Development and Validation of an IoT-based Energy Management Information System for Industrial Systems Benchmarking

ASA能源咨询有限公司总部设在不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华，是一家独立的全方位能源咨询、工程和项目开发公司。ASA Energy注意到，能效计划的主要障碍之一是缺乏真正的基准方法，因为当前的基准工业系统和流程依赖于性能指标的比较，这是有限的。通过合作，ASA Energy Consulting Ltd.和Lambton College成功完成了该项目的第一阶段，重点是初步开发一个准确、可重复、可比较和独立于时间、以客户为导向的基准系统和标准，改进ISO 50001和ISO 50006目前使用的能源绩效指标的质量。通过这个拟议的项目，ASA Energy和Lambton College计划扩展系统并扩展其工具能力，改进基于云的系统和现有的数据验证系统。这将包括开发一个具有嵌入式计算、接口和通信的物联网传感器平台。该项目还将开发分析工具套件，以演示在能源管理信息系统中集成物联网传感器的可行性。该项目的成功将导致开发新技术，使ASA Energy能够通过提供基于云的平台来进行能源性能基准测试和节能验证，从而将其能源管理服务扩展到现有和新客户。这也将增加ASA的竞争优势和市场份额，因为工业和商业设施越来越多地寻求在维护数据安全的同时简化战略能源管理计划。预计通过将该项目的成果商业化，新的收入来源将在五年内每年至少增加200,000美元。此外，该项目的成功将导致在ASA Energy创造10个直接职位，并有助于在加拿大创造数千个间接就业机会。

ASA Energy Consulting Ltd. is based in Vancouver BC, operating as an independent, full-service energyconsulting, engineering, and project development firm. ASA Energy has noticed that one of the main barriers toenergy efficiency programs is the lack of real benchmarking methodology as current benchmarking industrialsystems and processes rely on a comparison of performance metrics, which is limited. In collaboration, ASAEnergy Consulting Ltd. and Lambton College successfully completed the first phase of the project that focusedon the initial development of an accurate, repeatable, comparable, and time-independent, customer-orientedbenchmarking system and standards, improving the quality of Energy Performance Indicators (EnPI) currentlyused by ISO 50001 and ISO 50006.Through this proposed project, ASA Energy and Lambton College are planning to expand the system andextend its tool capability, improving upon the cloud-based systems, and systems in place for validating data.This will include the development of an IoT sensor platform with embedded computing, interfacing andcommunications. The project will also develop analytics tool suit to demonstrate the viability of the IoT sensorintegration within an energy management information system.The success of this project will result in the development of novel technology that will allow ASA Energy toexpand their energy management services to its existing and new customers by providing a cloud-basedplatform for energy performance benchmarking and energy savings verification. This will also increase ASA'scompetitive advantage and market share as industrial and commercial facilities are increasingly seekingstreamlined strategic energy management initiatives while maintaining data security. It is expected that bycommercializing the outcomes of this project that new revenue streams will be created by at least $200,000yearly over five years. Furthermore, the success of the project will lead to the creation of 10 direct positions atASA Energy as well as contribute to the creation of thousands of indirect jobs in Canada.