Energy Stewards™: Organizes improved energy management for a group of buildings. Energy Stewards™ is a web platform that has an energy action table, a web log, and graphs of key performance measures to catalyze savings in dollars, energy, and greenhouse gases. Integrates with ENERGY STAR®'s Portfolio Manager.
We know how to build custom information systems that inform and enhance your commitment to sustainable design. We can adapt our off-the-shelf tools to your needs or build a new solution.
Custom examples include:
Solar Chicken--Lays eggs to convey solar energy production--Madison Children's Museum, Madison, WI.
Public Display of Resource Use -- Lobby, Riverside Medical Clinic, Riverside, CA.
Low-Cost Resource Monitoring -- SenseDat Analyzer adapted in to a range of needs: Affiliated Engineers, Madison, WI; 20kW wind turbine, Burlington, WI; Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee, WI.
Easy-To-Use Resource Analysis -- Applied to range of small to medium sized businesses and schools: Edgewood Science Class, Madison, WI; Water Utility, Janesville, WI; Armour Elementary, Chicago, IL.
Hands-On, Low-Cost Photovoltaic System -- MicroPV Prototype, Madison, WI
These related solutions are no longer in production after serving customers for five years.
1. WebViewer™: Displays detailed energy data trended over time, a key step to more effective energy management. WebViewer™ is a cost-effective, web-based system that converts meter data into easy-to-use graphs, tables, and downloadable files.
3. Energy Gadget™: Conveys energy use to a community of users to support an energy or power management program. Energy Gadget™ is a small window that sits on a user’s computer desktop and gives regular updates of energy use or average power in a recent interval.
