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Google PowerMeter. Google PowerMeter Logo. Google PowerMeter ... What is it?. Google PowerMeter is a free energy monitoring tool that helps you save energy and money. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Google PowerMeter
Google PowerMeter Logo
Google PowerMeter... What is it?
Google PowerMeter is a free energy monitoring tool that helps you save energy and money
It is a software application being developed by Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, to help consumers track their home electricity usage.
Using energy information provided by utility smart meters and energy monitoring devices, Google PowerMeter enables you to view your home's energy consumption from anywhere online.
Reviews:
Savings: 26% decrease in energy bills or $1080 saved per year Savings: 40% decrease in energy bills
or $240 saved per year
“I wasn't really looking for energy
information on my kitchen counter. I
needed something that could push the
information to me in different ways, like
my mobile phone and my computer.
Unless it's accessible and actionable,
there's not much point to it. I use Google
everyday to search so it was important to
me to have my energy information at my
fingers at any time.“
from Benson Hougland (Temecula, CA)
“I like to have some control in my life. To me, getting an energy bill once a month, you can't learn anything from it. I'm not someone who's going to live in a cold house in the winter, but if there are things that I can do to be more aware, more comfortable, and save, then I'll do it."
From: Ed Kohler (Minneapolis, MN)
Why Use Google PowerMeter
Track Your Energy. Use Less. Save Energy and Money
Google PowerMeter helps in tracking Energy Consumption. Once energy consumption has been determined, steps to help conserve Energy can be achieved and ultimately help save the household more Money.
DisadvantageGoogle PowerMeter is currently not available to everyone but Google will certainly be
branching out. If your utility provider is not listed as a Google PowerMeter Parter,
you will need to purchase of a power meter device that my cost you money initially.
Future Outlook Google.org, the organization that developed
PowerMeter, hopes that by enabling people to actively monitor their energy usage they will be more willing to introduce energy-saving tactics, such as making sure lights are switched off when not in use, appliances are not left in standby mode and kettles are not over-filled. This should help reduce carbon footprints as well as save money for consumers.
Google PowerMeter is a free energy monitoring
tool that helps users save energy and money. Its
goal is to give users access to their home energy
usage through their PC or mobile phone via smart
metering by logging in to their iGoogle account.
Using energy information provided by utility smart
meters and energy monitoring devices, Google
PowerMeter allows users to view their home's
energy consumption from anywhere online.
Summary
Recommendations:
Google PowerMeter is highly recommended to help start saving not
just Energy consumption but help save Money as well.
For interested users located in areas where Google PowerMeter has
not yet been deployed, there are stores which offer devices that
functions similarly as the Google PowerMeter. In the United
Kingdom, these devices can be purchased from AlertMe, in the
United States through Current Cost or the Energy Detective. If you
live in Canada, the UK, Australia or New Zealand, you can also
purchase a device through Current Cost.
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