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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Energy monitoring comes first at Winter Olympics
In a world’s first, the energy consumption of key venues at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada are being monitored live. Local company Pulse Energy, working with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), developed the Venue Energy Tracker to show real-time energy use and savings.
Some of the main Olympic sites, including the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, the Athletes Villages in Vancouver and Whistler and even the snowmaking facilities, have a dashboard displaying their energy consumption, with the data also made available to the public via the internet.
According to Pulse Energy, over 66,000 kWh of energy have been saved during the first three days of the Games through energy conservation and efficiency measures. The Athletes Village in Vancouver, in particular, is making a 64% saving over conventional buildings and has been awarded LEED Platinum status.
VANOC wants the Winter Olympics to be the greenest ever – and looks on course for achieving its target to save 18 GWh of electricity.
“The current Vancouver Winter Olympics is demonstrating how energy consumption can be monitored and reduced by using smart technology,” says Pulse Energy CEO David Helliwell. “We’re already seeing the results and hope that similar technology can help London 2012 achieve its targets.”