Ewgeco has been invited to exhibit at the Greenbuild Expo event at Manchester Central on the 8th and 9th of May.  We will be on stand A2 near the Sustainable Cities seminar room.

Our founder and user experience designer Ken McCorkindale will be speaking in the Purple room on the 9th of May at 1pm on the topic, ‘Making your staff into energy managers - How to achieve persistent energy reductions through behavioural change, continuing to keep staff motivated and effective, and how to engage with them in the first instance.’

We look forward to seeing you all in Manchester.

Our Founder and User Interface Designer Ken McCorkindale is presenting today at the Scottish Government M2M (Machine to Machine) event at the Hilton Glasgow.  He will be discussing the impact of smart meters on enabling smarter buildings.

Ewgeco has been shortlisted in the Behavioural Change category at the Greenbuild Awards.  The awards are to recognise products and services that have an impact on a buildings performance and sustainability.

The winners will be announced on the 8th of May.  Wish us luck!

Ewgeco is exhibiting until the 7th of March at Ecobuild under the Scottish Pavilion   Come along and talk to our Marketing Manager, Ian Clark and Housing Sales Director, Terry Hawksby.

One of the founder’s of Ewgeco spoke at the ESTA automatic and targeting 11th annual conference on the topic of behavioural change and engagement aspect of energy management.  To view  copy of his slides please see the link below:

http://www.esta.org.uk/EVENTS/2013_02_28_aMT_Conference/index.php

The presentation was well received and a topic of debate among the exhibitors who attended.

Companies could cut the running costs of their fleets by an average of £350,000 and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 5% (830 tonnes) each year by replacing just 10% of their current vehicles with electric models. The potential savings were identified in a British Gas study conducted by the UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). The report found that converting 50% of a fleet to electric vehicles would result in an average annual cost saving of £1,753,000 for companies and reduce CO2 emissions in Britain by around 26% (2,320,000 tonnes).

Ewgeco is working hard to advance its NetThings Energy Management Solution to bring more intelligence to electric vehicle charging to ensure vehicles are charged at the most efficient time, improving things yet further on what the study has highlighted, either taking advantage of the lowest tariff by time of day automatically or by ensuring that the the vehicles are charged coincidental to optimum renewables output, be that Solar PV or Wind.

For more information please refer to http://www.smartmeters.com/the-news/renewable-energy-news/3752-british-gas-study-finds-ev-benefits.html

Analysis by renowned consultancy McKinsey & Co and DECC (Department for Energy and Climate Change) suggests that there is significant scope to deliver real reductions in electricity consumption in homes by incentivising behaviourchange measures. Evidence from the US suggests that innovative uses of real-time energy consumption data (such as that displayed on IHDs (In-Home Displays) combined with targeted recommendations (on where realistic savings can be made) can encourage households to reduce their electricity consumption significantly, thus reducing their bills and carbon footprint.

These savings are in addition to those resulting from building fabric changes, such as those to be funded within the scope of the Green Deal.

It is worth bearing in mind that the research also highlights significant potential to drive more electricity savings in non-domestic buildings through measures such as high-efficiency lighting, lighting controls and HVAC controls. Ewgeco real-time energy displays have been shown in multiple trials to deliver in excess of 10% energy savings again and again, even when these other building fabric changes have been carried out, because of employee energy engagement leading to sustainable behavioural change.

The full consultation document can be downloaded here…

http://www.decc.gov.uk/assets/decc/11/consultation/electricity-demand-reduction/7075-electricity-demand-reduction-consultation-on-optio.pdf

Around 300,000 extra households could be forced into fuel poverty within weeks, according to The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (a lobby group funded by the Department of Energy), who have asked David Cameron to tackle what it describes as a “spiralling” problem.

Energy prices have risen by 7% on average this year, taking the average annual direct debit bill to £1,247.

More on this story can be found here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20751708

Dynamic (real-time) energy displays, that let households understand how much their energy is costing at any given time help people make informed decisions about what they are using and hopefully reduce their consumption and alleviate these rising utility costs.

In studies this has typically resulted in around 10% reductions in electricity bills and even more from gas. Please refer to our advice page to find energy saving tips to try and keep your costs as low as possible.

https://www.ewgeco.com/saving-hints-and-tips

Ewgeco Press Release

—Ewgeco Scooped The Changing Behaviour Trophy At The Prestigious 2012 Vision In Business For The Environment Of Scotland (Vibes) Awards In Glasgow—

Clean Tech Firm, Ewgeco has been recognised for its commitment to environmental excellence at Scotland’s leading sustainable business awards (on Thursday, 29 November).

Ewgeco based in Edinburgh won the Changing Behaviour Award beating off stiff competition from businesses across Scotland and was presented with their award at this year’s VIBES 2012 awards ceremony, which was held at the Glasgow Marriott Hotel.

Now in its thirteenth year, the Vision in Business for the Environment of Scotland (VIBES) awards programme recognises the commitment, actions and achievements of Scottish companies in reducing their impact on the environment.

The VIBES Changing Behaviour Award is sponsored by Chivas Brothers, the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard. The Changing Behaviour Award recognises businesses whose employee, customer and supply chain engagement initiatives have helped deliver continuous improvement in environmental performance.

Tanya Ewing, marketing and business development director and company co-founder of Ewgeco, said: “Needless to say we are absolutely delighted to win this prestigious VIBES award and be recognised for the work Ewgeco is doing to help tackle energy waste, reduce CO2 and cut utility bills. It’s so important to continuously drive behavioural change and that’s just what our live energy displays do.”

Gillian Bruce, VIBES chair, said: “I would like to congratulate Ewgeco on their award win. Their hard work and dedication has made a significant contribution to Scotland achieving its 2020 carbon reduction targets.

“Our judges were very impressed with their commitment to reducing the environmental impact of the business and I would encourage other businesses across the country to follow this lead.”

Chivas Brothers technical director, Gordon Buist, said: “We were delighted to present the award for Changing Behaviour to Ewgeco. Like all forward-thinking businesses, we understand the importance of finding new and innovative ways to continually reduce our carbon footprint, whether through investing in new technology, or simply by finding better ways of working.”

VIBES is a strategic partnership between: Scottish Water, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Zero Waste Scotland, Carbon Trust, CBI Scotland, Co-operative Development Scotland, Green Business Partnership, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government and Energy Saving Trust, Scotland.

David Wilson, director of Energy and Climate Change at the Scottish Government provided the keynote speech at the event.

The VIBES awards scheme is the only Scottish awards scheme which feeds into the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE). Winning a VIBES Award means that companies are eligible to the EBAE, an awards scheme that attracts entries from Europe’s most environmentally positive businesses.

Other VIBES Awards sponsors this year included: Management Award (SME) sponsor Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI), Environmental & Clean Technology Award sponsor Scottish Power and Energy Award sponsor the Scottish Government.

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For more information on VIBES, please visit www.vibes.org.uk

For more information on Ewgeco please visit: www.ewgeco.com

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Notes for Editors:

About Ewgeco:

Ewgeco is the creator of industry leading, real-time energy monitoring systems allowing the
measurement of any energy source in homes and businesses, helping people understand their energy consumption and encouraging the behaviour change that reduces carbon emissions and cuts bills.

The unique range of products feature an award-winning, patented traffic-light display, which brings consumption data out of the utility cupboard and into the sight of users, giving
them instantaneous information about their energy use. Ewgeco systems show real-time data on their engaging, intuitive displays that makes energy consumption easy for all to understand.

Further graphical analysis of historical energy usage is available straight from the display or via ‘MyEwgeco’, an intuitive, online data portal, available to all Ewgeco customers.

Ewgeco monitors are currently being rolled out in businesses, educational facilities and
housing developments and associations, across the UK and overseas.

www.ewgeco.com

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