by Stacey McCuaig | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, Customer Success Stories, Testimonial
Food Processing – Brewing – EYEDRO Case Study:
Monitoring Energy to Save Money on Operations
PROFILE:
- Located in San Luis Obispo, California
- 14,000 square feet of Retail and Production
- $10 – $15 saved per day on Energy Budget
- Heater monitors for bill reconciliation
The PROBLEM:
Excessive power usage with their inline water heater used in brewing, Operations could not tell how much power through the generic reports from PG&E Power.
The STRATEGY:
Using the Eyedro device for simple cloud visibility to uncover the power spending about $4 on power per brew. With a 7 day a week operation it led to a savings of $2920/year.
The ROI:
The Eyedro Green Solutions ™ Energy Monitoring System was installed for only $350. With an annual savings of nearly $3000, payback was achieved in under 6 weeks.
The brewery can now monitor all types of Energy in one simple dashboard while at the same time compare readings with the Utility bills.
More information on Eyedro Business Electricity Monitoring systems.
by Stacey McCuaig | Jan 18, 2019 | Blog, Net Zero Home
EYEFI – Electricity Monitoring for the NET ZERO Home
Power Consumed vs. Power Generated
Real-Time Data
Configurable reports
*EYEFI-4 Model shown, Installs in minutes
Benefits of monitoring with Eyedro?
- True Power measurement
- Commercial, industrial, institutional and residential
- Measure and Display PF, Voltage, Current, Power
- Track Money generated with Solar panels
- Get Alerts when system is off-line
Eyedro Net Metering Example:
Product Features:
Responsive web interface – (MyEyedro.com) on any modern browser
Live and Summary view – See power usage and cost streaming in real-time
Bill view – See estimate of electrical bill for current and historical billing periods for any day of the month
Sensor options – 5Amp – 3000Amp
Managed Services include:
Manage multiple systems – Add any number of devices to your account.
Manage multiple sites – Add a number of buildings to your account and assign devices to any sites.
Reports – Have configurable reports delivered directly to your inbox at configurable intervals.
Alerts – Be notified of power or network failures, if demand or consumption exceeds thresholds (above or below), and more.
Custom web interfaces – Have your company Branded on the web interfaces and custom URLs are available.
API– Integrate measurement data into your own Dashboard with our Application Programming Interface
Export – Data can be exported from any point in time into CSV for further analysis
See how easy it is to get up and running with EYEFI with this short Eyedro WiFi connection video
120V /60Hz and 230V/ 50Hz EYEFI models available – shop now!
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by Stacey McCuaig | Dec 7, 2018 | Blog, Product Introduction, Solar Energy
Introducing the Solar Ready Eyedro WiFi
Eyedro WiFi is Here and Includes Several New Features!
New WiFi Models:
- EYEFI-2 for Home – Solar Ready – 2 sensors (available Now)
- EYEFI-4 for Home – Solar Ready – 4 sensors (available December 2018)
- EYEFI-3 for Business – 3-Phase – 3 sensors (available January 2019)
EYEFI Features:
- Connect via WIFI (no ethernet cable)
- SOLAR READY: directional sensors for solar/net metering
- Measures Wh, $, A, V, PF, W (true power)
- Local web server: use with or without MyEyedro cloud service
- Programmers: read data directly from hardware
- Data Logger mode for energy auditors (coming soon)
- Fully compatible with MyEyedro user interface
- Same easy installation
Shop for Eyedro EYEFI Now!
Example of EYEFI-2 on a home with in floor heating and solar panels:
Eyedro EYEFI Live data Sample
by Stacey McCuaig | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog, How-to Guide
Eyedro EYEFI Setup
It looks like you’ve missed a step in your EYEFI setupTo provision your EYEFI device, carefully follow these steps:
- Connect to the WiFi network created by your EYEFI device (EyedroWiFi [xxx-yyyyy] – where xxx-yyyyy matches the serial number).
- Open a web browser and you should be redirected to the network provisioning page. If not automatically redirected, go to http://192.168.1.1/network.
- Enter the Network Name (SSID) of the desired network to connect through (note that this field is case sensitive).
- Choose Security: WPA/WPA2 (PSK) or Open.
- If security is not ‘Open’, enter the Password of the desired network to connect through (note that this field is case sensitive).
- Click Connect.
- If your settings have been accepted by the device you will see the message shown below. IMPORTANT: This step will not notify you of errors in your entered information only that the device has received the information you provided.
If you continue to see the network created by your EYEFI device (EyedroWiFi [xxx-yyyyy]) in your available networks list, it means that it isn’t able to connect to the provisioned network for some reason. See troubleshooting tips below.
But I followed the steps…If you have followed all the provisioning steps above but your device is still not able to connect to your network, try these troubleshooting tips:
- If your computer is also connected to the internet via an Ethernet cable, please disconnect the Ethernet cable and retry the above provisioning steps.
- Please follow each step of the above provisioning process carefully.
- Please ensure your credentials (Network Name and Password) match exactly. The fields are case sensitive.
- Click the “Show Password” button so you can see the password text and ensure it is entered correctly.
- Ensure you are connecting to a 2.4GHz WiFi network.
- Use another WiFi device in your house (i.e your cell phone) to verify the signal strength of your 2.4GHz WiFi network at the point of EYEFI device installation. If your phone can’t see the WiFi network or the signal strength is very low, the EYEFI device will have the same issue.
- Try moving the EYEFI device (with power supply) into the same room as your wireless router to test if it can connect. Sensors can be left in the panel and just disconnected from the EYEFI device for this test.
- Connect your computer to the desired network and log into the router setup page – typically accessed by entering 192.168.0.1 from a web browser (see the user manual for your router for instructions).
- From your router’s setup page, ensure DHCP is enabled. DHCP is how the EYEFI receives an IP address required to communicate on your network and to the internet.
- From your router’s setup page, check if the device is connected to your network and has been assigned an IP address. There should be a list of connected devices on one of the configuration pages (see the user manual for your router for details).
- From your router’s setup page, ensure there is no firewall enabled that could be blocking (port 80) traffic to/from the EYEFI device.
- If you have changed the DNS settings in your router (i.e. to use an ad blocker), try switching back to use the default settings. Alternately use Google’s DNS servers 8.8.8.8 (primary) and 8.8.4.4 (secondary)
by Stacey McCuaig | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog, Customer Success Stories, Electricity Bill, Energy Reduction, Eyedro Case Study
Canadian Tire Saves: Eyedro Retail Case Study
Electricity, Gas and Water for Retail Operations – One Dashboard!
PROFILE:
“After using Eyedro’s Energy Monitor we immediately identified key areas of the retail operations where we could start saving money. By following our power usage and cost profile we can plan our monthly operating costs accordingly. The monitors installed paid for themselves within months.”
Michael G. – Canadian Tire Store, Alberta Canada
- Located in the City of Red Deer
- 94,000 square feet of Retail
- 24 circuits monitored, Water and Gas mains
- 18% saved on Energy Budget in 10 months
- Water and Gas monitors for bill reconciliation
OBJECTIVES:
To provide a detailed profile of the energy use of Retail Operations in each department throughout the store and identify energy saving opportunities.
Meet energy budget reduction targets and provide Computerized Energy Monitoring.
The cloud-based solution in real time identifies inefficiencies in daily and seasonal operations.
SOLUTION:
The Eyedro Green Solutions ™ Energy Monitoring System was installed on every breaker with a large or critical load for monitoring the energy by retail department and looking for energy waste in daily operations.
The store can now monitor all types of Energy in one simple dashboard while at the same time compare readings with the Utility bills. Advanced Alerts will allow them to shed load when needed to avoid stepping up to a higher tariff band or when equipment, such as parking lot lighting, was left on after hours from the convenience of their phone.
Electricity, Water and Gas all on One Dashboard!
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