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CONNECT 2 helps supermarkets save the environment
Excessive energy is being wasted across the UK but responsible businesses are trying to address the problem. The combination of lights left on and air conditioning units unnecessarily pumping cold air throughout the night is adding to the growing concern of global warming. It is the responsibility of companies to monitor their energy use - but with rising costs it’s a real money saver too.
Some supermarkets are leading the way in tackling energy wastage by using machine to machine technology to monitor their stores from a central control unit. Information collected from light and heat sensors throughout the stores is processed and monitored. Utilising Vianet CONNECT 2, information can be transmitted back to individual devices to re-calibrate their settings.
Machine to machine technology has been available through various network operators for some time, but there have always been restrictions that have limited the usefulness of this technology. As with mobile phones, no single operator has a full coverage of the UK, resulting in many different contracts and differently specified machines. Also, many devices were able to send information, but were unable receive data and process commands because they did not keep a constant address.
Vianet provides a service that not only allows companies to utilise all networks from one SIM card, and on one tariff, but also can send instructions to individual devices - resulting in massive cost savings for the user.
The monitoring equipment in the retail stores and the 24/7 management centre is provided by a specialist in energy management services. This company turned to Vianet to provide the missing link which connects the store to the management centre, using an enhanced form of the mobile communications technology that we all use every day. This works on all mobile networks to provide maximum coverage and secure connections throughout the EU. It not only allows the store equipment to send data and alarms but also enables the management centre to remotely control heating and lighting.