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Energy Management and Monitoring

Green home systems.

The green revolution is bristling with new technologies! Home automation and control are no exception. Residential and commercial buildings account for nearly 40% of energy consumed in the U.S. A mere 10% reduction in this use would reduce carbon emissions by 130million tons annually; the equivalent of taking 22 million cars off the road. But how can you cut down on your energy usage if you don’t even know how much you are using? We can install and integrate energy monitoring into your home which will allow you to view how much power you are using at any given moment. With accurate readout and nearly instantaneous reaction time, you can monitor your entire home, or just specific circuits to see how much power you are using. Now, you can directly see the result of your actions such as turning off a light, or adjusting your thermostat. This system will even calculate your energy use in terms of dollars so you can see you savings grow with every energy reducing measure you take!

Once you know how much energy you are consuming, steps can be taken to eliminate waste. Some common wasters of energy are devices that are not really off when you turn them off. One way we can help reduce energy costs in your home is to automatically disconnect these “phantom loads”.  A variety of technologies can be installed to completely disconnect these parasitic loads from your electric system when you don’t need them. We can even take it several steps further by coupling these technologies with automatic lighting control and intelligent control of heating/cooling systems. Every reduction in power consumption equates to real cost savings on your energy bills, and serious reductions in carbon emissions.