Baptist Community Services enGauge
Baptist Community Services (BCS) are committed to the environment. mySmart CTI recently installed the enGauge solution into the Shalom Centre located an Marsfield and also into the Warena Centre at Bangor.
Since its inception in 1944, Baptist Community Services have grown to become one of the largest providers of residential and in-home aged care in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. BSC have more than 20 residential care facilities and thousands of other residents receiving care in their own homes.
BCS understand the importance of 'home' while empowering people to maximise their independence, whatever their age or stage of life. Aging in place, as it commonly known is provided using readily available technologies that not only offer a safe, comfortable environment, but actively monitor the resident. For more information please visit http://www.bcs.org.au/AgeCare/AgeFriendlyHome.aspx
In both locations the requirement was simple, provide accurate usage information on the energy consumption in the kitchens and laundry. These are the two largest energy users and before any savings can be plans or made, BCS needed to know how much they were using and when it was being used.
mySmart CTI installed the enGauge data acquisition server at each site and those sites communicate over the existing BCS IP network. Class 1 split core CT integrated power meters and split core branch circuit power meters were installed in switchboards to monitor the kitchens and laundries.
The enGauge data acquisition servers read the meters in real time and store the results locally. The stored usage information is then transmitted every 15 minutes to the enGauge off-site server farm which stores the data in an SQL Database. BCS can then log in to the mySmartCTI enGauge web portal to access the accurate usage information. This is available in various time scales and can be exported to Excel.
The system is now to be expanded to include other utilities that to ensure these sites are operating at peak efficiency.
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