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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Winter Olympics energy use ‘tracked’
As concerns grow over the environmental costs of hosting large-scale international sports competitions, a real-time system to track energy consumption has been put in place at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
The Venue Energy Tracker, which was developed by Vancouver-based Pulse Energy, enables the Olympic organising committee to measure real-time power consumption. Energy savings achieved through a variety of sustainability measures are also tracked by the system.
It is the first time that organisers of the Olympic Games will be able to provide details of energy consumption and costs.
The system is measuring consumption at nine key Olympic sites and venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Dashboards which monitor real-time energy usage have been installed, enabling facility managers to make instant adjustments to a venue’s power use if consumption rises above what is expected, Pulse Energy said.
Since the Games began on 12th February, the tracker has recorded total savings of 16% on what would have been expected.
The Vancouver Olympic Centre has so far achieved the highest levels of energy savings on one day (20th February), reporting a 23% decrease in the power used compared to what would have been expected if the current sustainability measures were not in place.