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Sherlock Holmes has done it again or should I say Wattson and Holmes.These household energy monitors not only save you space, but also add a splash of style and color to your home, making energy consumption more intuitive. Wattson, is a sleek, aesthetically pleasing device that shows homeowners through numbers and colors how much energy they are using in their home. You begin by attaching the devise to a fuse box which can measure both single and 3-phase systems. That, in turn, beams your information to the device anywhere in the house. Instantaneously the current usage is displayed. Wattson's LED display can represent energy use in euros, dollars, yen or pounds, while it pulsates, colored lights. Now how smart is that? The wireless wattson display is portable, and when appliances are switched on or off, it indicates how much energy they use. Homeowners can store up to 4 weeks of energy-use history on the device and download it for analysis on software that is included; a forthcoming community feature will let wattson owners compare their usage. Wattson and Holmes were listed in Stuff Magazine's "Cool List" of the top 10 gadgets of 2007. To see more on this innovative company log onto www.diykyoto.com

ConsumerPowerline (CPLN) is a full service strategic energy asset management firm and a leading provider of demand response solutions in the United States with more than 750 MW’s under management. Currently they operate in the nation’s largest energy markets including New York, California, New England, Mid-Atlantic, Texas, and more. Helping large energy users gain greater control over both their energy expenditures and assets. ConsumerPowerline clients pay no fees; and merely share in the incremental revenues or the savings generated. Clients include Fortune 1000 companies, some of the nation’s largest commercial, residential and institutional facilities. To learn how you and your company can save log onto www2.consumerpowerline.com

Last but not least Ambient's beautiful Energy Orb, which also emits different colours of light to represent pricing information. This time, however, the device emitting the light is an egg-shaped orb that plugs into an outlet. The Energy Orb has been adopted by Pacific Gas & Electric and other US energy companies, and is priced at 149.99 at www.ambientdevices.com

With energy prices heading nowhere but up, so, too, will demand for devices like these and that is a sad F.A.C.T.