GE Smart Grid Center of Excellence
high tech audio visual solutions help SHOWCASE the smart grid

Background

In September 2010, GE opened the Digital Energy business’ new Smart Grid Technology Center of Excellence (COE) in Marietta, Georgia. The center is another demonstration of GE’s commitment to discovering and deploying clean, sustainable and economically viable energy solutions to satisfy ever-increasing worldwide energy demand. The smart grid lab features collaboration between GE and the Georgia Institute of Technology, one of the nation’s top research universities. The partnership works to develop and test new smart grid technologies that will help improve the efficiency, reliability and environmental impact of energy transmission, distribution and consumption—from integrating more renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, to lowering the peak power demand that lowers the need for new power plants, to improving the ways consumers manage their power usage.

Implementation

When evaluating the space and anticipating the final build-out, the GE and AVYVE teams planned the integration with an element of "WOW." AV technology such as interactive flat panels, wide screen projection with graphic window processing for multi-screen imagery, and the interactive table make visiting the GE Smart Grid Technology Center of Excellence a unique and engaging experience.

 

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GE Smart Grid Technology Center of Excellence

  • The LED Garden entry area (not pictured) features a low lumens-rated ceiling mounted projector installed to enable white text to appear on the wall with a background that blends in with the wall color.
  • A series of 40" interactive and non-interactive flat panel displays are installed in the band along the main display wall of the showcase. The flat panel displays are recessed into the band and mounted at the appropriate height for viewing from the standing position.
  • Another series of five interactive 32" LCD flat panel displays are installed in the carrels.       
  • The main showcase room features a 6500 lumen WXGA projector in the ceiling above a twenty foot oval table. The projector is installed in the ceiling and projects interactive media onto a mirror so that the image fills the table top surface. The table supports a business quality sound system which provides audio from the client's dedicated PCs. Two pendent ceiling speakers are mounted within the architectural band around the top of the table.
  • A rack-mounted control system with touch panel interface controls the Center of Excellence showroom systems.
  • The Learning Center features a 16' wide rear projection screen on the main display wall with two 6800 lumen 1920 X 1200 resolution LCD projectors with short throw lenses in the rear projection room. The projectors are installed onto rear projection mirrors to accommodate the image size. A 12-input graphic window processor with an edge blender allows for one large image across the screens enabling the end user to display multiple images at one time. A Blu-ray DVD player and satellite TV complete the room.
  • The Small Conference Room features a 55" HD LCD wall-mounted flat panel display, Blu-ray DVD player and touch panel control.
  • Two wide aspect LCD projectors are installed in the rack storage behind the architectural band at the Exit Experience area. The projectors are strategically placed to cast an image across the sixteen foot wide band. The technology behind the band display a series of images leading to the Exit Experience.