GEO have the widest range of display monitors in the industry (8) which are complemented by 4 communication technologies and integrated with 9 meter manufacturers, supported by web and mobile applications. We take pride in helping to develop the market and bring new ideas and innovative approaches and will continue to push forwards with the focus of making energy visible.

Our biggest strength and what sets us apart from other companies is the investment in terms of money and time which we have put into researching the market and our products. Over £500,000 has been injected into research in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia and we believe that this underpins our success to date. We understand what our market wants and likes and have developed our products based on this research.

Energy Efficiency Whitehall

This initiative was launched by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) with support from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The aim was to retrofit four government buildings in London to make them more energy efficient and have lower carbon dioxide emissions.

Objectives:

• To allocate carbon budgets to government departments, which includes emissions from their own buildings and operations
• To set targets to reduce carbon emissions from government buildings by 12.5% by 2010/11, and 30% by 2020
• To raise awareness of energy efficiency in large organisations, especially at senior level, and to encourage changes in behaviour and infrastructure

Our Role

Retrofit a Quartet demonstrator system into the Foreign and Commonwealth office, with the aim to:

• Support the development of feedback loops to connect data about energy use with business decision-making
• To reduce energy usage outside of office hours by helping to change 'default-to-on' settings
• Improve facilities management arrangements

InovCity (Évora, Portugal)

A pilot of 31,300 houses with plans to extend nationwide in the future.

The Inov Grid project:

• Reflects EDP’s “Smart Grid Thinking”
• Is in line with the world smart grids technological trends

Objectives of using In Home Displays:

• Provide real time information and consumption awareness
• Educate the consumer with a range of devices

Our role:

• Visualise energy in colour
• Provide a display to integrate with the Energy Box smart meter
• Future capability for more complex analysis (web/PC)

Amsterdam Smart City

The city of Amsterdam and grid operator Alliander have initiated a programme to support climate and social-economical goals by equipping 700 houses with smart meters and in-home displays.

Objectives:

• To establish ways of communicating energy information to householders
• To understand the balance between cost and effectiveness of consumer displays
• To research the behavioural changes stimulated

Our role:

• To visualise energy in a simple and engaging way
• To provide a ZigBee SE display integrated with an Echelon meter
• To display both electricity and gas using our Solo display
• To provide the future capability for web analysis of data

Bedford Zero Carbon Castle

The Carbon Connections Trial (detailed below) has been extended to those participating in the Bedford Zero Carbon Castle project.

Carbon Connections Trial

We are currently recruiting people who live within East Anglia for a trial being conducted by Carbon Connections and the University of East Anglia.