August 28, 2009—SmartSynch, Inc., a smart grid infrastructure company using Internet protocol via public wireless networks, announced that it has partnered with the University of Mississippi (UM) to reduce the power consumption of campus buildings while publishing real-time results for the general public on Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds.
SmartSynch is working with UM to design an online dashboard for SmartSynch SmartMeters, which will enable the university to monitor, analyze and report on energy utilization among its campus buildings in real time to social networking Web sites. The program is part of UMs Red, Blue and Green campaign.
Through the deployment of SmartSynch SmartMeters, UM hopes to identify a detailed pattern of electricity usage at its buildings and, using the smart meter data, determine methods to alter behavior to reduce electricity consumption and carbon emissions.
SmartSynch recently installed 16 of its SmartMeters on UMs campus with additional deployments being planned. By using an online dashboard tool, UM will track each buildings energy consumption in real-time and archive data for future analysis and comparisons.
Once registered online students, faculty, building administrators and others will be able to access UMs smart meter data and receive updates on UMs energy usage. For more information, see the Web sites of UM or SmartSynch.
