Off The Wall Energy, Inc.
When the power goes out, we offer an affordable no hassle solution to keep all your critical communic Here is one way an individual can affect Climate Change.
If we Think Differently, we can have a positive impact on Climate Change and improve the lives of people around the world. How we deliver and use electric energy has not changed that much over the past 150 years. Yet, there are many more devices and electric power has become a necessity in all aspects of our personal lives. We are unaware of the simple things each of us can to do to use electric p
27/09/2024
I'm a little late with this post. I've been preparing to compete in the 2024 Startup World Cup's Grand Finale in San Francisco next week. This past Monday evening, I presented at the 2024 Startup World Cup Sacramento Regional. It was a humbling experience to be selected the winner out of 10 incredible startup teams. The judges validated our patented Personal Energy Platform's (PEP™) ability to close the Renter Gap in the clean energy space by giving renters, especially apartment residents, control of their energy usage. I'm excited to be one of the 100 global regional champions competing in the grand finale
No matter the outcome, this is a great opportunity to introduce our startup to a global audience. Not saying it wouldn't be nice to win the $1M grand prize.
https://www.startupworldcup.io/grand-finale
28/11/2023
Last month, we received a patent for a product we’ve been working on. It is nice to have the patent office recognize how the Personal Energy Platform (PEP) is uniquely distinguishable from all other battery backup and power management systems.
If you have rooftop or community solar, rent an apartment, or use home medical devices, the PEP can help lower your utility bill and provide automatic backup power.
If this is you or you’re involved in these industries, I'd love to hear from you.
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If you can’t read the photo’s small print, I can’t, here is the patent abstract.
US Patent # 11,791,636
A coordinated multiple power management system provides an efficient and unique means of controlling the power usage of devices attached to a personal energy platform. Power control in an abundant power situation (i.e. commercial power is available) saves money. Power control in a constrained power situation (i.e. commercial power is unavailable e.g. “power failure”) provides more availability of needed computing services (for example, emergency activities, enable longer communication periods, longer video streaming, security monitoring, internet access and communications, or critical healthcare device usage etc.). The power supplied to the devices can be determined automatically and is under program control, which allows the complete management and distribution of power to any, and all, devices attached to the personal energy platform.
02/02/2023
Power Outages & Gas Furnaces
Recently there's been a lot of storm caused power outages in California, affecting 10,000s of residents. Most residents use gas furnaces, but these become unusable when the power goes out. I decided to see how much power a gas furnace for a 3 bedroom house really uses. As it turns out, not very much. Power is used by the control mechanism, electric ignition, and to run the fan blower periodically. Over a 24 hour period, the furnace uses 2.9kW or 120W per hour. A PEP 1500 (1.5kW) could power this furnace for 12 hours during an outage. Similarly, the PEP could use low-cost stored energy during daily high rate periods to lower one's utility bill. With utility rates going sky high, every little bit helps.
Let's us know what you think?
Installation is simple, mount the PEP on the wall, plug PEP into AC wall outlet, and plug furnace into PEP. Red circles show PEP plugged into AC outlet, green circle shows furnace plugged into PEP.
Would a PEP work out for your furnace?
04/05/2022
No Tesla Powerwall Here!
Vancouver flat tenant placing a Personal Energy Platform on their microwave to support their refrigerator, microwave, mini smart speaker, and phone charger.
I don't think there's any other energy storage product that could fit this space and look so good!
Visit us to learn more.
https://bit.ly/3KGX31N
12/10/2021
Its great to see attention being given to exploring PV and energy storage solutions that everyone can have access to, especially apartment dwellers. We commend these efforts and believe our Personal Energy Platform can play a role here.
Check out this article: Coupling balcony solar panels with residential energy storage. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/09/15/coupling-balcony-solar-panels-with-residential-storage/
07/09/2021
Time of Day utility rates, who do they really work for?
August was a very hot month, so I decided to dig into the details of my utility bill. We're all electric except for hot water and heating and we try to change our usage behaviors to lower our bill. As you can see, its not working out very well. For 3 hours of the day during Peak rates, we pay almost 2 1/2 times more for those electrons than the 12 hours of overnight, Off-Peak, rates. In real-life, that means 28% of our bill is from 3 hours of the day.
The utility's response: start cooling your house earlier in the day, then turn the air conditioner and large appliances off during those 3 hours. Utility Flex Alerts request consumers to take these same measures, not to lower their electric bills, but to protect the grid from catastrophic collapse.
Follow us to monitor our Personal Energy Platform progress to use Off-Peak electrons during Peak periods.
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11/08/2021
Everyone recognizes the problem, but can't envision a realistic solution.
"Renters have little control over the housing conditions that lead to high energy burdens. Property owners must approve any structural, equipment, or major appliance upgrades; even when allowed, many renter households are unable to afford the upfront cost of these upgrades on their own. Further, if property residents pay their own energy bills, landlords have little reason to invest in energy efficiency upgrades that will lower their renters’ energy use and costs (Bird and Hernandez 2012). This barrier to energy efficiency improvements is referred to as the split incentive challenge. While split incentives can impede energy efficiency upgrades of any kind, they are a particular barrier for electricity upgrades in renter units. More than 90% of renters pay for their own electricity use, and renter households earning less than $25,000 spent a median of 8.4% of their income on electricity alone (Frost 2020).11 Low-income renters also face barriers in completing the few energy-efficient improvements that can be made without landlord approval." https://www.aceee.org/research-report/u2102
Renters take control of your energy usage!
Join us to see how the Personal Energy Platform can lower the energy burden without involving your landlord, utility, or anyone else. You have the power.