SAN ANTONIO – Consert Inc., an intelligent energy management company that provides the most advanced high-value load management suite available in the marketplace, has added an AC T-Stat program that allows for real-time control and measurement of air conditioner cycling for residential and light commercial HVAC systems that is also compatible with mesh or cellular communications.
“Our AC T-Stat program gives utilities greater proficiency by wirelessly controlling outdoor central air conditioner or heat pump compressors using communicating thermostats to reduce demand during seasonal peaking,” said Consert Vice President Jeff Ebihara. “Not only does this benefit the utility, but it provides consumers with real-time consumption information for greater management of their AC usage.”
The new AC T-Stat program also provides:
• secure consumer portals with program management, energy usage snapshot, event indicator, incentive information;
• utility portals with conservation event scheduler and start/stop diversity;
• over/under VAR management;
• data visualization for historical and forecast load data;
• customizable parameters set by the utility;
• wide voltage range support 120-240 VAC;
• ZigBee, cellular and/or mesh communications; and
• firmware upgrades over-the-air.
The technical specifications and interfaces of the consumer and utility portal are available on the Consert website at Consert.com(). Consert also offers additional programs in its advanced load management product suite.
Consert converts electric consumption in homes and small businesses into cost-effective, clean sources of capacity and energy reserves for utilities. The Consert load management solution is based on real-time, wireless technology that allows participants to conserve energy using a web-based, home area network. Consert utilizes wireless networks to provide real-time communication to the Consert data center. These highly secure networks deliver fast data speeds and increased efficiencies for utilities.
About Consert Inc.
Consert Inc. is an intelligent load management technology company that provides the most advanced high-value load management suite available in the marketplace. Consert’s Virtual Peak PlantTM load management system is the only solution proven to provide reliable, real-time, fully-integrated load management through the pairing of utility and consumer offerings. Consert, recent winner of a CTIA E-Tech Award and CS Week Expanding Excellence Award and the recipient of the 2012 Going Green Award in the Leadership Private Sector category by the San Antonio Business Journal, is a partner with Hometown Connections and Texas Electric Cooperatives and is a member of the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative. A demonstration of the application as used by a residential consumer can be viewed at http://bit.ly/ConsertAtHome. For more information, visit Consert.com. Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/consert(). Follow us on Twitter @Consert Inc.