Murray State University contracts with PCS UtiliData for AdaptiVolt™ to achieve campus wide energy efficiency
June 10, 2010
Murray, KY – Murray State University (MSU) awarded a contract to PCS UtiliData to deploy AdaptiVolt™, a Smart Grid technology, to save energy by increasing the efficiency of its campus wide electric distribution network. When the AdaptiVolt™ voltage optimization system is fully deployed, MSU expects to reduce its peak demand by 4.0% and to save 1,300,000 kWh each year. According to PCS UtiliData this is enough energy to power 130 average American homes every year.
The AdaptiVolt™ Volt/Var Optimization system to be deployed gives MSU the power to monitor and automatically adjust voltage levels throughout their distribution system, thereby conserving energy and reducing power losses. “Realizing the full potential of Smart Grid technology requires greater efficiency and resource control for large end-use customer, including universities like MSU,” said Thomas Wilson, President of PCS UtiliData. According to Wilson, the “solutions that provide more control and increase efficiency are critical to the vision of the Smart Grid.”
For almost 90 years Murray State University has served students from the region, the nation and the world. Founded in 1922, the university has grown from an enrollment of 202 students to 10,078 today. Students receive individual attention from a full-time teaching faculty that numbers in excess of 400. Murray State University has ranked among the top universities in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's annual publication, America's Best Colleges, for the past 19 consecutive years.
Located in the Jackson Purchase lake area of west Kentucky, Murray State is a state-supported comprehensive university with five academic colleges – business, education, health sciences and human services, humanities and fine arts, and science, engineering and technology – and a school of agriculture. The university's 236-acre main campus is in Murray, a city of 16,600. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and professional instruction, as well as continuing education programs.
PCS UtiliData, a Smart Grid solutions provider, is the only provider of true live-state, utility-grade Volt/Var Optimization solutions that increase distribution system reliability and efficiency. As a founding member of the Control Systems Integrator’s Association, PCS UtiliData has been committed to providing world class products and services to a wide range of satisfied clients in the energy and utility automation industry for over 20 years. For more information, visit www.pcsutilidata.com