New App Makes it Easy to Save Energy

A new Energy Monitor App enables utilities to provide their consumers with a complete overview of their home energy consumption and increase their energy awareness which in overall terms should result in energy savings within the consumer's own four walls. Thus, the App can form part of the utilities' energy-saving efforts and support the EU 20-20-20 targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, increasing the share of renewables in the energy consumption by 20% and improving energy efficiency by 20% by 2020.

The Energy Monitor App is developed by Smart Metering-provider Kamstrup to empower consumers in harmony with the message delivered by EU Commissioner for Climate, Connie Hedegaard, on the 19th World Congress Hong Kong, 4 May 2011: “Consumers play a crucial role in defining our consumption patterns and can in that way also contribute to the fight against climate change.”

With the App, utilities can offer their consumers the complete overview of their home energy consumption. The consumer can graphically follow his energy consumption anytime, anywhere and has the possibility of taking action on sudden changes in the consumption or even reduce it for the benefit of the environment.

The App automatically collects new data, and the consumer can therefore follow his daily, weekly, monthly and yearly energy consumption anytime, anywhere and compare the consumption of up to three years. At the same time, he can see his standby consumption, i.e. he can overview the total kWh costs of not switching off the TV or the computer at the mains when not using them as well as the costs of the old refrigerator. This results in increased consumer energy awareness and provides them an incentive to make energy saving choices when e.g. investing in a new refrigerator.

As an extra feature, the utilities can communicate directly with their consumers via the App as they can send out information about news, grid breakdowns, energy saving tips and tricks, energy prices on various times of the day etc. In addition to functioning as a true information platform, the utilities can also use the information to increase the consumers' energy awareness and thus change their impact.

In-app features such as alarms can be added to the App. With an alarm feature, the consumer can easily go on holiday knowing full well that he is notified in case consumption exceeds a certain limit at home. The App can e.g. be configured to send an alarm if the consumption exceeds the standby consumption. The consumer can then take action on the alarm.

The App will at first be launched for electricity utilities, but in the long term, heat and water utilities will also have the possibility to offer it to their consumers.

The App is released for iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and Android and is available in App Store and Google Play.

Kamstrup A/S serves energy companies and utilities with metering solutions for electricity, heat, cooling water and natural gas. Our solutions include Smart Grid applications, Smart Metering systems, energy meters and water meters. Energy and water meters from Kamstrup are installed in homes worldwide securing fair billing and an efficient use of energy. Kamstrup was founded in 1946 and today has representations in more than 50 countries. Products and solutions are Danish made.

Kamstrup A/S
Industrivej 28, Stilling
DK-8660 Skanderborg

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