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Google PowerMeter

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.

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Google PowerMeter

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  1. Google PowerMeter

  2. Google PowerMeter Logo

  3. 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.

  4. Reviews: “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) Savings: 26% decrease in energy bills or $1080 saved per year Savings: 40% decrease in energy bills or $240 saved per year

  5. Track Your Energy. Use Less. Save Energy and Money Why Use Google PowerMeter Google PowerMeter helps in tracking Energy Consumption.Once energy consumption has been determined, steps to help conserve Energycan be achieved and ultimately help save the household more Money.

  6. Disadvantage Google PowerMeter is currently not available to everyone but Google will certainly be branching out.  If your utility provider is not listed as a Google PowerMeterParter, you will need to purchase of a power meter device that my cost you money initially.

  7. 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.

  8. Summary • 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.

  9. 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.

  10. This presentation has been made possible through : http://www.cbronline.com/news/google_turns_its_attention_to_saving_the_planet_291009 http://www.helium.com/items/1849190-what-is-google-powermeter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_PowerMeter http://www.google.com/powermeter/about/user-stories.html http://www.google.com/powermeter/about/about.html http://www.google.com/powermeter/about/faqs.html

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