The project aims to equalize the power consumption and lowering the maximum power demand at Roskilde Festival. We focus on the power consumption of refrigerators. At present, Roskilde Festival has to use a lot of generators when there is a high load, e.g. for large concerts. A way to even out the power consumption could lower the peak load.
To this end we use equipment that is able to measure the temperature in fridges and turn them on (when demand is high) and off (when demand is low) - as well as being connected to the internet so as to be able to follow the data of the refrigerator. All this must be adapted to the users, who have different foodstuff and beverages to be stored at different temperatures.
The ultimate goal is that most refrigerators at Roskilde Festival have this system installed, and thereby lower the maximum power consumption. In this way it would be possible to lower the number of generators in use at the festival.
Contact info@roskilde.dtu.dk if you want to hear more!