GIS Based Centralized Carbon Footprint Monitoring System and Method Thereof

20190087757

16/083803

October 05, 2016

The present disclosure provides a geographic information system (GIS) based centralized carbon footprint monitoring system (CFMS) that can monitor carbon footprint related to geographically distribute power consuming sites that meet their power requirement from multiplicity of power sources. The disclosure provides for real time monitoring of source of electric power among to a particular power consuming site. The captured power source status is periodically communicated to a Centralized Processing System configured to store the data and generate statistical reports relating to carbon footprint of these sites. The statistical reports are prepared by a web application built on top of the Centralized Processing System. Further, to provide a better comprehensibility of the information, the carbon footprint of the power consuming sites for a given period for a desired geographical region is displayed by means of Thematic Maps that are based on Geographic Information System (GIS) of Survey of India.

1. A system for monitoring Carbon Footprint of geographically distributed power consuming sites that meet their power requirement from multiplicity of power sources, the system comprising: a power source tracking module located at each of the geographically distributed power consuming sites and configured to continuously and in real time monitor source of electric power among various power sources used by the power consuming sites; a data communication module, configured to communicate power source data collected by the power source tracking module from various power consuming sites to a server; a data storage module located at the server and configured to store power source status data received from various geographically distributed power consuming sites; and a carbon footprint calculation and statistical report generation module located at the server and configured to prepare statistical reports pertaining to the geographically distributed power consuming sites and calculate carbon footprint.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a web application built on top of the Centralized Processing System configured to provide to a user the statistical reports and carbon footprint of the geographically distributed power consuming sites through a computing device of the user.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the statistical reports and the carbon footprint of the geographically distributed power consuming sites is provided through thematic map sand wherein the thematic maps are based on Geographic Information System (GIS) of Survey of India.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the geographically distributed power consuming sites draw power from the multiplicity of power sources in an uninterrupted manner and status of operation of the power consuming site is determined based on sensed voltage of battery bank supplying power in an uninterrupted manner and the operating status of the power consuming sites is included in the statistical reports.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the data communication module communicates the power source data periodically or immediately on any change in power status; and communication of the power source data is through a GSM/GPRS based secure communication network.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the geographically distributed power consuming sites are BTS towers and the multiplicity of power sources are grid, Diesel Generator and battery bank.

7. A Carbon Footprint Monitoring System (CFMS) device for monitoring Carbon Footprint of geographically distributed power consuming sites that meet their power requirement from multiplicity of power sources, the device comprising: a CFMSField Device located at each of the geographically distributed power consuming sites and consisting of a microcontroller configured to sense status of the multiplicity of power sources and communicate the sensed data to a server; a Centralized Processing Device (CPD) located in the server and configured to receive and store the data from plurality of CFMS Field Devices and further configured to prepare statistical reports pertaining to the geographically distributed power consuming sites and calculate carbon footprint.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the device further incorporates a web application built on top of the Centralized Processing System configured to provide to a user the statistical reports and carbon footprint of the geographically distributed power consuming sites through a computing device of the user; and wherein the statistical reports and the carbon footprint of the geographically distributed power consuming sites is provided through thematic maps and wherein the thematic maps are based on Geographic Information System (GIS) of Survey of India.

9. The device of claim 7, wherein the geographically distributed power consuming sites draw power from the multiplicity of power sources in an uninterrupted manner and status of operation of the power consuming site is determined based on sensed voltage of battery bank supplying power in an uninterrupted manner and the operating status of the power consuming sites is included in the statistical reports.

10. The device of claim 7, wherein the sensed data is communicated to the server periodically or immediately on any change in power status; and communication of the sensed data is through a GSM/GPRS based secure communication network.

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