Comments on: Wattvision’s Down and Dirty Energy Management Dreams http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/ Helping the Earth with Technology Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:20:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Under $100 At Fry’s: The PowerCost Monitor http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-45600 Under $100 At Fry’s: The PowerCost Monitor Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:46:35 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-45600 <p>[...] below $100 put the PowerCost Monitor at the front of the consumer energy management pack? When I interviewed Savraj Singh, the founder of Y-Combinator startup Wattvision, which makes a gadget like the PowerCost Monitor, [...]</p> [...] below $100 put the PowerCost Monitor at the front of the consumer energy management pack? When I interviewed Savraj Singh, the founder of Y-Combinator startup Wattvision, which makes a gadget like the PowerCost Monitor, [...]

]]> By: Tom Leys http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-45400 Tom Leys Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:50:23 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-45400 <p>Energy Saver, The device you mention has no history of power usage, is only 5% accurate and the collected data never makes its way online.</p> <p>Web enabled products such as Gridspy and WattVision allow you to check into your house from anywhere, spot historical power trends and gain a real understanding of long term power usage. It also makes it much easier for our customers to talk about power saving with their friends.</p> <p>Also, in the case of Gridspy - we split the power usage up into multiple channels so it is easy to see where the power is going. Combined with long term data acquisition, Gridspy makes it possible to evaluate what sort of power measures are worthwhile and how much you will really save.</p> Energy Saver, The device you mention has no history of power usage, is only 5% accurate and the collected data never makes its way online.

Web enabled products such as Gridspy and WattVision allow you to check into your house from anywhere, spot historical power trends and gain a real understanding of long term power usage. It also makes it much easier for our customers to talk about power saving with their friends.

Also, in the case of Gridspy – we split the power usage up into multiple channels so it is easy to see where the power is going. Combined with long term data acquisition, Gridspy makes it possible to evaluate what sort of power measures are worthwhile and how much you will really save.

]]> By: Commercial Buildings + Energy Management = $6.8B-a-Year Market http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-42069 Commercial Buildings + Energy Management = $6.8B-a-Year Market Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:31:08 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-42069 <p>[...] job. Or Lucid could work on packaging its software and sensor product into a relatively low-cost (some think it has to be dirt cheap to sell to consumers), probably low-margin box to sell to a market that’s still in a very [...]</p> [...] job. Or Lucid could work on packaging its software and sensor product into a relatively low-cost (some think it has to be dirt cheap to sell to consumers), probably low-margin box to sell to a market that’s still in a very [...]

]]> By: Why the Smart Grid Won’t Have the Innovations of the Internet Any Time Soon http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-32415 Why the Smart Grid Won’t Have the Innovations of the Internet Any Time Soon Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:01:46 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-32415 <p>[...] course new energy management tools (like a Wattvision) are coming out that can bypass the utility data system and can get closer to real time information [...]</p> [...] course new energy management tools (like a Wattvision) are coming out that can bypass the utility data system and can get closer to real time information [...]

]]> By: Google Makes Utility & Smart Meter Friends for PowerMeter http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-31357 Google Makes Utility & Smart Meter Friends for PowerMeter Wed, 20 May 2009 06:12:55 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-31357 <p>[...] enough data to help them modify their behavior. That could be where a company like Tendril, or WattVision comes in. [...]</p> [...] enough data to help them modify their behavior. That could be where a company like Tendril, or WattVision comes in. [...]

]]> By: Wattvision’s Down and Dirty Energy Management Dreams « SmartGrid Current http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-30015 Wattvision’s Down and Dirty Energy Management Dreams « SmartGrid Current Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:11 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-30015 <p>[...] Wattvision’s Down and Dirty Energy Management Dreams Posted April 28, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized | http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/ [...]</p> [...] Wattvision’s Down and Dirty Energy Management Dreams Posted April 28, 2009 Filed under: Uncategorized | http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/ [...]

]]> By: Steven http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-29943 Steven Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:46:10 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-29943 <p>I'm curious - how is it that you can post an article from Business Week without attribution? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090424_330132.htm</p> I’m curious – how is it that you can post an article from Business Week without attribution? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/apr2009/tc20090424_330132.htm

]]> By: Energy Saver http://earth2tech.com/2009/04/26/wattvisions-down-and-dirty-energy-management-dreams/#comment-29927 Energy Saver Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:41:42 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/?p=29618#comment-29927 <p>Tying this to the internet and doing a social network is all cool but here is a product you can buy for about $100 wireless and all. And I found this in a 2 min google search. I wonder if this company really has legs.</p> <p>https://www.chooserenewables.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16155&cat=266&page=1</p> Tying this to the internet and doing a social network is all cool but here is a product you can buy for about $100 wireless and all. And I found this in a 2 min google search. I wonder if this company really has legs.

https://www.chooserenewables.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16155&cat=266&page=1

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