Utility Management System for an Engineering College using GIS
3.5 Electrical Utility
There are two power lines with a capacity of 200 HP and 100 HP from the Tamilnadu Electricity Board to meet the demand of this institution. The Locations of each power room and the areas from which the power is distributed from each line is shown in Fig. 6 along with power consumption by each buildings are presented in the form of attribute table in the same figure. Number 1 is assigned to a lab when it is working on any day of a Forenoon or afternoon session. It has been identified the peak load at 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm by considering the (from class time table) laboratory working hours. The amount paid towards the power consumption for the last six months are given in Table 2. Table 2 Electricity Consumption
Electrical consumption rate is Rs. 2.50/ unit, 1 Unit = 1 kw-hr, US$ 1 = Rs. 46.5/-  Fig. 6 Electrical Network and its Consumption 3.6 Laboratories The college has 25 laboratories for the five branches including labs for first year such as Physics and Chemistry laboratories. Its total built up area is 6067 sq.m, out of which 3780 sq.m are covered with asbestos cement sheet roofing and the remaining area is in main blocks. Separate views were generated for each laboratory to show their concerned equipment position and facilities. The detailed location of equipments and their corresponding power consumption, the area occupied and the pipe network connection for water supply in Hydraulic Laboratory is shown in Fig. 7  Fig. 7 Power Consumption of Equipments in Hydraulic Lab 3.7 Play Fields As the hostel is located within the campus, at outskirts of city, the students don’t have any entertainment facility other than playing. Hence the management has developed well play field in addition to indoor games facilities. The total area used for playground and indoor games are 17,880 sq.m. The various play fields are shown Fig. 8 along with their non-spatial data such as depth of cutting and depth of filling. 4.0 Conclusions The capabilities of GIS and its usefulness for the educational institution are demonstrated through this research study. Adopting GIS technology identified the areas where the services and facilities are not provided by the management. This integrated GIS definitely will help the management to maintain the engineering college infrastructure facilities. The building plans and their three-dimensional view will be prepared in 3D home Architect to link with this utility management system further to strengthen this research.  Fig. 8 Information System for Play Ground Acknowledgment We sincerely thank the Major K. Srinivasan, Director, Shri Angalamman College of Engineering and Technology for extending all support to complete this research work. We also express our gratitude to all the staff members who helped us to complete this work in successful manner. 5.0 References
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