VirtuWatt utilizes a combination of hardware and online applications to function as an intuitive energy management system. The VirtuWatt app will enable commercial power users to view real time energy usage, spot trends and see current electricity market pricing remotely from multiple locations.
This will allow users to identify opportunities to shift operations to lower cost energy periods through participation in load reduction programs that will help cut energy use during periods of peak demand on electricity grids.
The VirtuWatt app, which is available for the iPhone or iPod touch devices, is expected to be made available through an iTunes update in the fall of 2010. The company is working on optimizing the app for the iPad and other smart phone platforms, including Android and BlackBerry.
Constellation NewEnergy senior vice president of load response Peter Detwiler said that the VirtuWatt app gives its customers all of the tools and data necessary to manage and optimize their energy consumption from virtually any location.
“We know that energy decisions aren’t always made near a computer or during normal business hours, so extending VirtuWatt’s mobility through an app was a natural evolution for our energy management solution,” Detwiler said.