It has not escaped anyone’s attention that energy prices today are higher than we are used to. We understand the concerns this may bring to your organization and that more attention is being paid to energy savings.
You also may have questions about the electricity costs of the Guide-ID hardware. After all, this hardware must stay switched on 24/7 for your visitors to enjoy your beautiful stories day after day. If not, the Podcatchers can go into an error mode when supplied with power again.
Fortunately, this was already thought well trough during development not to consume a lot of power unnecessarily! Based on our current (Dutch) energy tariff we have listed the costs for you together with our Tech team.
- A Podcatcher consumes approx. € 0.40 per year, based on use 8 hours a day, 6 days a week.
- A Dockingstation consumes approx. € 0.55 per year to charge 10 Podcatchers, synchronize and keep the LED light on.
- A Syncbox consumes around € 6.00 per year.
So for example, a standard setup consisting of a Syncbox in combination with 10 Dockingstations in which 100 Podcatchers are stationed will consume together around € 51.00 per year. In comparison, a Podcatcher consumes about half of an IPod and about one fifth of a telephone.
Hopefully this gives some reassurance…
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