Goals and Objectives
Problem Statement
Increasing demand, wasteful usage, and finite resources lead to resource shortages.
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RMS Objectives
RMS Project Will:
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Monitor and collect detailed resource data and information from homes, commercial and industrial
companies to recommend specific ways to save resource use
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Provide a detailed analysis of ways to use resources more efficiently and the cost savings than can be
anticipated
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Will report resource usage to users in varying increments: from quarterly to monthly to real-time
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Use meters, sensors, and software for analyzing data
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Provide a means to make this technology affordable for the individual home/business owner
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Work in conjunction with utility companies that have implemented smart-metering technology for billing
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Use off the shelf hardware and existing infrastructure as much as possible
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Be flexible in the amount and type of monitoring done – simpler systems for the home market, more
sophisticated systems for those that can afford it
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Provide the utility companies with more detailed usage data in order to better prepare for the periods of
peak demands
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Provide means for warning for possible water or gas leak detection
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RMS Objectives
RMS Project Will Not:
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Automatically adjust a user’s electrical, water, oil, or gas equipment as means of
controlling resource usage
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Try to directly compete with existing smart meters and flow meter system
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Force or mandate societal smart resource usage, it is just an informational tool
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Make a user’s consumption information publicly available
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Be completely immune from problems associated with power surges, lightning strikes,
tampering, vandalism, and acts of God
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Monitor every single electrical, gas, oil, or water device in a given installation with the
basic system, unless the occupant is willing to front the cost the numerous monitoring
devices required
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Be responsible for actions taken by the user in response to suggestions provided by the
RMS system
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RMS Goal
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Educate businesses and homeowners on their resource usage patterns
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Market to:
- Utility Companies (Electric, Gas, Oil)
- Public Works (City Governments)
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Inform the consumer of peak demand times and government imposed limits
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Provide an intuitive user interface
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Format the data in a way that is useful to the consumer
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Goals and Objectives