What is the Kentrol Energy Miser?
The KenTrol Energy Miser is a building energy management system. It’s main component is a Windows PC based software and hardware package that controls heating and cooling systems. It also has an optional building intrusion and fire alarm system (KENTROL ALARM) plus video surveillance (KENTROL VIDEO) modules. The building energy control system uses the computing and data gathering capability of the modern PC to make calculations for the utmost savings in fuel. There are three major components. First is a black box called a WatchDog that is normally used wherever there is a thermostat in the building. It replaces the thermostat and supplies data to the computer. WatchDogs are connected to each other in a daisy chain, and the end of the daisy chain is connected to a second type of black box called a BusMaster that connects to an ordinary LAN. The computer running the KenTrol Energy Miser software is in turn connected to the LAN. After this simple installation, the computer gathers data an
