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太陽樹
At BMW's Mountain View campus, the company is experimenting with using alternative energy to fuel cars. This solar tree, Dempster says, produces enough electricity (in kilowatt-hours) to power one of BMW's electric vehicles. At the campus, the electricity from the panel helps power appliances in the building. In fact, the Mountain View team is working on ways to monitor all of its electricity use. Employees can view the energy used by the building's thermostat, solar chargers, refrigerator, solar tree, and other devices via one central gateway. BMW researchers are also developing an easy-to-read interface to manage all this data. Ultimately, Dempster hopes, the company could sell that interface to customers interested in monitoring their energy consumption
在山景城園區(qū)，寶馬正在嘗試使用替代能源來驅(qū)動汽車。登普斯特說，太陽樹能夠產(chǎn)生足夠的電力（以千瓦時為單位）來驅(qū)動寶馬的電動汽車。在園區(qū)，太陽能板產(chǎn)生的電力能幫助維持建筑物里各種電器的運行。實際上，山景城的團(tuán)隊正致力于監(jiān)測所有電力的使用情況。員工可以通過一個中心網(wǎng)關(guān)，看到建筑中的調(diào)溫器、太陽能充電器、冰箱、太陽樹和其他設(shè)備的耗電量。寶馬的研究人員也在開發(fā)易讀的界面來管理這些數(shù)據(jù)。登普斯特希望最終能夠?qū)⑦@個界面出售給那些對監(jiān)控能源消耗感興趣的顧客。
