Energy Management System for Convenience Stores

Abstract

Five major chained convenience store groups in Taiwan singed a voluntary energy conservation letter of intent with the Bureau of Energy (BOE) and the Department of Commerce (DOC) of Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in 2006, and it showed that an effective energy management system for convenience store is highly targeted. Hence, this project aimed at designing an effective energy management system based on researching the energy consumption and the operation style of the convenience store. A long term investigation for power usage of convenience store was carried out within this project, and the collected data was then analyzed for the power management strategies. As the result, a low budget, specific software EMS architecture design for convenience stores was delivered.