Putting the green in energy bills

Adam — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:36:39 +0000

I haven’t said much about my current job here, but I’m excited about what I’m doing so I thought I would drop some info. At present (and hopefully for the distant future because I enjoy it that much), I’m working for a small software company in State College, PA called Good Steward Software. Our primary function is creating software for medium to large businesses and government entities to track energy usage and expenditures. I know that may not sound like much fun, but when your company is the best at what they do, trust me… it’s fun. Because of our position in the market, we get to push the envelope a bit and run with ideas instead of just maintaining the status quo. That’s where I come in.

I was originally hired here to do implementations of EnergyCAP, our main product. But when I mentioned that I’d like to get involved with future web app development, I got my wish. For the past six months or so, I’ve been managing design and development of a product that will be released in September. I’m excited about it because it’s all I’ve done for six months, and it’s going to be fun to see what people think.

I can’t go into much, but I’ll say this. This product will allow home and small business owners the opportunity to track energy bills. With this information they can answer questions like:

What is the actual cost of energy is for my home/office?
How does the weather effect my energy usage?
Were the new windows I had installed worth the money?
How does my energy consumption compare to similar properties?
Just how much Greenhouse Gas am I producing?

And on top of all this, it’s going to look great (I like to think of it as the GQ of Energy management), and free for end users.

Sounds good, huh? More soon…

Adam C. Hegedus » Good Steward

Putting the green in energy bills