9 responses to “TED: The Energy Detective”

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   Spencer McKee February 21st, 2009 at 12:34

   This is along the lines of our product idea for Entr200, even down to the web check-up idea. This would defiantly be a cool thing to have though, to see where you’re wasting energy.

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   Trisha Delsart February 21st, 2009 at 15:48

   I worked at an electrical contracting company and one of my jobs was to build panels like this one and let me tell you it was a pain! This is a good invention but it seems like people could unplug things they are not using to save energy. The machine is nice to have but unnecessary.

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   Jongho James Lee February 21st, 2009 at 17:37

   I think this is a good device because it lets you know where people are wasting their energy in their houses. The device can eventually help people to stop waste energy in their homes and save money. It is a device that is environmental friendly.

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   Isaiah Johnson February 21st, 2009 at 17:59

   Definitely a great way to save money. More people should look into this as a part of their homes.

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   Vincent Witzel February 21st, 2009 at 20:15

   Good thing our group chose a different idea for our final concept statement, because one of the ideas we had proposed in our preliminary statement was very similar to this (i.e., TED)! It is a very neat idea and whenever I build/buy my own house, I’ll make sure to get something similar installed from the get-go!

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   Breanna Ware February 21st, 2009 at 21:28

   The way this company went beyond their initial product and created the software to help their customers save the data on their computers and further work with that data is a useful feature. The live dashboard is set up in such a way that it makes it extremely easy to understand your home’s energy useage. If I had my own home, I would invest in this product.

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   Matthew DeRose February 23rd, 2009 at 09:46

   I think that this is a great idea. It would be ideal for college students I think, or at least i could use it for my electric bill. One does not know what uses the most power until they get an electric bill, and if this is a helpful way to reduce the costs then who wouldn’t be game for it.

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   Ryan Wilsey February 26th, 2009 at 11:29

   Heyyyy it’s Ryan!

   What an awesome device! I’ve actually been wanting something like that – a device that I could use to monitor just how much things really do cost me, and how important it -really- is to keep the lights off when I’m not in the room.

   I don’t think I could hook this up to my apartment’s panel as it’s sealed up, but maybe I could get my parents to try it out.

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   Crystal Reno February 26th, 2009 at 12:31

   This seems like something my roommates and I could use, and probably most other people who don’t like opening the mail you get when you know your bill is inside but don’t really want to see the amount. This would be very useful to my parents, and the footprints would make it that much easier for them. I think this is a very good investment to look into.