Ewgeco energy monitor aims to curb your consumption habits

It's far from the first energy monitor we've seen, but this new so-called Ewgeco device does look to be one of the more sophisticated offerings so far, with it not only promising to keep tabs on your electricity use, but your water and gas consumption as well. That's apparently done with the aid of sensors that wirelessly transfer readings to the main device, which translates the information into easy to read bars that light up green, red, or amber depending on your level of consumption. Unfortunately, the device is only being sold to businesses at the moment, and it's not exactly plug-and-play either, with one of the company engineers required to install it, and a week needed for the Ewgeco to get used to your normal usage patterns.

[James @ Mar 18th 2008 2:49PM]

Ill save the money and just look at my bills once a month.

[hen @ Mar 18th 2008 2:51PM]

my parents have one these, they now get upset if i push usage over 1kw !

[Daniel @ Mar 18th 2008 2:57PM]

so let me get this straight, we are going to waste the energy to power this think just to learn how to save on electricity this seems so stupid.

[Dan Davis @ Mar 18th 2008 2:57PM]

How much enegy does this thing consume?

[KC @ Mar 18th 2008 3:25PM]

the monitor would probably recommends that you turn itself off the save energy.

[Eli 05 @ Mar 18th 2008 3:02PM]

This reminds me of an old Garfield episode where he kept buying junk on tv. He bought an automatic battery changer, but it could only change its own batteries.

[marc @ Mar 18th 2008 3:20PM]

someone could make a truckload of money if this thing measured calorie intake instead.

[Nubaeus @ Mar 18th 2008 3:36PM]

That lady in the picture looks like she could go for letting off some energy

[riggs @ Mar 18th 2008 3:45PM]

curb your consumptiasm wouldve been a great headline

[TTX1 @ Mar 18th 2008 3:48PM]

how about the Ambient Devices Energy Joule?

http://www.ambientdevices.com/products/energyjoule.html

[NHAnimator @ Mar 18th 2008 3:48PM]

I can't believe I wasted energy reading about this thing.

[fischju @ Mar 18th 2008 3:59PM]

If that is the model you get when something is made in the USA, more things should be made in Korea.

[rawd @ Mar 18th 2008 4:14PM]

damn dat bish is fug

[webon @ Mar 18th 2008 10:35PM]

WHAT?

[Brian @ Mar 18th 2008 4:44PM]

They will sell tons of these, but only to people who still have a crush on their third grade teacher.

[Jack @ Mar 18th 2008 6:21PM]

she is a cute milf!

[webon @ Mar 18th 2008 10:36PM]

If you buy one of these and any girl sees it they will go: Ewww Geeko

[rstark @ Mar 19th 2008 3:54AM]

When your electric bill fluctuates from $210 to $290, this unit could be really handy.

[dave smith @ Mar 19th 2008 7:51AM]

this sort of green-tinged nagging makes me want to go buy a Hummer. Just what I need, a device that can nag me about something someone else thinks is important. No thanks

[Andrew @ Apr 1st 2008 12:10PM]

Looks like a nicely designed product. I really like the look of it. If it is straight forward to use and consumes very little power then I think it could be a winner.