eg technology ltd

Design Week Awards

The AlertMe Home Monitoring and Security system won joint top prize in the Consumer Product Design category alongside Apple Inc’s MacBook Air – fine company indeed.

eg technology works very closely with the AlertMe team designing the new products that continue to expand their offering. Its industrial design work on the SmartPlug and Lamp has been backed up by the sound understanding of manufacturing processes that  the company has brought to other products in the range. Its eye-catching packaging designs contribute to the overall feeling of quality that you get from the AlertMe brand.

Shell Springboard Awards

AlertMe received a Shell Springboard award of £40,000 for its Energy Management products and services. Based around the SmartPlug developed with eg technology, AlertMe’s energy proposition allows users to monitor the power being used by individual appliances. Using manual and automatic controls, AlertMe can save up to £30 a month on heating and electricity bills and cut domestic energy wastage and associated carbon emissions by a quarter.

Presenting the award, which is recognised as the UK’s leading climate change award, Duncan Macleod, VP Hydrogen & GTL, Shell International Ltd commented, “it’s this kind of cutting-edge innovation that has made the UK a world leader in low carbon technology investment.”

Further reading

Design Week

Every year Design Week hosts a competition to recognise and reward companies that exhibit creative excellence through quality design and execution. Each entry into the competition is carefully considered by a panel of eminent judges. Full details can be found at www.designweek.co.uk

Shell Springboard

Shell Springboard is a programme that awards a cash sum to innovative, low carbon business ideas from across the UK. Ideas can be in the form of a product or service and will be considered if they will lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, are commercially viable and are innovative.

Details of the award can be found at www.shellspringboard.org