Energy & Water Conservation Industry Insights

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How to Use Smart Plugs to Keep Your Home Safer

January 7, 2020

Smart plugs give you more control over your home electronics than ever before. Using a simple smartphone app (as seen in the example below), from anywhere on the internet, you can command your WiFi … read more

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How to Use Smart Plugs to Make Life Easier (and More Fun!)

December 24, 2019

Once you have a smart plug in place in a normal wall outlet, you can control almost any device plugged into it—anytime, anywhere—using a simple app on your smartphone (as seen below). … read more

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Unique Challenges of the Hospitality Industry—and How You Can Help

December 3, 2019

If you’re looking to connect with the hotel and hospitality industry, you first need to understand what challenges they’re currently facing. It certainly makes sense to think about hotels and h … read more

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5 Things Pro Desks Need to Know About Hospitality Buyers

November 26, 2019

If your pro desk has a long line of contractors and builders each day—but no one from the local hospitality market—you’re missing out on a big segment of potential customers. The good news is tha … read more

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How to Use Smart Plugs to Save Energy (and Money!)

November 5, 2019

With the help of a simple smartphone app, your customers can control almost any appliance plugged into a smart plug—from anywhere with an internet connection. A smart plug simply plugs into … read more

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How to Make ‘Dumb Devices’ Smart

October 22, 2019

It used to be that any electric or electronic device plugged in at home, or in the office, could only be controlled individually—users had to turn them on or off themselves, usually with a manual s … read more

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Put a Stake in Energy Vampires with Advanced Power Strips

October 15, 2019

Take a second and think about everything you have plugged in at home right now. A few obvious things may immediately come to mind: televisions, phone chargers, printer, refrigerator. Now, tally up … read more

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Choosing the Right APS for Small Businesses

October 8, 2019

To a large extent, our economy runs on small businesses, and small business run on a lot of energy. To compete with modern demand, it’s important for even the smallest establishment to maintain the … read more

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Varieties of Power Strips to Add to Your Marketplace

September 24, 2019

All the different types of advanced power strip (APS) on the market operate on the same basic principle of shutting off power to devices you’re not using—but they vary according to the control stra … read more

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Rules of Engagement

August 27, 2019

Customer engagement is not a new concept, but lately it has been a hot topic in every industry. The constant conversation that exists between companies and customers is becoming more and more impor … read more

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Objectives of the Smart Home

August 6, 2019

According to Value Walk, a news and opinion website that covers financial and investing news, “Five years ago, just 13 percent of American households had some sort of smart technology integrated … read more

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Five Trends of the Smart Home 2.0

July 16, 2019

Smart homes still face the problems of subpar intelligence hampering functionality. But as intelligence systems mature, including more sophisticated algorithms, activity recognition methods and pre … read more