Wireless, Web-based energy monitoring system sensors that are helping manufacturers cut energy costs are making their debut at engineering shows this year, most recently during this week’s Green Manufacturing Expo being held during Design & Manufacturing Midwest in Rosemont, IL.
Agentis Energy’s Acuity Solution monitors energy consumption by tracking kilowatt hours in real time and reporting [...]

Boston, MA — When Microchip started planning for the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) held this week in Boston, it was delighted to find out that attendees could pre-register online for its in-booth educational sessions. Microchip’s game plan was to schedule 10 sessions in its booth, which is designed to accommodate a maximum of 20 [...]

A new sensor can tell the difference between humans and animals inside a room without the use of expensive infrared (IR) imaging cameras.
Known as the Cool Eye™ Thermopile Array, the device could serve as an energy conservation system, enabling a building’s HVAC to autonomously switch off the heat when there’s no one in a [...]