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EcoDog to Preview Money-Saving FIDO Home Energy Watchdog at San Diego Earth Fair
Local Clean-Tech Startup to Offer Earth Fair Discounts and Drawing for Free System
| Source: EcoDog
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - April 16, 2009) - EcoDog, Inc. (http://www.ecodoginc.com), an
innovator in home energy efficiency and monitoring, will preview their new
FIDO Home Energy Watchdog system at San Diego's Earth Fair in Balboa Park
on April 19. Slated for launch this summer, the FIDO system is designed to
give homeowners a comprehensive, room-by-room graphic overview of their
energy use complete with real-time rate information and personalized saving
tips based on individual usage patterns. Typical FIDO users can expect to
save 15 to 20 percent on their home electric bills, but the system can also
be used to identify "energy hogs" in the home that may enable significantly
greater savings.
The brainchild of the firm's founder, energy entrepreneur Ron Pitt,
EcoDog's FIDO Home Energy Watchdog system consists of an easy-to-use
software package along with hardware interface modules for the breaker
panel and computer. "Until now, homeowners have really been left in the
dark about where their electricity is consumed," explained Pitt. "We get
bills that show our total use with monthly variations, but we have no way
of identifying the most demanding users, malfunctioning appliances or other
big contributors to ever-increasing electric bills. Our system allows users
to see exactly how their power is consumed on an hourly, daily or monthly
basis, and makes plain English recommendations about how to maximize
savings."
The staff from the north county firm will be on hand to demonstrate the
system's features in Booth #1036 at Earth Fair where they will be offering
a $500 product discount for customers who place a refundable deposit this
weekend. In addition, visitors who are homeowners and San Diego Gas &
Electric customers will be eligible to enter a drawing for a free system.
EcoDog, Inc. is committed to designing, building and making available the
tools necessary to easily and affordably take control of energy consumption
to reduce homeowner's expenses while lowering demand for electricity.