| With the depletion of energy resources and the rising cost of energy, the concept of energy management is being given significant attention by consumers and the utility companies alike. In many cases, due to the high cost of electronic data loggers and controllers, facility managers are reluctant to implement actual usage of data collection for fear that the cost of implementation of energy conservation measures will exceed the actual savings realized by such measures. The thesis presents a universal, modular system design to collect energy data and use the same system to implement the energy saving schemes. The cost of the system is reduced by designing a low cost module, the Energy Monitoring Unit (EMU) and portable programmable module. The in-built network controllers reduces the cost of communicating between the EMUs. The EMUs will not only be economical for the consumer to implement energy conservation projects but should be of interest to Utility's for demand and power factor measurements. |
