August 11, 2008—Agilewaves, Inc., provider of resource conservation technology solutions, recently announced what it calls the world’s first native integration of a resource monitor with a control system.
The Miller Design Company in Woodside, California, is the first building to complete this comprehensive installation, integrating Agilewaves’ award-winning Resource Monitor with a Crestron control system. Now, Miller Design can track its utility use in real time, while simultaneously controlling the climate, entertainment, and lighting, rendering it a truly “smart building.”
Agilewaves’ Resource Monitor delivers real-time information via touchscreen, Web page, or phone about gas, electricity, and water use. Studies have shown that feedback alone can yield an average 10-15% reduction in consumption, often far exceeding 20%.
Control systems such as those made by Crestron can automate electric, gas, and water systems as well as lighting, HVAC, entertainment, and security. By closing the loop between feedback and control, Agilewaves has connected consumption monitoring with its management—all on the single interface that is familiar to the control system user.
Agilewaves’ Resource Monitor has always provided users with the ability to set limits for their utility consumption—reflected in dollars, carbon, gallons, or kilowatts. Prior to this development, the Resource Monitor would alert the user through an e-mail or text message when it was reaching its target threshold. The user would then identify behavioral efficiency steps to reduce their energy use.
Now, if a preset limit is reached, the Resource Monitor can pro-actively signal the control systems to take direct action, such as shutting off water, dimming lights, lowering the blinds, or adjusting thermostats. This ultimately results in improved energy and water efficiency, reduced costs, and a minimal environmental footprint, says Agilewaves.
