Technical Report Draft 1 Smart Meter

Background
This proposal is with regards to the Call for Proposal (CFP) by Energy Market Authority (EMA) in developing technical solutions for a smart metering trial.
Known globally for being a "clean and green" country, Singapore continues to improve on this aspect through educating the community as well as implementing sustainable solutions to current problems. The masterplan target by the Inter-ministerial Committee on Sustainable Development(IMCSD) is to make at least 80% of its buildings green by 2030(mnd.gov.sg, 2011).  Transparency of the building's energy performance would provide building owners relevant data to analyse(BCA website, 2017), bridging the goal to more greener buildings in the future.
According to EMA (2016), the current metering system by a typical building in Singapore is to read the electricity, gas and water meter individually. The facilities management staff members are required to obtain the different meter reading from different location in the building manually. Thus, the current process of obtaining the energy consumption data could be tedious and time-consuming for the facilities management staff members.

As there are many meters located in different places in the hospital, collecting of data can be time consuming. By implementing a smart metering system in Singapore hospitals, it allows the facilities management staff members to have access to energy consumption data remotely (EMA, 2016). This saves the facilities management staff members from the tedious process of locating all the different meters to get the essential data they need.
Problem statement 
An integrated utilities metering system in public hospitals should aim to make data collection of energy consumption to be more efficient and transparent for the facilities staff members.

However, collating gas, electrical and water consumption data remotely (ema.gov.sg, 2016) for the facilities management staff members in the hospital is currently not implemented.

By implementing a smart metering system, the facility management staff members are able to retrieve and access the energy consumption remotely for smoother operation flow.

 Purpose statement
The aim of this report is to propose the implementation of Anacle smart energy management solution to the hospitals in Singapore. The solution includes installation of smart meters which helps the facility management team to manage their energy consumption efficiently and the data analyst to study the pattern of it. The solution would also improve the BMS and the operational needs in the hospital.

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