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Christian

Kavitha

Melissa

Mohammed

Rajdeep

VasistaMarcel

Energy- Zeus is an innovative electricity monitor that helps you understand your

daily electricity consumption.

Monitor, Control and Share your

contribution towards reducing the

carbon footprint!

It is our duty to make the world an

eco-friendly place, imagine yourself

participating in making it a healthier

environment.

Opportunity Space• Reality

– 87% of the electricity we consume comes from fossil fuels or nuclear plants.

– More than a third of all electricity is used by Residential consumers ($170 Billion annually).

– “45% of consumers surveyed perceive climate change as one of the top three challenges facing the world today”.

• Solution– Either adopt more renewable energy resources or consume less

electricity, which means Energy Efficiency.

• Opportunity– “the survey found that nearly nine out of 10 respondents view

energy efficiency as either “very” or “somewhat” important”.– “three-quarters of the 1,000 survey participants said that

knowing their neighbors’ consumption data would influence their own actions.”

• Kids like to play • Store the energy from them playing outside to charge the batteries• Helps children health

• Heating is expensive• Jacket helps warming up the person wearing it• Saves energy and money

• Heating and electricity is expensive • People waste a lot of energy• Monitors your usage daily

• Remote monitoring and control of appliances

• Metro cities have lots of bicyclists• Charge phones on the go• Charger uses the energy from the mechanical energy

Storyboard

• Brainstorming began!• Used factors like cost, time, team

interests, and customer benefits to weigh each concept

• The Winner: Remotely controlling and monitoring electricity using an adaptor. We called it the smart outlet.

• Secondary Market research was conducted• Survey’s were sent to a small sample size to understand willingness of

potential users• Identification of Resources

How did we know it was the right decision?

Brainstorming

Concept Selection

Design Choices

Design Choices (contd..)

Concept design Refinement

• 4 power outlets • 2 USBs• 1 3-pin inlet

• 4 Power Outlets• 1 USB• 2 3-pin inlets with 1 foldable

inlet• A Power switch on top

Concept Refined –Final concept

• Final Concept with LED lights on the top and push top switch button.

• Outlets on the side for easy access on both the sides.

Functional Specifications

• Measure energy consumed by appliances.

• Generate consumption reports.

• Share the consumption with friends.

• Turn on/off remotely.

• Up to 4 appliances per outlet.

• WiFi communication, 1 USB for configuration.

• Sleek and modern design.

Block Diagram

Prototype Characteristics• Arduino platform

– Microprocessor board

– Relays board

– Bluetooth board

CAD Rendering

Colored Smart-Outlet

Bill Of Materials

PN Item Description Unit cost Units Needed Sub total DigiKey PN

1 Microprocessor ATMega8 1.68175 1 1.68175 ATMEGA88PA-AUR

2 Wifi TX/RX IC TXRX 2.4GHZ-2.5GHZ 4.81256 1 4.81256 MAX2831ETM+

3 Mechanical relay 3A-120VAC 0.88397 4 3.53588 OJE-SS-105LM,000-ND

4 Power Supply 120VAC to 15VDC 3.41375 1 3.41375 BP5037B15-ND

5 Voltage/Current meter IC Power meter 1 phase 1.57640 4 6.30560 MCP3905L-I/SS-ND

6 PCB board 8cm x 4cm 0.75000 1 0.75000 Custom design

7 Miscellaneous R/C Resistors, Capacitors 1.00000 1 1.00000 Several PN

8 Thermoplastic case No LED included 0.69000 1 0.69000 Custom design

9 Mechanical outlet OUTLET NEMA5-15R SNAP-IN DUPLEX 0.80600 2 1.61200 740W-E-01-ND

10 Mechanical inlet 1060 POWER ENTRY MODUL 10A 70C 3.91260 1 3.91260 4304.6005-ND

TOTAL 27.71414

What’s Next?

• Social networking: Reduce energy consumption with friends, neighbors, community.

• Shapes and sizes: Different colors, different shape smart outlets

• Go Global: More reach. Africa, India!

• Diversity: Monitor ‘heat’ and air conditioning

Future Steps In Product Development

• Using Wifi Shield instead of Bluetooth Shield• Developing Automatic Sensing to switch off the devices or the lights

etc when used beyond limits• Reducing the size of the chip assembly• Added features in the Mobile Application• Added features in the Website used for networking• Improving Aesthetics• Reducing the weight of the product by use of light weight materials

used in hardware and chip• Reducing the estimated cost of the product to make it economical

and keep the cost at around 75$

Thank You!