Discover the importance of recording and monitoring data real-time and the tools you can use to do that to enhance decision-making

1. MONITOR TO MODERATE:
REAL TIME MONITORING

2. HELLO!I am Ibrahim Mansoorali
I am the CEO of carbonTRACK
Kenya LTD.
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Good afternoon! I hope everyone is having a good time and gaining some valuable ideas. Today I will
be talking to you about data - in particular real time data and how it can be used by energy engineers to
moderate use and contribute to savings from household to entire countries grids.
We’re a technology company with a bold vision – to help enable a world where energy is consumed
sustainably, shared fairly and empowers all people. And we’re leading the way. carbonTRACK
technology is connecting energy generators, energy distributors and energy consumers - delivering
embedded networks, Virtual Power Plants and facilitating smart grids. We’re creating smart buildings,
smart businesses and shaping the energy future.

3. HISTORY OF DATA
As a species we are pattern solvers by default
Data has been an essential part of human evolution for thousands of years. We as a species are pattern
solvers by default and use that as a tool. In other words we gather information of our surroundings to
optimise our lives. As time went on we went on from passing information verbally to recording
information

4. RECORDING INFORMATION
▫ Expand knowledge rapidly
▫ Preserve knowledge gained over generations
▫ Build on past knowledge to gain deeper insights
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The key benefit of recording information - is a much more efficient way to pass on information and it
allowed us to do three important things
1. one expand knowledge rapidly
2. to preserve the knowledge gained over generations and
3. three build on past knowledge to gain deeper insights

5. MODERN
MEDICINE
microscopic data led to the birth of modern
medicine
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An extraordinary example of the importance of recorded data sets can be traced back to when the
microscopic data was opened to our eyes in the mid 1600s with Antoni van looveen Hooke and Robert
Hooke through the use of the first microscopes. We were finally able to see and make observations past
the macroscopic level and see bacterial cells an even microscopic life. Without the microscopic data set
we wouldn’t have modern medicine and the majority of technologies associated with it today.

6. INTERNET
OF
THINGS
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Today we are in the information age, where we have made significant advances in technology — one of
them being the invention of the transistors. This allowed us to put sensors on tiny devices which are
connected to the internet and communicate to each other this is now a new technology called internet of
things.

7. MONITOR & MANAGE
With sensors connected to a
microcomputer like
carbonTRACK we can monitor
our energy consumption in
real-time.
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With internet of things we now have access to data. We can hook up current transformers to a
microcomputer like carbontrack and start processing this data to useful information in real-time. The
power of real-time data is nothing new. The future won’t be any different. Real-time data can help cities
become more attractive while giving citizens the services they require. Real-time data and connectivity
has the potential to be translated into benefits for cities and their citizens, mainly in terms of savings and
optimising the usage of a city’s scarce resources.

8. HOUSEHOLDS
▫ Sydney
- Green Olympic Village
- Occupants content on
savings from solar
- Got reality check after
installing
carbonTRACK
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Let's take an example, in Sydney for the olympics in 2000 they built housing for the athletes, all houses
were installed with a solar PV as part of their “Our green olympic village” campaign. After the games
were finished the houses were sold on. So in 2012, when carbonTRACK was conceived they ran
feasibility trials across australia and one of them was in Sydney - olympic village. Now, during this time
the home owners at the village would receive their bills and be satisfied - thinking if it was not for the
solar system we would be paying so much more. And in 2012, we installed carbonTRACK and what we
found out was that majority of the PV systems were not performing. And this could be because of very
small reasons, like a third party electrician coming to install something and during his installation he
would switch the inverter off, finish his work and forget to switch the inverter back on.

9. Customer
▫ Alerts if system is not
performing to standard
▫ Reconcile utility billing
▫ Make informed decisions for
upgrading or even buying a
renewable energy system
BENEFITS OF REAL TIME DATA - HOUSEHOLD
Installer
▫ Keeps you attached to the
client
▫ Move from a reactive
maintenance to proactive
maintenance
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Something as small as that rendering the system useless. So, with a real-time monitoring system you
completely eliminate such issues. For vendors of Solar PV it binds them with their customers - unlike in
the past when you would go install a system and your client would pretty much forget about the installer
as there would not be any issues to complain about. Installing a real time monitoring device binds you
with your client and if there are any issues carbonTRACK would alert both the homeowner and the
installer. This way the installers can move their business from reactive maintenance to proactive -
increasing their company's reputation and reliability. Further to this as the family grows and their
demand increases homeowners can make informed decisions on whether to increase the number of solar
panels to further their savings or invest in a storage system.
However smart technology needs to be complemented with energy-saving awareness in order to bring
significant savings. A survey carried out by British Gas found that changes in behaviour introduced by
smart meters have led to financial savings of 54% off consumer’s energy bills, with 64% of those
identifying savings of up to £75 per year.

10. AUTOMATION
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▫ Automatic data creation
▫ Actions based on flags from data
Let's look at a few ways in which an energy management system benefits a commercial
environment
1. Automation
Creating data and transforming it into actionable information is not a simple task. You need
automation. Without it, you can find yourself spending far too much time on energy management.
First, you manually check measurement devices on a daily basis, then you input those handwritten
numbers into a spreadsheet (with a good chance of error!). You might need to chase various
colleagues to report their data. Once you have the data, you still need to think about how to analyse
the data and present your findings to management. Sometimes it doesn’t even seem worth the
trouble! So with an energy management system you can automate this entire process

11. SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
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▫ Multiple departments
with their own agenda
▫ Everyone uses the
same data to get
results
2. Single source of truth
Energy Management is relevant to many departments in each company. Each department has their own
priorities. Facility team looks after equipment and finance department worries about costs.
Sustainability teams focus on carbon, and admin is left to remind staff to turn off the lights. With so
many parties involved, you risk miscommunication, redundant work, and conflicting information.
Energy management systems serve a single source of truth for all parties working on energy
management. Whether they are interested in amps, kilowatt-hours, carbon emissions, or dollars, they
can all use the same data. This enables alignment of information, streamlining the process from
initiative to results. Get rid of information silos and turf wars to start things running smoothly.

12. ENGAGEMENT
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▫ Employees love to be
part of a bigger picture
▫ Show savings data
validates their efforts
3. Engagement
Employees have expectations that go beyond the paycheck. They want to feel they are part of
something big, part of an organization that is making the world a better place. One way companies
do this is through sustainability initiatives, from the office to the factory. But these initiatives can fall
flat. At worst, you can end up with employees laughing at hollow showcases or grumbling about
penny-pinching in the name of the environment.
Energy management systems engage employees in sustainability efforts and help them to understand
the results. Clear reports and alerts can empower employees to do more, and encourage their
colleagues to do more as well. And when the clear and understandable results come in, you can show
your team with pride and confidence. Your savings data serves as a mirror on their good, green
efforts.

13. PLANNING & PRIORITIZATION
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▫ Like in household -
growth in business is
inevitable
▫ Make objective
decisions
4. Planning & prioritization
Non-stop growth and upgrade projects are an unavoidable part of any company’s story. But with
each department and site clamouring for more budgets for their own projects, management needs to
plan and prioritize. Unfortunately, that can be hard to do without data. You may even find yourself
questioning the data given to you by self-interested parties. When it comes down to dollars and
cents, you don’t want to rely on guesswork.
Luckily, a central platform with all the data and tools you need can remove the guesswork from the
equation. Objectively validate the needs and claims of each business area or site and make decisions
based on hard numbers. What areas have the greatest potential for improvement? Has the proposed
technology been tested at another site – what were the results?

14. UTILITIES & NATIONAL GRIDS
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▫ Use of resources more
efficient
▫ Renewables bring
intermittency
▫ Improve forecasts
▫ Empower consumers
Finally we look at the benefits for utilities and grids
Real-time data will, if managed appropriately, radically improve accuracy when trying to predict the
immediate future or to produce short-term forecasts. This could make usage of scarce resources, like
electricity, more efficient.
At the moment electricity can’t be stored in large quantities, at least in a competitive way. At the
same time there is an increasing amount of intermittent power generated by renewables adding a bigger
challenge to the balance of the system. Therefore it’s critical to have the right amount in the grid at
any moment.
In the UK, the National Grid publishes the country consumption figures in real-time and relies on
historical consumption data plus a forecasting algorithm to predict future consumption. Having
real-time consumption data would allow the algorithm to be continuously revised with new data —
significantly improving the accuracy of forecasts, and ultimately achieving a more efficient
balancing.
It will also be possible to learn about historical changes in methodology used to construct the
consumption data. In the past we could never have anticipated this information and by the time we may
have come across it, it probably wouldn’t have extra benefits.
Real-time data could be especially useful when predictions require input from another series of
forecasted data (such as weather forecast data). By applying time series analysis, (for example, an
autoregressive integrated moving average or ARIMA model) it would be possible to identify patterns
and systematic errors that, when incorporated into the algorithm, could enhance significantly the
accuracy of our forecasts.

15. In general, it’s fair to say that the scarcer the resource, the bigger the savings. For example in Great
Britain, Elexon applies ‘cash-out’ or ‘energy imbalance’ prices to settle the difference between
contracted generation or consumption and the amount that was actually generated or consumed in each
half hour trading period. These cash out prices are designed to penalise companies for any imbalance. A
small percentage saved in the spot market for energy would be translated into a huge amounts of money.
In a market like that for electricity, where to encourage efficient balancing the ’cash out’ prices carry
big premiums, the benefits that real time data could bring should not be ignored.
Of course, energy companies would be the main beneficiaries. But with the right regulation in place,
savings should be passed on to consumers.
Moreover, real-time data combined with technology such as smart grids and smart meters will empower
consumers, facilitating switching and bringing estimated billing to an end. They will also enhance
demand response, helping consumers react faster to electricity prices while facilitating troubleshooting.
Energy security of supply would also improve by citizens shifting their power consumption to off-peak
times. This will help to deal with tight electricity margins, currently an issue in the UK due to the
closure of older power stations sooner than had previously been expected.
This is why I believe data, if well managed and with the right protection, is key to efficiency, the basic
element for cities to face the challenges of continuing growth.

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THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me at
▫ info@ctkenya.com
▫ +254 712 961 215