rhizone energy solutions

RhiZone

Energy Solutions

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Every state and every province…

Fortune 50 and“Fortune 1,000,000”

Every type of commercialand industrial facility

Thousands of wirelessMonitors

Customers & Partners

Solutions

1. Energy Expert

2. Metering & Sub-Metering

3. Enterprise

4. Demand Response

5. Custom Software & Wireless Development

Architecture

It’s like having an expert 

watching your building 24/7 

and telling you when you’re 

saving money—or wasting it!

Energy Expert

Background

Award Winning Technology that:

• Tracks daily energy costs/savings (vs. baseline)

• Is accessible from any computer

• Monitors single buildings or multi-site portfolios

• Uses data fusion engine developed by U.S. DOE

• Cost effective solution to meet EPAct 2005 monitoring requirements

The ScoreCard tab provides a daily record of your energy performance. Select a day and view:

•High/Low Temps•Peak Demand•Cost Savings•Actual vs. Expected kWh•Load Profile•Five-day Forecast

ScoreCard

Calendar &

Troubleshooting

CUSUM (Energy)

CUSUM (Carbon)

Default Emissions Rates by State/Provence. Can be individuallyoverridden by location.

The Daily Reports option provides:

•Weather data•Financial data/history•Electric Demand history•Electric Consumption history•ESM status

Reports

• Real‐Time

• Leading Edge Wireless – low cost,  quick installation

• Web Portal – low cost, easy set‐up

• Port data into company’s existing  energy program

• Also Monitor ‐

temperature, on/off,  flow, pressure, level

Metering & Sub‐MeteringKey

Features

• Understand daily and weekly energy  usage/deviations –

drill down

• Retrofits (Supervalu)• Benchmark (Sysco saved 20% in 18 

months)• Sub‐Meter –

compressors, HVAC, 

lights• Temporary Deployment – monitor 

for a day, week or month

Applications

Metering & Sub‐Metering

Real - Time

Monitoring

EnterpriseSolutions

Contractors

CompanyLocations

Documents

Projects

EnergyExpert

Reports

Metering

LightingContractor

Community

ElectricalContractor

DepartmentOf

EnergyHeadOffice

BuildingEngineer Building

Manager

EnergyStar

Supplier

OfficeBuilding

PropertyManagers

WorkSite Architecture

Utility Bill Entry &  Archival

Utility Bill Analysis

Document Management

Projects & Tasks

Check if Task is Energy Savings Measure

Enter Cost/Savings Estimates

2000Estimated Annual Energy Savings

$

27500

Estimated Annual Consumption Savings

kWh 0 Therms

52.5

Estimated Demand Savings

kW

24

Persistence of MeasureMonths

Cliff

Degradation of Measure

LinearCliff

Check if Task is Sustainability Measure

Enter Cost/Impact Estimates

1,500,000

Estimated Annual Carbon ReductionLbs CO2

LEED-EB Project

Credit

Requirement

Prereq.Credit

YesNoYes

LEED-EB Credit

6

Points

12

3.13.23.3

33.145678910

Portfolio BenchmarkingEnterprise Worksite Only

Enterprise ReportingEnterprise Worksite Only

DemandResponse

Our Demand 

Response technology 

leverages a platform 

that is already 

providing services to 

thousands of 

organizations across 

North America!

Define

Demand Response

Our “game changing”

technology enables owners with portfolios of 

small‐

to mid‐sized buildings to realize the financial benefits of 

participating in load curtailment programs at a local, regional,

and 

national level.

Key Features• Wireless 2‐way communications

• Long Distance: GPRS Cellular to NOC

• Local: Robust Wireless 915 MHz FHSS (Mesh, Star, and Tree 

Topology)

• Load Management for Lighting, HVAC, Motors, etc.

• Load Monitoring for Verification/Compliance

• Broadcast Notifications (Text Messages/email) to Stakeholders

Continuous Wireless 

Connectivity

ViaEfficient UDP/IP 

Communications 

Protocol

Architecture

HTTP

MapPoint View (Aerial Mode)

Enterprise visualization shows locations currently in curtailment …