IBM has created an industry alliance with key leaders in metering, monitoring, automation, data communications and software to provide solutions for energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas management.

Here’s a big challenge for energy managers: how do you measure and verify something you can’t see? The task of convincing today’s skeptics that your actions have created energy use and cost savings can be a daunting one. Hopefully this article, prepared with the assistance of Rafael Corral, Certified Monitoring and Verification Professional (CMVP) at Energy Advantage, will shed some light on this topic.

At last, environmentally conscious consumers looking to completely monitor their renewable energy systems have an option.

With the addition of ICP’s GreenMeter to Optimum Energy Products Ltd ever expanding catalogue, consumers can monitor every aspect of energy generation and operations of their Wind or Solar renewable systems. The GreenMeter information can be viewed locally or on-line using its built-in web-server interface.

“Renewable energy monitoring is important and will be increasingly important in years to come,” said Grant Meadows, President of Optimum Energy Products Ltd. “For example, look at California’s One Million Solar Roofs plan. That marks a huge increase in potential consumers looking to monitor their energy production.”

The ICP GreenMeter allows for continuous monitoring of up to four AC and four DC power sources, and can monitor battery bank status. The Green Meter can also measure wind speed, solar irradiance and ambient air temperature. Included standard with every GreenMeter is software, and battery connection leads that power the unit. Other items are optional.

GreenMeter is available for sale now at www.PowerMeterStore.com. The GreenMeter is unparalleled in metering for the growing renewable energy market.