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Certification
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Presented by
Dr. Peter Fuhr, CEO
Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.
DOE ITP –
Industrial Wireless –
WINA –
Wi-Fi Sensors –
Energy Efficiency
History / Timeline:
National Academy of Sciences Report
July 2002 DOE Sponsored Workshop on Industrial Wireless Sensors, San Francisco, (40 invited attendees)
Dec 2002 DOE Industrial “Why Wireless” Report (Wayne Manges-ORNL, Fuhr)
Feb 2003 DOE/ITP RFP for Industrial Wireless Sensors Released
Jan 2009ISA100 meeting, NASA-Ames, 100+ attendees (representing 46 companies/organizations)
Sept 2004 1st WINA meeting, Coral Gables, FL, 22 companies
April 2004 Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA) formed, BWI airport
(DOE-sponsored meeting, GM, ORNL, Ember, Fuhr)
Sept 2003 DOE/ITP Awards made to Honeywell, GE, Eaton (+13 subcontractors)
Oct 2005From WINA “voice of end user” surveys, Wireless Standard is
Needed – ISA SP100 is formed (DOE/ITP, ORNL, Honeywell,
Invensys, Eaton) Jan 20061st ISA100 meeting, NASA-
Ames
ITP wireless project (GE, Honeywell
& Eaton)
Pre-Release System deployments at BP, XOM, Chevron, Shell, Lilly, Cameco, many others Jan-Dec 2008
Sept 2008Honeywell, Emerson, GE, others release systems!
2006 - 2008
WINA expands
ISA100 Participation ExplodesDOE Project Ends
NIST, NSA, DHS involved
Dec 2008Fuhr DOE/ITP - Webcast on Wireless for Energy Efficiency
Wi-Fi Sensors formed. DOE ITP+EERE Steam Trap Project
Report Delivered to DOE HQ, ACEEE, GovEnergy May 2009
Standards
Certification
Education & Training
Publishing
Conferences & Exhibits
Presented at the ACEEE Summer
Study July, 2009
U.S. Department of Energy’s Wireless
Energy Efficiency Initiative
Elliott Levine, U.S. Dept of Energy
Peter Fuhr, Wi-Fi Sensors
Joe Crestor, U.S. Dept of Energy
ITP – Wireless & Energy (Optimization, Savings,
Generation, Transmission)
174 participants, 80 requests for
presentations, Interest from
all sectors (public, private,
vendors, users, etc)
DOE ITP and Concrete Examples
Benchmarking demonstration is underway at
ORNL. Multiple vendors, standards based.
Tangible Results:
Economics and operability
Ease of Use
ROI analysis
ORNL Project just beginning – Circa Sep 09
DOE/ITP and Concrete Energy Savings
At my own plant in Missouri.
Instrumented 12 steam traps July 09.
Current savings: ~$1900.
(and it’s not even winter yet!)
Promise of Wireless…….
Wireless technology and wireless networking systems hold great
promise to help industry use energy and materials more efficiently,
lower systems and infrastructure costs, lower production costs, and
increase productivity.
Impact of DOE/ITP – Fostering an Industry Alliance
Small Sample of Supporting Companies
Lots of Industry Expertise & Support for the ISA100 Standard
Wi-Fi
Sensors
ITP Results:
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ITP Results:
A Few of the Companies formed specifically
for this ITP-driven effort:
AirSprite
Wi-Fi Sensors
ArchRock
Perpetuum
On-Ramp
Dust Networks
E-Senza
Machine Talker
Tendril
ElTav
Pedigree Technologies
Nivis
GainSpan
Proto6
Cimetrics
IP Infusion
Silver Spring
Smart Signal
Mocana (and others too!)
Industrial Wireless Standard, ISA100Job Creation
Who’s Interested in the Economic Benefit of this
Program?
11 © 2008 Apprion, Inc.
Dept of Commerce, Dept of Labor
End Users, ACS
EPRI
Investment Community
Why? 100+ industrial wireless companies started
since 2005, $400M invested, 2000+ employees
Where has this Economic Benefit taken place?
Personally: ITP Industrial Wireless led to
Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.
Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.
Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.
Bottom line: ITP has helped Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.
34 employees
Personal investment
Stimulus Package Loan
What I tried to cover:
DOE EERE Goal:
Drive a 25% reduction in industrial
energy intensity by 2017.
Contact info: [email protected]
m: 831-588-7558, f: 602-357-7411
DOE ITP –
Industrial Wireless –
WINA –
Wi-Fi Sensors –
Energy Efficiency
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