TY - GEN
T1 - SIMbaLink
T2 - 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2010
AU - Schelling, Nahana
AU - Hasson, Meredith J.
AU - Huong, Sara Leeun
AU - Nevarez, Ariel
AU - Lu, Wei Chih
AU - Tierney, Matt
AU - Subramanian, Lakshminarayanan
AU - Scḧutzeichel, Harald
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Rural areas lack sustainable electrification solutions. Although solar solutions hold promise, they are fundamentally constrained by high maintenance costs (due to low user densities, equipment failure, poor handling) and a complete lack of accountability. In this paper, we describe our experiences deploying more than 5,000 Solar Home Systems in Ethiopia and the sustainability problems we faced. Towards developing a decentralized and sustainable solar solution, we have designed SIMbaLink, an extremely low-cost real-time solar monitoring system that significantly reduces both the maintenance costs and the time to repair. By explicitly exposing the real-time status of a solar system to all parties concerned, SIMbaLink addresses the lack of accountability and trust concerns. SIMbaLink can be easily integrated with existing solar systems and can reduce equipment failure rates through early detection of system malfunctions.
AB - Rural areas lack sustainable electrification solutions. Although solar solutions hold promise, they are fundamentally constrained by high maintenance costs (due to low user densities, equipment failure, poor handling) and a complete lack of accountability. In this paper, we describe our experiences deploying more than 5,000 Solar Home Systems in Ethiopia and the sustainability problems we faced. Towards developing a decentralized and sustainable solar solution, we have designed SIMbaLink, an extremely low-cost real-time solar monitoring system that significantly reduces both the maintenance costs and the time to repair. By explicitly exposing the real-time status of a solar system to all parties concerned, SIMbaLink addresses the lack of accountability and trust concerns. SIMbaLink can be easily integrated with existing solar systems and can reduce equipment failure rates through early detection of system malfunctions.
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U2 - 10.1145/2369220.2369260
DO - 10.1145/2369220.2369260
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867475365
SN - 9781450307871
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - ICTD 2010 - Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
Y2 - 13 December 2010 through 16 December 2010
ER -