Ecova,
a total energy and sustainability management company, today announced
its commitment
to support deployment of Green Button. Inspired by a White House
call to action in 2011, Green Button is an industry-led effort that
empowers energy consumers to take control over their energy use and
costs by enabling easy download of household or building energy-use data
in a consumer- and technology-friendly format. Green Button creates a
consistent data set and new ways to access data. Green Button also
allows third parties, such as Ecova, to work with their clients to
connect to the data and provide added insights to help manage energy use.
“Green Button is a game changer in terms of energy efficiency. We know
that when energy consumers – both commercial and residential – have
access to and understand their energy consumption data, they make
changes to use less. Some of our commercial clients and utility partners
see tremendous opportunity from the adoption of Green Button standards.
We’re joining the initiative now to help drive further adoption of these
standards,” said Jeff
Heggedahl, CEO of Ecova. “Ecova has been helping clients become more
efficient for nearly 20 years. Green Button gives us a new way to
deliver the best energy management services available.”
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
In the U.S. buildings represent 40 percent of all energy consumption in
the country. Commercial and industrial facilities account for half of
that consumption. Large companies with hundreds and even thousands of
sites have complex and unique data needs. Understanding their energy
consumption requires working with hundreds of utilities to gather data,
which, because it comes in various formats, is time consuming and makes
energy management a challenge. These companies need interoperable and
real-time data feeds to maximize their energy management efforts.
Ecova and San
Diego Gas & Electric have recently
collaborated to help SDG&E’s commercial clients have visibility into
meter data through Ecova’s Meter
Dashboard. Using Green Button Connect My Data platform provided by
SDG&E, Ecova incorporates the interval meter data into its energy
monitoring product, Meter Dashboard, which companies use to view their
energy use and identify ways to reduce their consumption. The Meter
Dashboard also provides data visualization tools to help clients quickly
identify specific sites that are using more energy than other sites. The
Meter Dashboard is expected to be available for SDG&E customers in May,
2013.
Ecova’s energy management programs work with more than 700 clients
and over 700,000 buildings.
UTILITY COMPANIES
Home energy consumers have an increasing interest in controlling their
energy use and utilities need to provide new and innovative ways to
achieve energy savings. For consumers, Green Button provides secure,
easy-to-understand information about how they are using energy in their
households. New innovative applications can be developed to identify
energy usage trends, potential savings for customers and new ways to
measure actual energy savings for utilities.
“Through our Utility
Program Solutions business, we partner with Utilities to maximize
their energy efficiency programs,” said Heggedahl. “Technology is
playing a greater role than ever before in identifying and reaching
consumers. Green Button opens up even greater opportunities to help
consumers save energy and money.”
About Ecova
Ecova is the total energy and sustainability management company
whose sole purpose is to see
more, save
more, and sustain
more for its clients. Using insights based on consumption, cost and
carbon footprint data spanning thousands of utilities, hundreds of
thousands of business sites and millions of households, Ecova provides
fully managed, technology-optimized solutions for saving resources,
which in turn increase returns, lower risks, and enhance reputations.
Ecova is the largest non-regulated subsidiary of Avista Corp (NYSE:AVA
and avistacorp.com).
For more information, visit the company’s website at ecova.com,
on LinkedIn at linkd.in/ecovainc,
or follow Ecova on Twitter at @ecovainc.
