In an effort to manage its energy consumption and reduce costs, the Royal Mougins golf and hotel complex in the Alpes-Maritimes region decided to implement an automated system to monitor its energy performance.
Due to the nature of its operations, the golf course was facing high energy costs, particularly with regard to its water consumption.
The quality of turf required for golf does indeed necessitate specific watering or irrigation conditions. The Senate website (appendices on water quality and sanitation in France) also notes that “the volume of water used for irrigation on high-end golf courses ranges from 300 to 300,000 m³/ha, with an average of 13,000 m³/ha.”*
Engie Cofely, France's leading energy transition company, has been entrusted with managing the project.
The goal for the complex was to implement a regular, automated system for tracking its water, gas, and electricity usage in order to generate reports at two levels: daily and monthly.
Phase1 of the project: installation of Enless Wireless transmitters to remotely collect meter data
Since April, two ATEX-certified Enless Wireless remote meter reading transmitters for gas meters and 10 Enless Wireless Pulse transmitters —five for water meters and five for electricity meters— have been installed to cover the entire site.
Connected directly to each meter in the complex, these transmitters—which communicate using the Sigfox radio protocol— send their data at preconfigured intervals to the Sigfox cloud.
Equipped with high-performance D-cell batteries, the installed Enless Wireless transmitters offer a long battery life of up to 15 years.
Phase2 of the project: data collection and implementation of monitoring via IoThink’s Kheiron Service platform
The raw data collected on the Sigfox backend is then decoded and made available for viewing viaIoThink’s Kheiron Service platform, an intuitive interface that allows users to monitor, analyze, and manage a fleet of devices by leveraging the collected data.
Each data point transmitted via the platform displays its precise location on the site. Critical thresholds for exceeding measurement limits have also been predefined based on consumption targets and incident detection thresholds (leaks, etc.) to ensure that real-time alarms are triggered in the event of an incident (excessive consumption, water leak, etc.).
The system also includes the generation of daily and monthly reports.
Within the hotel and sports complex, the technical director is responsible for tracking historical energy consumption data and monitoring the meters.
In the past, a wired system was in place, but it did not allow for accurate meter monitoring. The customer was unable to get a comprehensive overview of their usage and bills.
Examples of how electricity and water consumption data is visualized and interpreted at the Royal Mougins golf and hotel complex – IoThink’s Kheiron Platform.
What are the results?
Following the installation of the equipment, the hotel complex is closely monitoring its energy consumption and hopes to achieve savings on its energy bills. The installation of the Enless Wireless transmitters required no on-site visits or maintenance, and the fully operational system is managed independently by the hotel’s technical director.
* Source: https://www.senat.fr/rap/l02-215-2/l02-215-225.html
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