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ENERGY PVT. LTD.

2019
EASYDAY
CASE STUDY
PREPARED FOR

Retail stores looking for effective energy efficiency solutions.

Grocery Stores Cafés & Restaurants Ice cream Parlours

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SUPERMARKET
& CONVENIENCE
STORE
pados ki dukan

According to Wikipedia, Easyday is an Indian retail

brand that runs chains of consumer retail supermarkets
and convenience stores. The brand is wholly owned by
Future Retail Ltd.

Bharti Enterprises announced its foray into retail in

February 2007 and the first store was opened in Punjab
in April 2008. Easyday presently has 523 stores across
12 states. Future Group, that owns and operate Big
Bazaar, combined retail operations with Easyday in
May 2015. The merger has created one of India's
biggest retail chains with more than 890 stores in 246
cities in India.

Easyday sells items and products of various brands

keeping in mind the requirements of the local and
regional needs. A typical Easyday store sells groceries
including fresh produce inclusive of fruits, vegetables
& milk; cereals, meat, poultry, dairy and baked
products, canned goods, soups, grains, snacks, cookies,
chips, condiments, beverages, sauces, spices, and candy;
beauty products like toiletries, fragrances, makeup,
shaving and skincare items; health care items; apparel,
hosiery, shoes & accessories; books and stationary;
toys; gifts; kitchen ware; home improvement products
including tools, lighting, & electronic accessories; and
items related to region.
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An overview

WHERE WE
ARE NOW

Our correspondence with Easyday MACHINES USED AT EASYDAY:

began in December 2017 at
Janakpuri store in New Delhi. The
objective agreed between both the
parties was to reduce the power
cost in the store by installing and
analyzing Energyly’s smart energy
meter and data captured through
Energyly dashboard respectively.
Before reading further you need
to know which machines were
being used at the store. It will give
you a clearer understanding of the
analysis. The machines at the store
and that which were connected to
our energy meter are:

So we split the objective into
workable plan and set out to bring
about positive energy efficiency at
Easyday.
OUR AGENDA:
AC : One 8.5 ton AC, one 5.5 ton
AC and two 2.5 ton ACs
Diary Chillers : 2  Chillers
Meat Display Freezer : 1 Freezer
Frozen Chiller : 1 Freezer

•To study real-time energy

consumption of every device used
in one Easyday store,

•Find energy wastage and

potential for energy savings,

•Get real-time ON/OFF status of

devices remotely,

•To get real-time alerts if devices

consume more power than the
usual,

•To understand health of devices

to identify for the need service or
replacement.
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FINDINGS #1
1. DEFECT IN COMPRESSOR:

As we know, an AC cools a building by

transferring the heat indoor to outdoor. It
does so by using a chemical refrigerant
which absorbs the heat indoors and pumps
it through the pipes to the outside coil.
The component used to pump the
refrigerant to flow through the system is
called the compressor. It is the heart of the
AC and is controlled by a thermostat. This
compressor functions only when the
indoor temperature is more than desired
temperature and stops once the desired
temperature is achieved. This behaviour
continues regularly thereby creating a
pattern.

In Easyday’s case, the compressor did not

function properly in both 8.5 ton and 5.5
ton ACs. Although 8.5 ton AC has a regular
compressor cut on and cut off pattern, it
did not happen on all days. Whereas in 2.5
ton AC, there was very little to no cut off
in compressor pattern.
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FINDINGS #2
2. IRREGULAR SENSOR PATTERN
IN FROZEN CHILLER:

Like every cooling machine, the freezer

has two sensors but unlike in AC, the
compressor in freezers do not compare the
temperature between indoor and outdoor.
Here there is a sensor1 attached to the
freezer opener another sensor2 inside the
freezer. Generally, an operator sets a
temperature to the freezer for cooling
using sensor1 and then sensor2 compares
the temperature inside the freezer and
performs it’s cut on/off pattern
accordingly. This process repeats until the
desired temperature is achieved. 

Normally, the pattern is difficult to

achieve during day time, as the operator
frequently opens and closes the freezer,
but at night the pattern has to exist. In
Easyday, the freezer’s compressor seemed
to be running continuously without a drop
in it’s cut off time, which will cost the
company dear.
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FINDINGS #3
3. UNEQUAL POWER
DISTRIBUTION:

Imagine a single-lane and multi-lane

highway. Like the single-lane highway
which can occupy only a certain number of
vehicles, a single-phase connection can
provide only a limited wattage of power
thereby it limits the number of appliances
/ machines that can be operated
simultaneously.

Similarly, taking a multi-lane highway as

an example, a three-phase connection can
provide more wattage that can be
distributed to additional appliances. The
key point here is that power should be
equally distributed among the three phases
R,Y & B, otherwise which will affect the
machines connected adversely resulting in
high maintenance issues.

This problem was discovered at Easyday at

an AC wired to a three-phase connection.
The fact is that, this could incur more loss
than you can realize at an extent to
concerns related to safety.
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FINDINGS #4
4. NEGLIGENCE OF COMPANY
POLICY:

Energyly reports showed that the ACs were

being used during the lunch hours
continuously for several days despite there
was a company policy that the ACs need to
be switched OFF everyday between 02.00
PM and 04.00 PM.

This could also be assuming that business

might have happened during that time,
anyway it helps the company to frame
better policies or allot a different period
of time for energy conservation if the
lunch period brought considerable
business.

FINDINGS #5
5. TIME MISMANAGEMENT:

At Easyday, we identified that they did not

have a fixed time in the morning and at
night to switch ON and OFF ACs
respectively. They operated anytime
between 08.00 to 10.00 AM and 08.00 to
10.00 PM, which ultimately led to an
irregular pattern in machine energy usage.

At many times not having a fixed time

may not appear to be a concern to worry
but only by having a system in place we
can monitor the machines regularly which
will in turn help us to discover various
energy efficiency opportunities.
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Easyday's

SAVINGS POTENTAIL
ACs used vs not used during lunch
hours: Meat Display Chiller (if cycle pattern
corrected):
•5.5 Ton AC (2 units per day * 30days * ₹ 10 per unit ) = ₹
1. Without Lunch Hour Switch OFF (2 600 per month
hrs): (6 units/hour x 12 hours x 30 Total Savings Potential per month = ₹
days x  ₹ 10/unit)= ₹ 21600 per month 9000 per month
2. With 2 Lunch Switch OFF (2 hrs): (6
units/hour x 10 hours x 30 days x ₹ 10
/ unit) = ₹ 18000 per month.

1,04,500/-
Savings potential ₹ 3600  

•8.5 Ton AC
1. Without Lunch Hour Switch OFF (2 Total Savings Potential
hrs): (8 units/hour x 12 hours x 30
days x ₹ 10/unit)= ₹ 28800 per month per year
2. With 2 Lunch Switch OFF (2 hrs): (8
units/hour x 10 hours x 30 days x ₹ 10

9000/-
/ unit) = ₹ 24000 per month.
Savings potential  ₹ 4800  

Total Savings Potential

per month

RETURN OF
INVESTMENT
Given the savings potential, with a one time purchase of the smart energy meter and recurring
cloud charges, ROI can be attained in less than 6 months. With the annual cloud charges being
merely Rs. 3500, Easyday could easily save around Rs. 1,04,500 a year per store.