Ashton Hayes Smart Village

The objectives of the Smart Village Project are on technical innovation and delivery of information to the community aimed at achieving a sustained reduction in carbon emissions. The scope of the Smart Village Project is: • To facilitate the connection of various micro generation technologies (wind, PV and CHP) and potentially electric vehicle (EV) charging point(s) on the LV network and its 11 kV feeders. • Engagement with the village and community to assist in the reduction and optimisation of total energy consumption to reduce carbon footprint. • To improve the accuracy and granularity of total electricity consumption measurement by installing additional metering on the network at secondary sub station feeder level and at renewable energy source(s) providing measurement of the gross generation embedded within the community. • To introduce innovative and new techniques to introduce DSM capabilities aimed at assisting change in energy use related behaviours within residential homes and public properties.