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How Much Power Do You Use?
- Do you worry about how much electricity you use every month?
- Do you wish you were spending less money on energy?
- Are you concerned about the environment and power generation issues and want to do your part to use less energy?
If these apply to you, think of what Peter F. Drucker said:
"What's measured is improved."
Now you can monitor your energy use in real time, right from your PC!
Introducing The Energy Detective(TM) with Footprints(TM) Software
Did you know that most households pay thousands of dollars a year for electricity? Thousands!
The Energy Detective (TED) can easily help you save 10-20% on your electric bill - hundreds
of dollars - and the more you save, the more you help your neighbors, the community, and protect our environment.
How exactly does TED help? It's really a simple concept - If you can measure it, you can manage it. That's what TED is all about. An intuitive, real-time, accurate electricity monitor, TED monitors your energy usage and presents the information to you in a simple, easy-to-understand format. When it comes to energy management, TED is simply the best. Period.
The Energy Detective (TM) is a power measuring device that Focus Electric can easily install into your breaker panel. It comes with TED Footprints (TM) software (which we'll configure for you), allowing you to monitor your power ussage in real time, right from your PC! With its patented solution to home energy management, TED quantifies electricity and displays the results on its easy-to-read LCD screen. Unlike some complicated electricity conservation systems, TED is a simple, intuitive and affordable way to monitor and manage your entire home's energy consumption. Think of it as your home's speedometer.
With its two-second reaction time, TED provides immediate feedback on energy usage. For you, that means no surprises. You can see what you're spending on electricity each second, as well as what you've spent so far today or so far this month.
For a more comprehensive look at your electricity usage, and to really 'see' where you may be wasting electricity (AND MONEY) check out "TED Footprints"... dynamic software that allows you to log your electricity usage on your PC for graphing, charting, seeing trends, load-profiling and much more!
Click here to download the informational brochure.
TED Footprints Software
TED Footprints is data-logging software designed to provide very detailed information about your use of electricity. TED Footprints is available as an option for TED and requires an unlock key to activate the data port.
How does TED Footprints work? Simply connect TED to your PC via USB or Serial connection (depending on the model of TED that you have), and TED Footprints will begin tracking and logging your usage every second.
- Discover trends of usage, times of waste
- Dashboard view of real-time usage, displaying all data stored within TED on your PC
- View data in kW, Dollar, or in CO2 format at the push of a button
- Logs Time of Use in kWh, Dollars and Voltage
- Graphs/charts all logged data in kWh, Dollars, or Voltage
- Graphs/charts are printable
- Calendar for viewing is flexible: view day, week, month, year.
- Data is logged in background
- Load-Profile major appliances, such as Water Heater, HVAC system, or other heavy loads. Records time-of-use, run-time and cost-to-run specified loads.
The Energy Detective (TM) will pay for itself in just months! And here's the best part: we take care of everything!
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do I need you guys? Can't I just buy one of these myself?
If you have the electrical skills and feel comfortable hooking it into your breaker panel, you absolutely can! We'll
even tell you where to get it: http://www.theenergydetective.com/store - Our service is
aimed toward people who want to save money on energy but don't have the electrical skills (or the time!)
Helpful Links/News
Mavromatic Technoblog Review of TED:
http://www.mavromatic.com/archives/000640.asp
Mavromatic Technoblog Video Review of TED:
http://www.mavromatic.com/archives/000674.asp
MapAWatt Review of TED:
http://blog.mapawatt.com/2009/02/27/the-energy-detective/
NRG Blog - The Accidental Environmentalist:
http://nrgblog.net/2009/03/21/the-accidental-environmentalist/
Popular Mechanics Article on TED:
http://www.theenergydetective.com/media/PopMechMarch08.pdf
#3 in AOL's Energy Saving Tips:
http://www.switched.com/2008/10/16/how-to-save-money-on-your-monthly-tech-bills-3/
If you think you'd like one of these T.E.D. Energy Detectives installed in your house, or just want to know more about it, call us at 256-852-3274 - we'd love to help you!