Innovation Incubator: Whisker Labs Technical Evaluation

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1374964· OSTI ID:1374964

Sparn, Bethany F. ^[1]; Frank, Stephen M. ^[1]; Earle, Lieko ^[1]; Scheib, Jennifer G. ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) is a program to foster and accelerate startup companies with commercial building energy-efficiency and demand management technologies. The program is funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Whisker Labs, an Oakland, California-based company, was one of four awardees in the first IN2 cohort and was invited to participate in the program because of its novel electrical power sensing technology for circuit breakers. The stick-on Whisker meters install directly on the front face of the circuit breakers in an electrical panel using adhesive, eliminating the need to open the panel and install current transducers (CTs) on the circuit wiring.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Contributing Organization: Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1374964
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-5500-68476
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator
IN2
Whisker Labs
electric power
sensors