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Project announcements, partnerships and technical writing from EpiSensor.
2009 to 2025, kept with their original publication dates.
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HSE selects EpiSensor for nationwide energy monitoring
The Health Service Executive has selected EpiSensor to supply the energy monitoring for its nationwide decarbonisation programme.
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Sustainability finalist in the Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024
EpiSensor was selected as a finalist in the sustainability category of The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2024.
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IEC 61850 in electrical substations
What IEC 61850 standardises between intelligent electronic devices in a substation, its main features, and where it is difficult to adopt.
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The role of OCPP in EV charging networks
What the Open Charge Point Protocol standardises between charge points and management systems, how the versions differ, and where its limits are.
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EVs as grid assets: V1G, V2G and beyond
The difference between V1G, V2G, V2H, V2B and V2L, and what each level of EV grid integration asks of the charger, the vehicle and the grid.
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Nine trends shaping the sustainable energy transition
Decentralised generation, virtual power plants, storage, demand response, EVs and the skills constraint, and what each one asks of the grid.
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Gogoro battery swapping joins Enel X’s virtual power plant in Taiwan
EpiSensor hardware connects Gogoro smart batteries and battery-swapping GoStations into Enel X’s virtual power plant in Taiwan.
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Accelerating ESOS compliance with IoT metering
What the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme asks of large UK organisations, and where sub-metering shortens the assessment.
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EpiSensor joins Advantech at EM-Power Europe 2024
EpiSensor exhibited with Advantech Europe at EM-Power Europe in Munich, 19 to 21 June 2024.
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Webinar: cutting costs and meeting EU energy rules
A transcript of the webinar on energy management for EU retailers and commercial organisations, with Ark Energy and EnergyCAP.
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SEAI EXEED grant funding for energy management projects
How the SEAI EXEED scheme funds energy monitoring and efficiency work, who can apply, and what the grant requires of a project.
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Where the money goes in industrial energy monitoring
The costs a traditional control and automation system carries into an energy monitoring project, and a checklist for comparing options.
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Webinar: a first look at our demand response work
A recap of the April 2024 webinar on EpiSensor’s demand response developments, with a demonstration of Edge Snaps and Edge Flows.
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Edge Flows and Edge Snaps
Two additions to the Gateway software: Edge Flows for shaping and routing data on site, and Edge Snaps for adding applications to a Gateway.
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Meet John Ginnane, Head of Operations and Support
John Ginnane on operations and customer support at EpiSensor, and what has changed since he joined in 2016.
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Part 4: two IoT case studies in demand flexibility
Two deployments that show how large and small assets are brought into demand flexibility programmes and virtual power plants.
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Part 3: choosing an IoT partner for demand side flexibility
Four factors that decide an IoT hardware partner for demand side flexibility: wired or wireless, resources, ease of management and engineering depth.
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Part 2: in-house hardware or an IoT partner
The trade-off facing energy aggregators building demand side flexibility services: develop IoT hardware in-house, or work with a hardware partner.
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Part 1: the case for IoT in demand side flexibility
Why balancing renewable supply and demand pushes aggregators towards measured, controllable sites, and what the IoT layer has to provide.
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Winner, Technology Innovation of the Year 2023
EpiSensor’s demand response controller won Technology Innovation of the Year at the 2023 Technology Ireland Industry Awards, in association with Ibec.
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The recast EU Energy Efficiency Directive
The revised Energy Efficiency Directive was adopted on 10 October 2023. What member states must transpose, and what it asks of large energy users.
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Eight questions to ask an energy monitoring IoT provider
Accuracy, security, deployment effort and data access: eight questions worth asking any energy monitoring provider before you commit to one.
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Two commendations at the IP&E Awards 2023
EpiSensor was commended in two categories at the first IP&E Awards: Energy Management Innovation, and Industrial Small-Medium Enterprise of the Year.
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Why business-critical IoT needs over-the-air updates
Field devices need security fixes and feature changes without a site visit. What an over-the-air update policy has to guarantee.
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Energy transition roundtable at the Embassy of India, Dublin
EpiSensor took part in a roundtable on Irish and Indian co-operation in the energy transition, held at the Embassy of India in Dublin.
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Our submission on Ireland’s long-term emissions strategy
EpiSensor responded to the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications consultation on Ireland’s long-term greenhouse gas strategy.
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The grid’s growing pains: a case for virtual power plants
Rising demand and intermittent generation are exposing the limits of existing grid infrastructure. Where virtual power plants fit, and what they need.
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Getting ready for ISO 50001
CSRD and the revised Energy Efficiency Directive will raise demand for ISO 50001 certification. What that means for the firms delivering it.
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Meet Cristina Coffey, Chief Strategy Officer
Cristina Coffey on the strategy role at EpiSensor, the route that brought her here, and what she expects from the energy transition.
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Six qualities of enterprise IoT infrastructure
What “IoT infrastructure for the sustainable energy transition” means in practice, and the six qualities we hold an enterprise deployment to.
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Embracing the demand response opportunity
Why demand response is becoming a core grid service as renewable generation grows, and what it takes to bring an industrial site into a programme.
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Data centre decarbonisation at Accelerate Green 2023
EpiSensor presented its data centre demand response work at Accelerate Green, the Bord na Móna and Resolve Partners accelerator programme.
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Tech Data Europe adds EpiSensor to its industrial IoT range
Tech Data Europe added EpiSensor systems and sensors to its Internet of Things portfolio for industrial and smart space markets.
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EpiSensor, Dell and Asavie launch an industrial IoT accelerator kit
A joint kit from EpiSensor, Dell and Asavie that scales from a single site to a country-wide deployment on the same architecture.
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Measuring non-domestic heat pump performance for a DECC study
EpiSensor metering recorded in-service heat pump performance in the first non-domestic RHI study commissioned by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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Pharmalytics wins PCH International’s hardware hackathon
Pharmalytics won Ireland’s first hardware hackathon, held at the DCU Innovation Campus, using EpiSensor’s IoT platform.
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Exhibiting at ISO 50001 Ireland
EpiSensor exhibited its ISO 50001-ready wireless energy monitoring system at ISO 50001 Ireland in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
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Intel presents EpiSensor with the SmartBay Innovator Award
Intel awarded EpiSensor the SmartBay Innovator Award in 2012 for its contribution to clean technology innovation and research.
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Energy initiative for businesses launched in Limerick
Energy Point, established by Procad Engineering in Limerick, was launched to help industry reduce energy use and cost.
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EpiSensor raises €850,000 and plans ten new jobs
Syndicated funding of €850,000 from the Bank of Ireland Start-up and Emerging Sectors Equity Fund, the AIB Seed Capital Fund, Enterprise Ireland and private investors.
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EpiSensor sensors on an Antarctic research expedition
Limerick Institute of Technology used EpiSensor wireless sensors to record sea and air temperature on an Antarctic climate research expedition.
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