City 'Greener' Energy Invention Unveiled; INNOVATION &TECHNOLOGY Chance to Keep Track of Building's Power Usage

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Byline: JON GRIFFIN Business Staff

A new energy monitoring system, which can help property owners keep track of a building's power consumption from anywhere in the world, is being unveiled in the Midlands this week.

The device, which aims to cut energy bills by 50 per cent, is to be launched at the National Exhibition Centre by the Birmingham company which has developed it.

The Open AV power monitoring and control system, invented by Open AV Ltd, which is part of the Install Automation group based in the city's Jewellery Quarter, is so flexible that it can detect the energy using pattern of anything from a single house to dozens of different commercial …