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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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New Offering Enables Hotels to Improve Energy Conservation Measures Without Upfront Cost

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Continuing to bring real value to our customers is a top priority. That’s why we’re thrilled to be able to offer hospitality customers who are enrolled in our Efficiency Made Easy (EME) program Telkonet’s EcoSmart energy management system.

Efficiency Made Easy bundles a multi-year electricity agreement with energy conservation measures. The cost of efficiency upgrades is included in the price of the electricity in competitive markets over the length of the agreement. At the end of the agreement, customers retain the full benefits of the EcoSmart energy management system. Click here to download our EME white paper for more information.…
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5 Business Problems Load Response and Energy Efficiency May Be Able to Solve

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1) High Power Bill Costs

Every year, businesses pay capacity and transmission related charges that account for 20-30% of their total electric bill. Yet, most of these charges are due to using power during several system-wide “peak” hours each year. Your capacity and transmission charges for the following year are based on your energy usage during these system-wide “peak hours.” Wouldn’t it be useful to actually know when those system-wide peak hours occurred so that you can better manage your usage during those periods? Through the Constellation Peak Response program, our team of load response experts will predict the peak setting hours and send you day-ahead email notifications and day-of reminders when these peak hours are expected to occur. These notifications will let you know when you should curtail energy use, which is strictly on a voluntary basis.  Our success in predicting these peak setting hours has saved participating customers money since implementing this program in 2010.…
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New Offering Allows Retailers to Incorporate Load Response into Energy Management Strategies

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Retailers face unique challenges when it comes to managing energy use for distributed sites. To help ease these challenges, Constellation’s VirtuWatt™ Link web services application will now be made available with the Opus Building Automation System (BAS) by Novar, a Honeywell business unit and leading provider of multi-site energy management solutions.…
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At White House Event, Constellation Demonstrates Leadership in Load Response

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As the company that currently services more than 380 federal government sites and 4,000 government customers in 47 states, Constellation was invited to participate in the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) GreenGov Dialogue on Demand Response at the end of February.

CEQ convened leaders from government, the private sector, non-profits and academia to identify opportunities to reduce the federal government’s peak energy demand and share lessons learned and innovations in peak energy use reduction. I was honored to be asked to provide my insights alongside other thought leaders on how the federal government can increase its participation in demand response, which is essential to achieving real energy savings.…
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Lower Your Power Bill with Rate Response

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Commercial and industrial customers enrolled in a Load Response program typically receive payments from their utility, ISO or curtailment service provider in the form of a check, months after an event has occurred. But, wouldn’t it be nice to see immediate benefits and be able to manage your energy strategy in a more comprehensive way?

Our latest energy option, Rate Response, does just that. By combining electricity supply with Load Response products, customers can choose to receive a reduced rate on their electricity supply throughout the year or a…
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