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Constellation’s VirtuWatt™ Explained in a “Howcast” Video

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Want to learn how our VirtuWatt™ platform works in a simple and engaging manner?

Howcast, known for their high-quality and useful how-to videos, recently put out a short video that clearly explains how our VirtuWatt platform operates in a step-by-step process.

Constellation’s VirtuWatt’s key features include:

  • Energy market access at your fingertips.
  • Provides users with real-time energy consumption data at 1-minute granularity.
  • Offers the ability to export usage data to multiple software platforms.
  • Gives access to real-time pricing and energy cost calculations, which are useful when building a budget and

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What is “Smart Grid”?

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Consumers are mostly puzzled when they hear the term “smart grid.” According to Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative’s (SGCC) latest ‘State of the Consumer Report’, approximately 75% of consumers either have never heard the term smart grid or don’t know what it means (Source: SmartGridNews).

Since Constellation is active in supporting smart grid advancement, we’re offering some information about the topic and how it can best be leveraged to benefit your business.…
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VirtuWatt™ Link Now Available For Customers to Automate Load Response Participation

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We are thrilled to announce the launch of VirtuWatt™ Link, the first web service application to facilitate automated load response program participation for businesses and organizations nationwide. The new application will allow businesses and organizations to use their facilities’ existing automation systems to manage load curtailment based on energy market signals and pre-set strategies, without needing to install proprietary building controls hardware.…
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Live from GreenGov: Strategies for Effective Energy Management

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Energy management strategies vary between government, non-profit and the private sector. For example, Executive Orders such as EO 13514 & EO 13423 require government agencies to adhere to a strict set of guidelines pertaining to energy reduction, economic, and environmental performance. The Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) ensures that Federal agencies meet the various energy related goals and regulatory requirements.

I was fortunate to join in on a discussion yesterday about how to achieve energy management goals and targets in existing facilities with leaders from the Green Building Initiative, U.S. Department…
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VirtuWattMobile 2.0 Now Available

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Exciting news! Constellation’s VirtuWatt™ mobile app is now available on iOS and Android mobile platforms. Customers that are using iPhone® and Android™ devices can easily find VirtuWattMobile in their respective app stores.

VirtuWatt helps our customers manage and analyze energy usage, with an easy-to-use dashboard that enables businesses to implement cost-saving energy strategies and automate participation in demand response programs. The latest release of VirtuWattMobile includes a variety of upgrades, enabling our customers to take advantage of ISO program incentives in all regional ISOs.

Key features of…
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VirtuWatt 3.1: New Notification & Monitoring Capabilities

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Exciting news for our customers using VirtuWatt™! We’re proud to introduce VirtuWatt 3.1, the newest version of our online energy management application, which features a number of upgrades.

The latest features were implemented following feedback from our customers. The latest version of VirtuWatt now includes:


 VirtuWatt™ Notify

- Customers using VirtuWatt can set high and low price and load thresholds
- Customers will receive e-mail notification when those thresholds have been exceeded.

Key Benefit: This will be particularly useful to our customers in situations where…
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