Posted by Del Hilber
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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Posted by Michael D Smith
Bringing disruptive technological advancements to the market can be a long, difficult and challenging process. Last week, I had the honor of moderating a panel of business leaders from some of the most innovative companies on energy’s leading technological edge.
The panel included Chris Norris, President and CEO of Alta Devices; Howard Janzen, President and CEO of Cool Planet Energy Systems; Gary Fromer, Senior VP, Load Response, Constellation; and Lars Andersen, CEO of FloDesign Wind Turbine. Described below are summaries of the cutting edge innovations…
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Posted by Gary Fromer
At Constellation we’ve always believed that technology is key to helping customers make the most of their energy use — whether it’s access to energy market information or the ability to track their usage and implement energy savings solutions. In fact, we developed our VirtuWatt™ energy management application in response to our customers’ need for improved data access and automation capabilities.
From June 13-14 thought leaders in the building automation industry will gather at IBcon in Las Vegas. It is the first global conference and tradeshow specifically dedicated to bringing together all aspects of…
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Posted by Del Hilber
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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Posted by Mark Huston
As Del Hilber mentioned in a blog post a couple of months ago, since Constellation Energy launched VirtuWatt™ we’ve heard powerful stories from a number of customers about how the demand response technology has made energy management a more energy efficient and cost-effective process.
For example, commercial real estate leader Vornado/Charles E. Smith (VNO/CES) prevented damage to its equipment by using VirtuWatt. With VirtuWatt, they were able to identify a chiller anomaly in one of their properties. By monitoring consumption levels, the system proactively identified that temperatures were set at unanticipated points, resulting in their upstream chiller malfunctioning…
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