Comcast's MachineQ flips on power monitoring platform

MachineQ, a Comcast Company, today announced the launch of an IoT-based power monitoring solution designed to assist enterprises in monitoring and managing their energy consumption, leading to operational efficiencies, proactive maintenance, managed costs, and sustainability efforts. The solution also helps enterprises understand asset utilization, providing actionable data to optimize asset use.

The power monitoring solution is particularly relevant for high-energy consumers, such as food service companies, laboratories, and hotels, which consume more energy than typical commercial buildings due to their energy-intensive equipment and asset-intensive operations. For example, according to a recent Energy Star report, fast food restaurants and convenience stores consume nearly 900 BTU of energy per square foot of space. This is about 2.5x more energy than in any other commercial building.

MachineQ's solution offers various ways to monitor power consumption accurately using IoT sensor devices that can extract data at the receptacle, equipment, or breaker level. The MQpower CT is a wireless, self-powered current transformer that can be clamped to electrical conductors at the breaker or asset level to measure real-time current consumption in a simple, non-invasive way.

The MQpower SP is a smart plug load device that enables businesses to plug in equipment and assets to extrapolate energy data, including daily energy usage, instantaneous current, voltage, active power, and power factor. It supports a variety of plug types, including US (type B), UK (type G), EU (type F), and FR (type E). The MQpower SP and MQpower CT both support regional LoRaWAN® frequencies globally.

Read the full press release here.

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