Monitoring the Games
During the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Pulse Energy software monitored the energy consumption at nine key Olympic sites and venues:
- District Energy Utility – Resort Municipality of Whistler
- GM Place (renamed Canada Hockey Place for the Olympics) – The Canucks NHL club
- Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre – City of Vancouver
- Neighbourhood Energy Utility – City of Vancouver
- Richmond Olympic Oval – City of Richmond
- Whistler Roundhouse Lodge – Whistler Blackcomb
- Southeast False Creek Community Centre – City of Vancouver
- UBC Winter Sports Centre – University of British Columbia
- Whistler Blackcomb Snowmaking – Whistler Blackcomb
This marks the first time in Olympic history that venues monitored and publicly reported on energy consumption during the Games. Each participating site had a dashboard monitoring real-time energy usage, enabling facility managers to make instant adjustments to venue energy use.
As you can see from the results, conservation and sustainability efforts made by participating venues made a huge impact.
The Pulse dashboard has since been redesigned. For a taste of the improvements made in the new version, see our live demo.
Besides Olympic venues, Pulse energy management software actively monitors hospitals, university campuses, schools, office buildings, libraries, restaurants and even remote communities. If you’re interested in energy management for your own building or portfolio, we’d love to hear from you.