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Energy profiling for demand side management using the CISCO EnergyWise product

University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning

This report evaluates the functional capabilities of Cisco’s EnergyWise software by gathering information of the functionality desired by the stakeholders, UBC Campus Sustainability, Operations and ECE, by developing a test plan according to this information, and by conducting product research and case studies. Methods of investigation include stakeholder meetings, conference call with Cisco representatives, white paper research, conducting case studies and researching the “Cisco EnergyWise Management Help” document. EnergyWise saves energy by minimizing the waste. The function “Poicy” sets a specified usage pattern to optimize energy usage. Because of security concerns of other integration methods, Windows machines offer “EnergyWise Helper” that UBC may benefit from. The function “Scenario Reports” provide expected energy savings given a scenario. Scenarios have four configuration items: time-based pattern, extrapolation, power factor, and power limit. The results of a case study shows that Kaiser and MacLeod buildings have a small percentage of IT energy consumption from the building’s total, 1.07% and 1.48% respectively. Also, the maximum energy saving by setting the power state to standby of all devices attached to the network switches in Kaiser is 7.83%. These results from the case studies suggest that Kaiser and MacLeod buildings does not significantly benefit from using EnergyWise. However, the integration of computers will result in much higher energy savings. Therefore some more case studies must be conducted regarding the usage pattern of computers in the future to appropriately evaluate the functional capabilities of EnergyWise. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. EECE 490; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108834

Applied Science, Faculty of; Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of

Unreviewed

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