People Power offers an interesting way to increase device energy efficiency

The management of this company directly states that the best way to improve the energy efficiency of various devices, not only electronics but also household appliances, is the ability to remotely control these devices via the Internet. The other day, People Power introduced a system of chips and software, the Energy Services Platform, which allows you to control devices equipped with this system via the Internet. The system is quite interesting, and a more detailed description of it can be found in the sequel.

So, earlier, most companies involved in energy efficiency issues, tried to provide each device that consumes energy with utilities that allow you to control energy consumption at least at home. It was proposed to manage the entire system directly from home, thanks to a single control center.

The technology offered by People Power deepens this idea, allowing you to track how much energy our home and office equipment consumes from anywhere in the world. Refrigerators, copiers, televisions and other equipment - all this can be connected to the Network using the Energy Services Platform. Each device is remotely monitored automatically, for which the software part of the Energy Services Platform is responsible.

Such a system allows, for example, to see how much a device connected to the Network consumes, and you can disable excessively gluttonous devices not only from a personal PC or laptop, but also through a smartphone. Software that allows you to monitor energy consumption works in the cloud, so such a system is fault tolerant. The company even looks into the near future, suggesting that soon the neighbors will share information on energy consumption with each other, advising each other any ways to reduce energy costs.

Connecting the device to the network is via wireless, WiFi or, for example, Zigbee.

Via CNET