Los Suenos Bay Residence first gEye subscriber

GeckoTech has been working with Hardy Realestate Group (HRG) for the past few years to help them apply technologies that can improve a rental property’s operating efficiency.  Specifically gEye Energy conservation systems as a managed service.   As of the writing of this post HRG has roughly 5 properties under its care that enjoy the benefits of gEye.   In early May, HRG decided to take the plunge and deploy gEye to one of it Bay Residence properties.  The gEye system is a single thermostat system that should save the property roughly 30% of its AC operational costs annually.

The overall intent of HRG is to deploy gEye into the majority of its properties.  Not only to help save the property owner money, but to provide virtual management of the properties’ single biggest energy consumer.

GeckoBee upgrades for CasaPonte

Paul Cooper, owner of Jaco’s largest and most successful single residence rental property, has been leveraging GeckoTech’s gEye services for the past several years.   The original gEye deployment used standard “hard button” thermostats in 17+ areas of the rental property.   Now that Paul has started the design of his third “free standing” house on the rental property he is evaluating new technologies that improve the overall guest experience while ensuring continued energy savings.  Ok, so what new technologies has he deployed?   None other than the newest generation Ecobee 3 Thermostat.   This thermostat is sleek, sexy and provides so much valuable information via its user interface.  GeckoTech is hopeful that this new generation thermostat from Ecobee will in fact become the standard thermostat (thermostat of preference) in all future gEye deployments.

gEye and gPhoto installed for VistaMar 1A, 5A and 7B

Savings and Security.  What more could one ask for.  Especially when the former pays for the latter.   with a little change to spare.  Such is the case for 3 rental units at Vista Mar that recently became subscribers to GeckoTech’s services:  GeckoEye and GeckoWatch.  Vista Mar. situated in Jaco, is one of Jaco’s first developments.   The owners were experiencing brisk occupancy, but were having their rental income gobbled up by ICE.   So they turned to GeckoTech to help lower their AC operational costs relative to ICE power.   GeckoTech answered their “cry for help” by installing GeckoEye.   The gEye system not only lowered the owner’s AC operational costs by 30% but also allowed them remote managing and monitoring of doors/windows/thermostats.   The subsequent savings afforded them the option to install gPhoto at the front door to track all pedestrian traffic in and out of his rental unit.   gPhoto takes successive photos on one second intervals and sends them to a web service where the subscriber can review up to 30 days of photos.   Gone are the days of wondering if their units are rented..   All three unit owners are now in complete control of their properties even though they might be 1000s of miles away.

Quality Services deploys first GeckoBee

Quality Services, a 10 year old maintenance/service company focusing on high end rental properties, has deployed its first GeckoBee intelligent thermostat. Quality hopes to extend its service offering to include real-time monitoring and reporting relative the health of compressors and air-handlers currently under support. The idea is to offer GeckoBee thermostat for those clients contracting with Quality for AC support services so that the Air Conditioner components (Compressor and Air Handler) can be monitored 7×24 thus allowing a more proactive support for its clients/subscribers.

Laguna Mar deploys 12 GeckoBee thermostats

In an effort to “be green” and “earth conscious”, Laguna Mar hotel has contracted with GeckoTech to install 12 GeckoBee intelligent thermostats. These thermostats will be deployed into Guest Rooms. With GeckoBee thermostats, the hotel’s management will be able to control each room’s ambient temperature from their iPhones or Desktop PCs. For example, they can pre-cool a room prior to the guest’s arrival. They can also use the historical web reporting to spot trends on AC units efficiency. GeckoBee is just one of many solutions/systems that Laguna Mar will leverage to help automate its hotel’s operational process and economize on operational costs.