monitoring specialized implants, such as pacemakers, Fitbit electronic wristbands, or advanced hearing aids.

Some hospitals have begun implementing "smart beds" that can detect when they are occupied and when a patient is attempting to get up. It can also adjust itself to ensure appropriate pressure and support is applied to the patient without the manual interaction of nurses.

Transportation

The IoT can assist in the integration of communications, control, and information processing across various transportation systems covering most of the aspects of transportation systems (i.e. the vehicle, the infrastructure, driver, and user).

In Logistics and Fleet Management for example, an IoT platform can continuously monitor the location and conditions of cargo and assets via wireless sensors and send specific alerts when management exceptions occur (delays, damages, thefts, etc.).

Sensors such as GPS, Humidity, and Temperature sends data to the IoT platform and then the data is analyzed and then sent to the users. This way, users can track the real-time status of vehicles and can make appropriate decisions.

Building and Home Automation

IoT devices can be used to monitor and control the mechanical, electrical and electronic systems used in various types of buildings (e.g., public and private, industrial, institutions, or residential).

Industrial applications (IIoT)

The IIoT refers to interconnected sensors, instruments, and other devices networked together with computers' industrial applications, including, but not limited to, manufacturing and energy management system . This connectivity allows for data collection, exchange, and analysis, potentially facilitating improvements in productivity and efficiency as well as other economic benefits.

Manufacturing

The IoT can realize the seamless integration of various manufacturing devices equipped with sensing, identification, processing, communication, actuation, and networking capabilities. The IoT intelligent systems enable rapid manufacturing of new products, dynamic response to product demands, and real-time optimization of manufacturing production and supply chain networks, by networking machinery, sensors and control systems together.

Agriculture

A few IoT applications in farming are collecting data on temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed, pest infestation, and soil content. This data can be used to automate farming techniques, make informed decisions to improve quality and quantity, minimize risk and waste, and reduce the effort required to manage crops. For example, farmers can now monitor soil temperature and moisture from afar and even apply IoT-acquired data to precision fertilization programs.

Infrastructure applications

Monitoring and controlling operations of sustainable urban and rural infrastructures like bridges, railway tracks and on- and offshore wind-farms is a key application of the IoT. The IoT can benefit the construction industry by cost saving, time reduction, better quality workday, paperless workflow and increase in productivity.

Rao Suryanaraya July 17, 2019

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#2 [Smart Cities Web Series] – FRAMEWORKS

The main essence of the Smart City concept can be understood well by these four frameworks:

Smart Cities are classified based on the following frameworks:

Technology Framework
Human Framework
Energy framework &
Data Management framework.

Technology Framework:

The concepts of the Smart city rely heavily on the different combinations of the use of technological infrastructure. For example:

Digital city:

The Technology Framework ‘TFW’ combines service-oriented infrastructure and communication infrastructure to meet the needs of governments and their employees, citizens, and businesses.

Information city:

An information city could be an urban Centre both economically and socially speaking; The TFW collects local information and delivers them to the public portal; many inhabitants are able to live and even work on the Internet because they could obtain every information through IT infrastructures.

Intelligent city:

The notion emerges in a social context in which knowledge, learning process, and creativity have great importance and the human capital is considered the most precious resource within this type of technological city.

Human framework

Human infrastructure (i.e., creative occupations and workforce, knowledge networks, voluntary organizations) is a crucial axis for city development

Creative city:

Creativity is recognized as a key driver to a smart city. Social infrastructures, like for instance intellectual and social capital are indispensable factors to build a city that is smart according to the human framework. These infrastructures concern people and their relationship.

Learning city:

Learning city is involved in building a skilled workforce. This type of city in the human context improves the competitiveness in the global knowledge economy: individually proactive city, city cluster, the one-to-one link between cities, and city network. That lead a city to learn how it should be possible and realistic to be smart through learning process followed by city workforce.

Energy Framework

Smart cities use data and technology to create efficiencies, improve sustainability, create economic development, and enhance the quality of life factors for people living and working in the city. It also means that the city has a smarter energy infrastructure.

A smart city is powered by "smart connections" for various items such as street lighting, smart buildings, distributed energy resources (DER), data analytics, and smart transportation. Amongst these things, energy is paramount; this is why utility companies play a key role in smart cities. Electric companies, working partnership with city officials, technology companies and a number of other institutions, are among the major players that helped accelerate the growth of America's smart cities.

Rao Suryanaraya July 4, 2019

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#1 [Smart Cities Web Series] – INTRODUCTION

If you consider the theory of cause & effect, we need to have a few thoughts about urbanization before getting onto “smart city".

Urbanization refers to the population shift from rural areas to urban areas. It is predominantly the process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas.

And Urbanization is relevant to a range of disciplines, including urban planning, geography, Sociology, architecture, economics, and public health. The phenomenon is closely linked to modernization, industrialization and the sociological process of rationalization.

The IoT network integrates ‘information and communication technology’ (ICT) and that allows city officials to interact directly with community and city infrastructure which helps to monitor what is happening in the city and how the city is evolving. ICT is used to enhance quality, performance, and interactivity of urban services and that reduces costs, resource-consumption and to increase contact between citizens and government. Smart city applications are developed to manage urban flows and allow for real-time responses. A smart city may, therefore, be more prepared to respond to challenges than one with a simple "transactional" relationship with its citizens.

Major technological, economic and environmental changes have generated interest in smart cities, including climate change, economic restructuring, the move to online retail and entertainment, aging populations, urban population growth and pressures on public finances.

Rao Suryanaraya June 20, 2019

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Electricity is always a hot topic & you can always witness shocking results if you are looking at the data of India. Now, It is accompanied by other 2 major utilities, gas & water as well.

Especially now, India is in the extreme water-scarce situation & also there is no point in discussing the demand vs supply ratio of both electricity & gas, which are based on non-renewable natural resources.

In such an uninvited (probably) conditions, how do the government manage a country with 1.3 billion people?

It is a difficult situation both to control the needs & also to satisfy. This also leads to various malpractices within the industry like quality, tampering, theft, etc. that ultimately damages the economy and breaks the trust between government & people.

Until then, there is this smart innovation came into the picture that exactly needed for a country & situation like this. The government is also made a smart move towards making it mandatory, that is when India over to #PrepaidMeter.

What is a Prepaid Meter?

The energy meter that allows customers to pay for utilities in advance is a prepaid meter. Similar to our prepaid sim card used in mobile phones where the customer can call until the amount is used after which the connection is unavailable.

ISI approved Prepaid Meters — Elmeasure’s ISI accredited Prepaid Meters

Prepayment or prepaid meter is a single device that can be used for integrated monitoring of electricity, gas & water consumption. The prepaid meter allows you to pay in advance for electricity to be on the safer side and ensures you don’t have to pay penalty & spend the dark nights.

How are things till date with utilities?

In the past, consumers had no option to view the real-time data of how much electricity has been used & had no control over the budgeting. While, the prepaid meters enables the customer to budget their consumption in advance, detect theft /tampering and payment of energy bills, preventing tenant disputes, further eliminate manual errors while taking energy meter readings.

The challenges generally observed in the conventional metering system were higher tenant dispute & longer payment period, unavailability of alarm on failure, historical data, real-time reporting, accuracy, aggregated meter location, inability to make forecast & control meter remotely also it was found that longer wiring leads to transmission losses.

Prepaid Meters within your reach: Highly integrable, configurable, and a versatile solution.

Prepaid is a plan that deducts usage charges and any fixed charges from account balance each day. These prepayment meters have given the customer the control to budget electricity expenses & monitor usage anytime, protect equipment against overload/over voltage, notifications and alerts via SMS/ Email when recharge balance is low, to keep records of recharge & consumption history for easy support & follow-ups & much more available on our fingertips using the mobile app.

Solution Architecture of Prepaid Meters to ELNet Software.

Prepaid Metering Solutions are specially designed to generate every record of energy consumption, VLL, VLN, A, Hz, W, PF, VA, kWh EB & DG, balance, gas and water consumptions, recharge amount. Elmeasure is one of the leading manufacturers of energy metering products and solutions while designing products on par with customer requirements. We have designed microcontroller based contactless prepaid energy meter that provides an effective solution to the electrical service providers.

Prepayment meter allows you to budget and stay in control of your utility consumption and, prevent unexpected bills. Prepayment meter can monitor and report real-time data to track energy consumption for precise billing. This device can access and report critical information, alerts via emails or pop-ups when meter tampering occurs. One of the smart features of prepayment meter is to monitor the meter usage and configure firmware at any time from the mobile app. Further has the ability to monitor grouped meters, integrate gas & water meter.

Smart features of a prepayment meter

Remote Display Unit to have an explicit view of live meter reading
Direct current measurement up to 100A for 3 phase measurements.
Optional integration of Gas & Water meters extending the flexibility for the user to budget their expenses.
The meter will be provided with 2 separate Energy Registers for EB and DG. EB or DG source is selected by data communication between meter and PC.
Separate load limits for DG/EB tripping & consumption at pre-determined set point for protection and effective use of energy.
ELNet PPS software enables the customer to recharge the meters in a 24×7 mode using the payment gateway.
Two latch relays are provided for reconnection/disconnection of the load
Buzzer to give the alarm in case of low credit/overload.
Anti-tamper Features provided in the meter as per Indian standards.
Reduces OPEX and manual supervision required

Benefits of a prepaid meter

Recharge & monitor from anywhere
Live updates on consumption & improved quality of service
Direct web-based access for power monitoring & eliminate the need for manual supervision.
Keep records of recharge & consumption history for OPEX savings
Easy support, follow-ups & much more available on your fingertips

How to recharge prepaid electricity meter online?

Payment can be made through RF card, online services where billing and recharging of RF card are done with the software. The meters can be networked with RS485, GSM/GPRS. The unique data communication enables the secured recharging of the meter. Elmeasure has developed ELNet PPS software which enables the customer to recharge the meters 24×7 using the payment gateway without even visiting the service provider.

Mobile/Software Features to read a prepayment electric meter:

Monthly fixed charges based on kVA/kW.
Maintenance charges based on area or fixed.
Advance information about tripping with 2 Alert via SMS/Email for the different balance amount.
Holiday cutoff prevention & Night time cutoff prevention, SMS / Email will be sent stating the negative threshold.
EB/DG Grace threshold setting, kW/kWh logging every 15 minutes for future clarification, profiling.
Intimation on ELNet whether it is working on EB or DG to prevent misuse.
ELNet displays EB/DG kWh, kW and Balance ad wrong recharge reversal entry.
A user can get balance credit through any of the interface (Mobile / web-portal) or through Apps.

Well, if you are looking for a change & move towards Prepaid Meters, INQUIRE NOW.

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La electricidad siempre es un tema candente y siempre puede presenciar resultados impactantes si está mirando los datos de la India. Ahora, está acompañado por otros 2 servicios públicos principales, gas y agua también.

Especialmente ahora, India se encuentra en una situación extrema de escasez de agua y tampoco tiene sentido discutir la relación demanda / oferta de electricidad y gas, que se basan en recursos naturales no renovables.

En tales condiciones no invitadas (probablemente), ¿cómo gestiona el gobierno un país con 1.300 millones de personas?

Es una situación difícil tanto para controlar las necesidades como para satisfacer. Esto también conduce a varias malas prácticas dentro de la industria, como la calidad, la manipulación, el robo, etc., que en última instancia dañan la economía y rompen la confianza entre el gobierno y las personas.

Hasta entonces, existe esta innovación inteligente que entró en escena y que era exactamente necesaria para un país y una situación como esta. El gobierno también hizo un movimiento inteligente para hacerlo obligatorio, es decir, cuando India se acerca a #PrepaidMeter.

¿Qué es un medidor prepago? El medidor de energía que permite a los clientes pagar los servicios públicos por adelantado es un medidor prepago. Similar a nuestra tarjeta SIM prepaga utilizada en teléfonos móviles donde el cliente puede llamar hasta que se use la cantidad después de la cual la conexión no está disponible. Medidores prepagos aprobados por ISI Medidores prepagos acreditados por ISI de Elmeasure El medidor prepago o prepago es un dispositivo único que puede usarse para el monitoreo integrado del consumo de electricidad, gas y agua. El medidor prepago le permite pagar por adelantado para que la electricidad sea más segura y le garantiza que no tendrá que pagar multas ni pasar las noches oscuras. ¿Cómo están las cosas hasta la fecha con los servicios públicos? En el pasado, los consumidores no tenían la opción de ver los datos en tiempo real de cuánta electricidad se había utilizado y no tenían control sobre el presupuesto. Mientras que los medidores prepagos le permiten al cliente presupuestar su consumo por adelantado, detectar robos / alteraciones y el pago de facturas de energía, evitar disputas de inquilinos, eliminar aún más los errores manuales al tomar lecturas de medidores de energía.

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For every 2 Units of Electricity Saved, A man (Or) [A Woman + A Kid] can be fed a whole day.

I call this a hypothesis because it is just the dogma of an individual after seeing the problems and correlating with some other equivalent theory and the industry his company works for, to compliment in their own style.

This is a hypothesis, which can cause chaos if it’s considered just as another theory…So, we still have the chance to be not included in /concluded as THE NEXT CHAPTER IN CHAOS THEORY!

This is all about energy and its consumption. As we discuss its usage we speak a lot about its wastage too, which has the major role!

THE SUSPICIOUS STORY

Energy is being transformed from one state to other, the energy which is not utilized or energy utilized more than required is, and also the unrecognized/unknown transformed state of energy is considered Energy wasted.

In chaos theory, “The Butterfly Effect” is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.

In more apt to the situation, it can be rewritten as simple as,

Your small & simple unnoticed actions here are the reason for huge reactions/chaos somewhere else later.

The butterfly has a very major role in creating natural calamities like tornados, cyclones, hurricanes because of their wing flap which cause a small pressure gap in the surrounding air molecules here, that create a huge damage somewhere later.

“Human Beings are as beautiful & innocent as Butterflies, but not as dumb”.Butterflies don’t know what they are causing, but being the most intelligent species on the earth, I believe our cognition system is far better than theirs. So we can understand how and what damage we are creating, at least we can share it if someone doesn’t know!

This is the stimulus for writing this to all human beings over there, The Energy we wasted here, is somewhere affecting the lives of other people in a very painful way! The name “The human effect” is coined after finding the similarities in the concept of “the Butterfly effect”!

So let me tell you, how much damage we are causing to the whole economy of our country & how injustice we are to the poor without our notice. Allow me to use a situation of a middle class family in India.

THE MATHEMATICAL MYSTERY

A (1) Fan that consumes 100 watts when runs for 24 hrs. a day, the electric power would be Approximately 72 UNITS/MONTH (Average Data)

(Let’s make it equal for one day on both sides. i.e., fan rotated for the whole day & the units spent for 1 day)

1*100*24 (Watt Hr) = 72 units/month = 72 /30 (Avg. days of a month)

= 2.4 units /day

2400 watt hr = 2.4 units

1 UNIT = 1000 WATT Hr ……. (1)

[This is how Electricity is measured, Isn’t it?]

The energy transforms into different forms. So, why not we convert its equivalent amount to what is required for the survival of human beings. This is where the hypothesis has started. (i.e., kilowatt-hour into Calories)

1 WATT Hr = 3600 Joules……. (2)

But, 4.184 k Joules = 1 Large Cal

so, 1 Joule = 1/4184 = 0.000239 Large Calories ……. (3)

Now, From (2) & (3)

1 WATT Hr. = (3600* 0.000239) Large Calories

1 Watt Hr = 0.86042065 Large Calories ……. (4)

and, From (1) & (4)

1 UNIT = 1 Kilo Watt Hour = 1000 * 0.86042065 Large Calories.

1 UNIT ~ 860.402 Large Calories

So, 1 unit of electricity is equivalent to 860.402 large calories

A LITTLE HISTORY:

Harvard Health Publications suggests, The SAFE INTAKE for women is at least 1,200 calories daily and men get a minimum of 1,500 calories a day.

1 Unit of Energy = 860.402/1200 = 0.717 FEMALE ADULTS

= 860.402 / 1500 = 0.573 MALE ADULTS

2 UNITS of ELECTRICITY can Serve ~ [1 WOMAN & 1 kid] (or)1 MAN for a day.

United State’s Energy.Gov (http://www.energy.gov/) says, “This (Electricity) is just 34% of the all forms of energy (including electricity, gas, and fuel) what we use daily and you can save about 30% on your energy bill while reducing environmental emissions”. (http://energy.gov/energysaver/tips-heating-and-cooling)

The following table gives the wattage and daily usage time of typical household appliances owned by a middle-class family in India on an AVERAGE (Credits: http://achahome.com/)

Total consumption Per day = 7 units.

Total consumption Per month = 30* 7 = 210 units.

If we can be able to save 30% of it, which for each house can be estimated as = 30*210/100 = 63 UNITS

This can at least serve 45 WOMEN (or) 36 MEN (or) 100 children per month.

Annually, each house hold can save a lot of energy equivalent to serve up to 500 people. In case if it is a factory /industry/shopping mall, the number is bigger.

If the wastage could not be stopped, someone has to sacrifice their life. It was Nature previously which is abundant, but mankind is not kind enough to save nature for future, so the sacrifice has to be made by mankind ultimately! NATURE HAS NO FUTURE! If at all, it has to be called “Artificial Nature” may be!

There is the rising demand for energy on one side and diminishing natural resources on the other, which will now lead to intolerance of Nature.

BIG FAT COMPLEMENTARY:

The complementary & important information is, the extra fat/cholesterol accumulated in our body is a form of energy and that was snatched from other’s food. Exercise to let go of the energy being stuck wasted in you! This will keep you healthy too!

This is just wastage of Electricity as a form of energy, if we relate the wastage of Gas, petroleum, water, etc. as the forms of energy too, the guilt will kill us.

I find this is the way to explain a common man too. Every time you waste energy, someone is dying of hunger & you are the murderer. Next, it may be you, one of your family member, your friend or other human beings.

So, is it just a murder? Isn’t that suicide???

AND, THE COMPULSORY:

New York’s (REV) Reforming the Energy Vision is too far from. India’s Energy vision is still at “understanding the importance of Energy”. Long way to go …

But, that doesn’t mean we are technically backward class. We only have a section of people who are economically backward! The only problem is the information and communication about the state-of-art technologies being developed in India to control and manage energies at homes, shopping malls, factories, industries, apartments, etc.

In my knowledge, our company Elmeasure India Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading providers of such products & Solutions. It’s prepaid energy meter, energy management solutions, water management system, iACCL (intelligent Automatic Changeover with current limiter), Lighting Management System & other IoT based solutions are tailor-made to measure, control and save Energy.

Each Household can use current limiting prepaid energy meters with the integration of Gas and Water with the electrical parameters thereby, extending the flexibility for the user to budget expenses & save energy whereas the Shopping malls, industries, factories, and apartments can use energy management solutions to avoid a lot of unwanted usages.

We can’t control the whole world! But as literates, we at least know to save power in our surroundings; at office & home.

Note: The values are approximated to less value possible to make ourselves feel less guilty. There is a chance of more wastage than what we actually have estimated because there are still some forms of energy wastage which can’t be noticed!

THIS IS DEFINITELY A STORYTELLING, BUT THE ONE NEVER TOLD OR IMAGINED!

ANY UNTOLD STORY CAN’T BE CONCLUDED AS A HYPOTHESIS BEFORE GIVING IT A THOUGHT! THINK ABOUT IT.

A THOUGHTFUL EXCLAMATORY!

is Compulsory.

PS: The post is originally posted on LinkedIn

Mustaqh Ali Shaik

A Growth Hacking enthusiast with Expertise in Digital and Brand Management. Active on Social Media Platforms and A Certified Digital Marketer believes in “Marketing is a way, The king sells”.

Mustaqh Ali Shaik May 2, 2019

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#DigitalTransformation FOR INDIAN ELECTION SYSTEM & THE FUTURE OF GOVERNANCE – A HYPOTHESIS

My previous article was about how to effectively choose an energy management system? Since the hype is on Indian elections, why can we not correlate the same for how to effectively achieve good governance using technology, #DigitalTransformation?

Note: This is just a hypothesis that might be a possibility with ever growing technology, data & the evolving ways of easy processing.

Energy is central to nearly every major challenge & opportunity the world faces today so does an opportunity to choose a leader to you.

This is an opportunity that might be central to every major challenge or opportunity you face tomorrow but the emotions towards caste, influence is mundane to get replaced quickly. Science may help, Technology may be the witness to put one’s thoughts & mind forward for the well being of the human race. Either saving our country for future generations or saving the future of the country for generations, We are in the front line. The prior was our job, what we are absolutely good at maybe only in the energy space but that decides the future of a country, but the latter is something where we wanted to be a helping hand.

Before going digital, Dear people, please cast your vote because, #ApnaTimeAagaya

So, Digital Transformation for Elections & Future of Governance can be addressed for 3 categories.

Leaders:

It is the primary concept where elections fail, people go emotional in choosing a leader after all the humans right! But, the true sense of a political leader is always in disguise but not if digital trends like AI, Sensitivity analysis & Blockchain technology comes into the picture.

Technologies like these can record minute financial details & provide a clean chit for a political leader who can be in the race. Sensitivity analysis can help predict future behaviors based on the previous & AI, Machine Learning can help the leader by personalizing people experiences.

Voting:

The process of voting can be made very transparent & effective with the technologies that we have now, needless to say, the Aadhar system had every individual’s security data (like fingerprints, address, mobile, etc.) & the voting system can be so secure & effective using biometric systems using retina, thumb impression, etc.

People & Governance:

Nearly 1.4 billion population & slow pace of #DigitaTransformation makes our governance the weakest in the whole world, but may not be anymore if all the above-mentioned technologies are in place making the #DigitalTransfusion into the whole country through every house/street by means of “Local Governance”.

Digital Transformation-Election-Governance

Financial Matters like money, gold, properties are taken care of by Blockchain at it’s best.
Criminal Matters are taken care of by Sensitivity analysis & behavioral analytics using Big Data & Robotics.
The Agricultural, Industrial & Infrastructure can have co-aligned growth through technologies like IoT, Additive Manufacturing, Smart cities, EV, cloud technologies, etc.
Flawless governance is achievable with technologies like AI & machine learning, etc. to integrate all together.

Keeping aside the theory, Every change has it’s limitations & problems before stepping in. You all know the difficulties to implement these still-evolving technologies, but may not be impossible within 10-15 years. Let’s hope for the best.

Meanwhile, I would love to hear your thoughts on how #DigitalTransformation can help us achieve good governance in the comments below.

Sam Cherian

Sam is a complete Technology savvy, sports lover, most patient & responsible citizen to explore the infinite possibilities in the energy space to make the world a better place to live. Hear out for the Chairman at Elmeasure.

Sam Cherian April 16, 2019

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Educational Institutions

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The Pain Point

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Salient Features

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WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (WMS):

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BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BMS)

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LIGHTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS):

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SMART METERING SYSTEM

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Cloud-based services

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Industrial applications (IIoT)

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Technology Framework:

Human framework

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Data Management Framework

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What is a Prepaid Meter?

How are things till date with utilities?

Prepaid Meters within your reach: Highly integrable, configurable, and a versatile solution.

Smart features of a prepayment meter

Benefits of a prepaid meter

How to recharge prepaid electricity meter online?

Mobile/Software Features to read a prepayment electric meter:

Well, if you are looking for a change & move towards Prepaid Meters, INQUIRE NOW.

THE SUSPICIOUS STORY

THE MATHEMATICAL MYSTERY

A LITTLE HISTORY:

BIG FAT COMPLEMENTARY:

AND, THE COMPULSORY:

A THOUGHTFUL EXCLAMATORY!

Leaders:

Voting:

People & Governance: