April 2014
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– Elsa Chan and Ken Sinclair
Elsa Chan Co-Founder and CEO Jetlun Corporation
Currently Co-Founder
of Jetlun Corporation, a leader in innovative network connectivity
solutions that enable large-scale data and business intelligence for
smart grid and building energy management applications. Jetlun provides
a full-service, comprehensive, vertically integrated, energy management
platform consisting of hardware and software that solves the challenge
of remote data acquisition and control.
Energy Management Platform
Our
Platform supports facilities managers through their entire energy
management lifecycle.
Sinclair: What is an Energy Management Platform?
Chan: Our Energy Management Platform is a comprehensive, vertically
integrated energy measurement and management system, consisting of both
hardware and software. It helps reduce energy cost and carbon footprint
- through advanced plug load, lighting and HVAC controls - and also
provides facilities managers with a better understanding of their
energy use and their key energy drivers, along with fault detection and
diagnosis through data analytics and business intelligence. Our
Platform supports facilities managers through their entire energy
management lifecycle.
Sinclair: What is an energy management lifecycle and why is it important?
Chan: An
energy management lifecycle is a cyclical process that helps facilities
managers to understand how their building is performing, define their
efficiency strategy, assist with purchasing decisions, and allow
controls of various building systems to optimize a building’s
resources. The energy management lifecycle is critical to any
sustainability and energy efficiency programs because both
sustainability and energy efficiency are a continuous process.
Our Energy Management Platform provides facilities managers with the
ultimate command center that offers a continuous feedback loop for them
to work from.
Sinclair: How is this unique from other energy management systems in the market?
Chan: At
the core of the Jetlun Energy Management Solution is our patented
hybrid wireless connectivity technology. Instead of the standard
wireless solution that requires an Ethernet backbone to connect to
multiple gateways, Jetlun combines wireless with the use of existing
building wires. This effectively eliminates the need to pull any new
wires and significantly reduces the equipment cost and installation
costs. It also makes the solution extremely flexible and scalable –
perfect for retrofits and for allowing facilities managers to add
devices or change configurations at any time. With our patented hybrid
wireless connectivity technology, the Platform is able to easily gather
a multitude of various building data, not just energy – whether it is
electricity, water, gas, temperature, humidity, occupancy, and so
forth. It can also integrate with existing building systems to add more
intelligence to existing systems. Our advanced visualized dashboards
and analytics help facilities managers to better manage their building
and to optimize their buildings for higher efficiencies without
sacrificing tenant comfort.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Sinclair: What are the applications and benefits to this Platform?
Chan: There
are so many applications and benefits because the system is so
flexible. We support a lot of sub-metering and measurement and
verification projects in age care facilities, hospitality, warehouses,
schools, offices and so forth. With our wireless sensors, we enable
advanced plug load, lighting and HVAC controls. We help our customers
with understanding of occupancy utilization trends, fault detection and
diagnosis and compliance to LEED, Nabers, BEAM, ISO5001 and other
certifications and reporting standards. Benefits can translate into up
to 50-70% energy savings. We can help achieve high savings through an
integrated approach of being able to control, not just lighting and not
just HVAC, but a combination of advanced lighting, HVAC, plug load
controls, pre-maintenance, and customer feedback and engagement
protocols.
There are proprietary systems in the market today that only focus on
just lighting or just HVAC. This creates headaches for facilities
managers who have to look at multiple online dashboards and systems to
manage their building. Facilities mangers are unable to analyze data
outside of the standalone proprietary system. Ours is an integrated
solution that allows facilities managers one single dashboard and
offers the ability to export data either using our published APIs or
through a csv flat file. This gives facilities managers better
control of their building information, and a more cohesive and
intelligent method to manage their building. Having an
integrated approach to building management is critical to the success
to the long-term sustainability and energy efficient strategy. Our
patented wireless connectivity technology gives facilities managers the
flexibility to implement their monitoring and control strategies all at
once or one thing at a time and add to the system as they see fit.
Sinclair: Who is Jetlun?
Chan: Jetlun
is a leader in innovative network connectivity solutions that enable
large-scale data and business intelligence for smart grid and building
energy management applications. Our products and solutions have been
deployed in North America, Australia, and Asia Pacific. We are the
first company leveraging existing wires to extend wireless that allow
customers to retrofit existing buildings to manage multiple
applications including plug loads, lighting controls, HVAC and more.
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