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SPRINGFIELD, Ill., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sweltering hot days make it harder to keep your home cool, straining air conditioning systems and energy budgets. The Energy Education Council (EEC) offers some simple tips to boost comfort and save on electric bills during the sultriest of days: Change or clean your air conditioner (AC) filter monthly during the cooling season. Ensure air can move freely around the AC unit coils. Remove surrounding leaves and plant overgrowth. Use...
MILWAUKEE, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI.OB), developer of the revolutionary EcoSmart energy management platform incorporating patented Recovery Time(TM) technology, announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with the Gustave A. Larson Company, a leading wholesale distributor of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment, parts and supplies. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111011/NY83909LOGO ) The...
PEORIA, Ill., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the prospect of more hot weather for the next several days, Ameren Illinois is advising customers on how to stay safe and cool while better managing their electricity usage. Typically, residential customers use more electricity during the summer months than the rest of the year. Most of this additional electricity is used to operate air conditioners. "We work to maintain the reliability of our energy delivery system to meet the higher...
Beat the heat and save money at home (PRWEB) June 21, 2012 The dog days of summer have officially arrived, so now is the time to stay out of the heat and ensure the air conditioning system runs efficiently throughout the cooling season. Keeping the energy bill down and air conditioner running effectively can be accomplished with a little planning and maintenance. “The last thing you want to happen during the hot summer months is to have problems with your air conditioning,” said Doyle...
MILWAUKEE, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Telkonet, Inc. (OTC BB: TKOI.OB), developer of the revolutionary EcoSmart energy management platform incorporating patented Recovery Time(TM) technology announced today that Pacific Energy Services & Facilities, Inc., a Telkonet partner, completed the sale and installation of an EcoSmart energy management solution at the 426-room Hyatt Place - Waikiki in Honolulu, Hawaii. The installation featured the first usage of the EcoRemote, an...
NEWARK, N.J., June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PSE&G residential customers will pay 2.8 percent less for electricity this summer - and 3.6 percent less on an annual basis - as the result of a price reduction that took effect June 1. Even so, demand for electricity rises as the weather gets hot and air conditioners start humming, and so the utility is offering the following tips to help customers reduce energy use and control costs. Install a programmable thermostat and...
CHESTER, Pa., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- After an abnormally warm winter and spring, many homeowners have already begun sweating the inevitable increase in their electricity usage that arrives along with warm summer weather. In addition to the longer days and more frequent thunderstorms most regions experience every summer, the Farmer's Almanac is predicting record high temperatures across the country in 2012. The combination of those factors can wreak havoc on a home during...
Michael Harper for RedOrbit.com What happens when people leave the Apple team to start other projects? Some try to revamp old, outdated retail chains, some go on to design social networks, and some try to innovate and take over the yawn-worthy market of HVAC. Case in point, so-called “Grandfather of the iPod” Tony Fadell, who left Apple in 2010 to work on the Nest project, a different take on the common home thermostat. Now, it seems as if Apple will throw some business...
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Tempronics, Inc. (Tempronics) today announced the cooled and heated Temperfect(TM) office chair. The user has complete control of the chair's temperature. The company embeds solid-state chips into the seat and back, each functioning as a tiny heat pump. Seven adjustments enable ergonomic positioning of the seat, back, recliner, and arm rests. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120515/CG04920) "In any given office,...
CHELMSFORD, Mass., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Introducing Millennial Net's Wi-Stat IIIp-S - the first 100% standalone programmable pneumatic thermostat on the market which allows occupancy scheduling without an energy management solution. It is designed for easy retrofit to existing 2 pipe pneumatic HVAC infrastructures without disruptive and expensive rewiring. Wi-Stat IIIp-S replaces existing manual thermostats and provides the ability to program Weekday/Weekend occupancy...
