Bidirectional vs SkyCentrics Usage & Stats
Bidirectional app lets you manage your bidirectional EV charging to:
SAVE MONEY
- Automatically schedules your EV charging to occur during the cheapest energy rates
- Optionally offset home electricity usage by discharging your EV
- See how much you save each week, month, and year
REDUCE EMISSIONS
- Tangibly reduce CO2 emissions by charging during renewable hours
- Power your home using your EV instead of the grid when the grid is powered by coal and natural gas
- See your environmental impact each week, month, and year
MAKE MONEY
- In extreme circumstances (~40-60 hours per year), optionally discharge your EV battery to prevent grid blackouts
- Earn money from your utility for supporting the grid
READY WHEN YOU NEED IT
- Set desired battery target and departure time for both one time trips and daily/weekly schedules
- Your car is ready and charged whenever you need it
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Utilities
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The SkyCentrics app lets you monitor and control SkyCentrics Wi-Fi building controls and sensors such as thermostats, smart plugs, load controllers, roof top monitoring units. It also lets you view and control AXIS cameras.
Through the SkyCentrics DC and AC CTA-2045 Wi-Fi modules, the app also lets you monitor and control a variety of Smart Grid capable devices. These include water heaters, thermostats, 30 Amp Electric Hot Water Heater Switches, pool pumps, electric vehicle chargers and PTAC HVAC systems.
The app has group controls for sending controls to many devices with one click. A graph page to see the last four hours of your device behavior.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Utilities
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Bidirectional VS. 
SkyCentricsDecember 19, 2024