A project to automate optimisation of a data centre's energy usage and a real-time household energy data marketplace are among the finalists in the Energy Management category of the 2024 Australian IoT Awards.
The awards are the official awards program of IoT Alliance Australia, Australia’s peak industry body for Internet of Things (IoT), and IoT Hub.
The entries provide a snapshot of how IoT is being used to advance productivity, security and sustainability across Australian industry and government, from water and energy to manufacturing and government services.
Winners of IoT Awards categories will be announced over networking drinks and canapes at the culmination of the 2024 IoT Impact conference on June 13 at UTS in Sydney.
In its fifth year, the IoT Impact conference and exhibition will explore, debate and uncover how Australia organisations can achieve sustainability goals, achieve trust and implement IoT technologies to create a data smart Australia. Purchase tickets and see the IoT Impact Conference agenda here.
The Energy Management Award finalists:
Ellenex’s integrated energy management framework for heating and cooling systems in commercial buildings
This project addresses the energy consumption of Air Handling Units (AHUs) and boilers in commercial buildings.
Ellenex developed an integrated energy management framework that provides real-time insights and control measures, leading to optimised energy use of AHUs and boilers.
The system uses battery-operated sensors for pressure and temperature monitoring, connected to a cloud-based data management platform with an adaptive rule engine.
Grid Share’s power responsive data centres that accelerate renewable energy, balance grids and reduce methane emission
This project aims to achieve automated, responsive adjustments to a data centre's power draw, optimising energy use through analysis of demand, cost, and grid stability needs.
Multiple data streams are aggregated and analysed in real-time, including customer data processing demands, current electricity pricing, grid operator control signals, and monitoring of power usage and computing operations.
The data centre is co-located with a dam for hydro power, using direct power purchases from the dam to optimise energy use when grid demand is low.
Wattwatchers MyEnergy Marketplace "living lab" for real-time household energy data
Conceived as a ‘people’s energy data bank’ in 2017, the Wattwatchers MyEnergy Marketplace (MEM) has since become operational as a resource for research, innovation and services for the clean energy transition and the electrification of mobility and the built environment.
The marketplace makes more than 5,000 household, community and small business customer data sets available.
It includes highly-granular electrical data, down to individual circuits covering grid connections (imports and any exports), rooftop solar generation if present, and typical appliance loads such as electric hot water, air-conditioning, pool pumps and EV chargers.
Thank you to all entrants
If your entry isn’t a finalist, that does not mean the judges thought it was without merit. Separating the nominations was not always straightforward. Thank you for giving the judges the opportunity to learn more about your achievements.
A special thank you to the award judges who brought valuable knowledge in key domains to the judging process.
We also thank IoT Skills Australia for making the 2024 IoT Awards possible though their sponsorship.
The IoT Impact conference will be held in Sydney on 13 June, 2024, at the Great Hall, UTS. Purchase tickets and see the IoT Impact Conference agenda here.
