Stabilizing Your Energy Use

Everyone agrees that getting better gas mileage in their car is a good thing. The same is true with demand. You’re using the same amount of electricity, but you’re doing it more efficiently. Instead of undergoing the peaks and valleys of unstable electric use, the Energy Sentry keeps your use at steady levels, allowing for a more efficient building. This efficiency not only saves you money, it helps the environment too. By stabilizing your electric use, you help stabilize the utility’s electric use. This has a huge impact on local and global ecosystems.

By using an Energy Sentry demand management system, you are able to level off the peaks and fill in the valleys, thus using your energy more efficiently. An Energy Sentry acts in a similar manner to the cruise control on your vehicle. You have a set speed (rate of usage) of energy you want to use. The Energy Sentry controls certain loads, to keep the average rate of use below your set limit. An example of loads that would be controlled are your heating or air conditioning units.

Stabilizing the Electric Company’s Energy Use

Electric companies and utilities are required to supply power to everyone within their region - for the greatest amount needed (peak) at any given time. This means that if every customer in their territory (residential and commercial) is simultaneously using the maximum amount of energy possible, the utility must have the capacity to provide for that entire amount at any point during the day (even off -peak periods). As a result, electric supply companies are having to build additional power plants or buy expensive “Peaking Power” to support our expanding population, which increases the use of electrical equipment. This also explains why utilities sometimes charge higher prices for electric use at certain times of the day. They are trying to reduce their peak by encouraging customers to use less electricity during these “expensive” peak time periods.

As more people in your community install an Energy Sentry, your region’s demand for electricity declines. Therefore, your electric company will be able to reduce its fuel consumption by operating at a more efficient level. By lowering your peak demand, you're helping reduce the utility’s peak demand.

The OUTCOME of increasing your Efficiency?

REDUCING the need to build additional Power Plants in your area!

Pollution Decreases, Air Quality Improves, and our Earth’s resources are conserved!