GeckoEye Score Card (Energy Management Savings)

As part of GeckoTech’s ongoing support, relative to managed services, we provide sundry of unbeknownst “goodies”. Such as spot checks (health/performance) for clients..

This month’s spot check include “Score Card” evaluations for two of our GeckoEye subscribers.

* Acqua 406 had been experiencing energy bills ranging from 200-400$/month. Even when unoccupied. July’s analysis showed the unit’s lowest electric bill ever!! 52$.
* Vista Mar Penthouse had been experiencing ICE electric bills ranging from 1300-1700$/month. July’s bill was one of the lowest in history, and was 25% lower than the previous 4 month’s trend.

In subsequent months we plan to show other GeckoEye subscriber’s savings as they release their ICE bills to us.

Vista Las Palmas offers GeckoWatch managed service to unit owners..

Vista Las Palmas (VLP) has begun offering GeckoTech’s “GeckoWatch” managed service to it’s unit owners. With GeckoWatch, VLP can offer individual Video Surveillance cameras to monitor the entry ways of any/all private residences within the VLP tower. VLP unit owners, wishing to subscribe to the service will be charged a modest installation/setup fee and then monthly fee for the GeckoWatch service. GeckoTech will provision a state of the art IP camera outside the subscriber’s “main entry door”. The camera will record motion/activity 7×24 and retain history for 30 days. Subscribers can login using standard web technologies and view the camera(s) recorded history from anywhere in the world. The service now makes it “affordable” to monitor staff and traffic through the private residences.

The video recording server is a redundant DELL commercial rack server. This server hosts the award winning Milestone xProtect video recording software. The server will leverage the key components of the VLP infrastructure to include high speed data services and power generation/backup services.

Vista Mar Penthouse signs up for GeckoEye Energy Management Services

GeckoTech engineers have recently completed the deployment of a GeckoEye Energy Management System to Vista Mar’s Penthouse.   The penthouse’s ower was frustrated with his ever increasing electric bills.  Sometimes reaching as much as $1,700/mo.  The property’s largest consumer of energy is the three central AC units.   Couple this with the fact that there are four large balcony doors, it was evident that there was potential for huge waste.  The GeckoEye system will turn off the AC when various balcony doors are opened for more than a few minutes.  Furthermore, GeckoEye will intelligently determine when the unit is unoccupied and perform a temperature setback to avoid “freezing” out the unit while guests are away on all-day excursions.   It will be at least two months before we have empirical reports to demonstrate savings, but it is believed we may be able to reduce the entire electric bill by as much as 20% given rental trends.

Rental property, Cielo Azul, deploys 4 camera security system

This June, GeckoTech completed the deployment of a 4 camera video surveillance system for the popular rental destination, Cielo Azul.   The property owner’s objective was to enhance customer security as well property-asset protection by providing 7×24 surveillance recording services.  The 4 camera system is scalable to 24 cameras and is predicated on MileStone’s “best of breed” xProtect recording software.   Like all GeckoTech solutions, this video system is managed and monitored remotely by GeckoTech’s network monitoring services.

Developer Brad Sanson deploys GeckoEye

Developer Brad Sanson has deployed GeckoEye II in his own personal unit in order to evaluate Home Automation and Energy Management for use in his upcoming development projects.
This fully automated system allows Brad full control of the air conditioning from anywhere in the world. Currently operating with one AC unit and one light, he hopes to expand to control all thermostats and lights in the unit.
With features that include the ability to remotely turn off the AC when the unit is unoccupied, or for the AC to automatically turn off if doors or windows are left open, this technology brings with it considerable savings in energy costs for unit owners.
After 3 weeks with the system in full operation, Brad is very pleased with the results to date and definitely plans to expand the GeckoEye system.

Los Amigos takes control

Long time customer Los Amigos was in need of a solution to enable all employees to easily control the content of all 7 of the bar’s TVs and projectors, eliminating the multitude of remote controls. GeckoTech stepped in and implemented a universal remote control, rugged enough to withstand the abuse of the average wait staff. As well as controlling 7 TVs and projectors, this sturdy device also works for the satellite TV, cable TV and GeckoTech’s Movies On Demand and Digital Signage services.

Owner Chris Mandel can now rest assured that even his most technically challenged employees can operate the bar’s entertainment systems and keep customers happy for hours on end. He added, “the remote has saved us valuable time and simplified a complicated system”.

 

 

 

 

 

Tsunami Sushi contracts GeckoTech’s Support Services

Jaco’s Tsunami Sushi has entered into a long term contract with GeckoTech to support their existing GT Video Surveillance and Network Distribution services. 
 Alongside this, GeckoTech will provide ‘pay per call’ support for their Ahoha POS system.  Staff at Tsunami can relax knowing that GeckoTech will be on hand to provide support within 4 hours of any logged issue.

 

Graffiti opens with JacóPos

Newly opened Graffiti Restro Cafe & Wine Bar enters into an agreement with GeckoTech to install and support a two terminal JacóPOS for point of sale and restaurant admin. JacóPOS is compatible with Apple MAC and allows owner Danny Clark to use the laptop of his choice (Apple in this case) to administer and manage the restaurants revenue from anywhere in the world.

 

Acqua resident contracts with GeckoTech for Home Entertainment and Automation

GeckoTech has recently completed retrofit installations of Home Entertainment and Home Automation systems at developer David Lekach’s private unit at Acqua in Jacó.
Technologies in the property include GeckoEye II, lighting and access control and window & door monitoring, along with state-of-the-art audio and visual distribution systems providing whole-house audio, Movies On Demand and Gecko PCTV which gives full internet access from a 46 inch flat screen TV.
Guests are provided with high-end, first world creature comforts; improving their vacation experience, making them much more likely to return in the future.

 

Villa Antigua signs annual support contract

Dan Coleman, owner of luxury rental property Villa Antigua, has signed an annual support contract with GeckoTech to provide support for his Video Surveillance and Internet Network Distribution services, supplied, of course, by GeckoTech. With an annual support contract, Dan can rely on GeckoTech to respond to any issue within 4 hours during normal business. No call centres. Just real life technicians ready to assist.
When asked for feedback, Dan replied, “I believe the monthly support contract not only pays for itself with direct financial savings, but also indirectly with opportunity savings with my time”.