Standards

Certification

Education & Training

Publishing

Conferences & Exhibits

Presented by

Dr. Peter Fuhr, CEO

Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.

DOE ITP –

Industrial Wireless –

WINA –

Wi-Fi Sensors –

Energy Efficiency

History / Timeline:

National Academy of Sciences Report

July 2002 DOE Sponsored Workshop on Industrial Wireless Sensors, San Francisco, (40 invited attendees)

Dec 2002 DOE Industrial “Why Wireless” Report (Wayne Manges-ORNL, Fuhr)

Feb 2003 DOE/ITP RFP for Industrial Wireless Sensors Released

Jan 2009ISA100 meeting, NASA-Ames, 100+ attendees (representing 46 companies/organizations)

Sept 2004 1st WINA meeting, Coral Gables, FL, 22 companies

April 2004 Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance (WINA) formed, BWI airport

(DOE-sponsored meeting, GM, ORNL, Ember, Fuhr)

Sept 2003 DOE/ITP Awards made to Honeywell, GE, Eaton (+13 subcontractors)

Oct 2005From WINA “voice of end user” surveys, Wireless Standard is

Needed – ISA SP100 is formed (DOE/ITP, ORNL, Honeywell,

Invensys, Eaton) Jan 20061st ISA100 meeting, NASA-

Ames

ITP wireless project (GE, Honeywell

& Eaton)

Pre-Release System deployments at BP, XOM, Chevron, Shell, Lilly, Cameco, many others Jan-Dec 2008

Sept 2008Honeywell, Emerson, GE, others release systems!

2006 - 2008

WINA expands

ISA100 Participation ExplodesDOE Project Ends

NIST, NSA, DHS involved

Dec 2008Fuhr DOE/ITP - Webcast on Wireless for Energy Efficiency

Wi-Fi Sensors formed. DOE ITP+EERE Steam Trap Project

Report Delivered to DOE HQ, ACEEE, GovEnergy May 2009

Standards

Certification

Education & Training

Publishing

Conferences & Exhibits

Presented at the ACEEE Summer

Study July, 2009

U.S. Department of Energy’s Wireless

Energy Efficiency Initiative

Elliott Levine, U.S. Dept of Energy

Peter Fuhr, Wi-Fi Sensors

Joe Crestor, U.S. Dept of Energy

ITP – Wireless & Energy (Optimization, Savings,

Generation, Transmission)

174 participants, 80 requests for

presentations, Interest from

all sectors (public, private,

vendors, users, etc)

DOE ITP and Concrete Examples

Benchmarking demonstration is underway at

ORNL. Multiple vendors, standards based.

Tangible Results:

Economics and operability

Ease of Use

ROI analysis

ORNL Project just beginning – Circa Sep 09

DOE/ITP and Concrete Energy Savings

At my own plant in Missouri.

Instrumented 12 steam traps July 09.

Current savings: ~$1900.

(and it’s not even winter yet!)

Promise of Wireless…….

Wireless technology and wireless networking systems hold great

promise to help industry use energy and materials more efficiently,

lower systems and infrastructure costs, lower production costs, and

increase productivity.

Impact of DOE/ITP – Fostering an Industry Alliance

Small Sample of Supporting Companies

Lots of Industry Expertise & Support for the ISA100 Standard

Wi-Fi

Sensors

ITP Results:

© 2008 Apprion, Inc.

ITP Results:

A Few of the Companies formed specifically

for this ITP-driven effort:

AirSprite

Wi-Fi Sensors

ArchRock

Perpetuum

On-Ramp

Dust Networks

E-Senza

Machine Talker

Tendril

ElTav

Pedigree Technologies

Nivis

GainSpan

Proto6

Cimetrics

IP Infusion

Silver Spring

Smart Signal

Mocana (and others too!)

Industrial Wireless Standard, ISA100Job Creation

Who’s Interested in the Economic Benefit of this

Program?

11 © 2008 Apprion, Inc.

Dept of Commerce, Dept of Labor

End Users, ACS

EPRI

Investment Community

Why? 100+ industrial wireless companies started

since 2005, $400M invested, 2000+ employees

Where has this Economic Benefit taken place?

Personally: ITP Industrial Wireless led to

Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.

Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.

Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.

Bottom line: ITP has helped Wi-Fi Sensors, Inc.

34 employees

Personal investment

Stimulus Package Loan

What I tried to cover:

DOE EERE Goal:

Drive a 25% reduction in industrial

energy intensity by 2017.

Contact info: peter.fuhr@wi-fisensors.com

m: 831-588-7558, f: 602-357-7411

DOE ITP –

Industrial Wireless –

WINA –

Wi-Fi Sensors –

Energy Efficiency