kWantera provides a big data analytics for energy management. Mark Desantis, kWantera CEO, presented at the Buildings NY conference in New York City May 3, 2012.

1. Big Buildings, Big Data
BuidlingsNY
Javits Center, New York, New York
May 3, 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

2. We shape our buildings (data) and
afterwards, our buildings (data)
shape us.
Winston Churchill

3. Some facts* …
• Buildings consume 72% of US electricity.
• Portion of energy in buildings used
inefficiently or unnecessarily: 30 percent **
• The average American is inside a building
87% of the time.
• US spends $400B per year to heat & power
buildings – more than Medicare.
*Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era, A. Lovins, 2012.
**US EPA Energy Star Program: ―Useful Facts & Figures‖, June 1, 2007.

4. Big Data is here already ...*
• A UK retailer collects 1.5B attributes every
month to adjust prices & promotions.
• 30% of Amazon’s online sales come from its
recommendation engine.
• In 15 of 17 sectors cos. >1K employees store
235 terabytes — more than the Library of
Congress.
• Global personal location data = $100B
revenue for service providers.
*‖Building with big data‖, The Economist, May 1, 2012 & *IDC; US Bureau of Labor Statistics; McKinsey Global Institute analysis.

5. US companies have ~100 terabytes of data *
Stored Petabytes 2009
Discrete manufacturing 966
Government 848
Communications and media 715
Process manufacturing 694
Banking 619
Health care providers 434
Securities and investment services 429
Professional services 411
Retail 364
Education 269
Insurance 243
Transportation 227
Wholesale
Utilities
202
194
Fraction all available
Resource industries 116 energy data.
Consumer & recreational services 106
Construction 51
*IDC; US Bureau of Labor Statistics; McKinsey Global Institute Analysis.

6. Big Data = Real-time data drives real-time
demand management.
Avoided
Costs
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7. Big Data = Participation in all buying &
selling markets.
Real-Time
Day-Ahead
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Day
RT
RT
Day-Ahead
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8. Big Data = Real-time power quality
management.
ID/predict problems & recommend
actions