Ways to Save

The Ways to Save widget presents a selection of energy saving tips for businesses. A business customer can browse through the available tips to view detailed information on how to save energy. Use the information below to review the available configuration options.

Tip Guides

The image below is an example of a list of tip guides for a business customer.

A screenshot of a list of tip guides for a business customer.

Tip Lists for a Tip Guide

The image below is an example of a list of tips within a tip guide for a business customer.

A screenshot of a list of tips within a tip guide for a business customer.

Tip Details

The image below is an example of a list of tip details for a business customer.

A screesnhot of a list of tip details for a business customer.

Configuration Options

For each element listed in the table, indicate the desired configuration in the Input Value column. If you do not provide an input for optional configurations, the default will be used.

Configuration Option	Input Value
Available Tip Guides and Their Order The tip guides that are available and their display order on the Guide List widget. Default: Heating tips to help your business save How to cut back on cooling costs Reduce your water heating costs Ways to save on refrigeration and other equipment Save energy with small changes around the office All tips Tips not relevant to me	Optional Choose one of the following: Use the default. Use the specified list of tip guides in the supplied order.
Maximum Number of Tips Guides to Display by Default A subset of tip guides is displayed to customers in the list of guides relevant to you. All other tip guides are hidden until the customer selects to show all tips guides. Default: Six.	Optional Choose one of the following: Use the default. Provide a value for the number of tip guides to display.
Footer or Disclaimer A brief message displayed below the full tip details of a tip. If a message is displayed, it is displayed for all tips. Default: None.	Optional Choose one of the following: Use the default. Display a footer or disclaimer. Provide a short message to include in the footer or disclaimer.

Configuration Option

Input Value

Available Tip Guides and Their Order

The tip guides that are available and their display order on the Guide List widget.

Default:

Heating tips to help your business save
How to cut back on cooling costs
Reduce your water heating costs
Ways to save on refrigeration and other equipment
Save energy with small changes around the office
All tips
Tips not relevant to me

Optional

Choose one of the following:

Use the default.

Use the specified list of tip guides in the supplied order.

Maximum Number of Tips Guides to Display by Default

A subset of tip guides is displayed to customers in the list of guides relevant to you. All other tip guides are hidden until the customer selects to show all tips guides.

Default: Six.

Optional

Choose one of the following:

Use the default.

Provide a value for the number of tip guides to display.

Footer or Disclaimer

A brief message displayed below the full tip details of a tip. If a message is displayed, it is displayed for all tips.

Default: None.

Optional

Choose one of the following:

Use the default.

Display a footer or disclaimer. Provide a short message to include in the footer or disclaimer.

User Experience Variations

The user experience of the feature may vary for customers and utilities depending upon their service types (gas, electricity, dual fuel, and so on), available data, costs, locale, and other factors. For more information, see Ways to Save - User Experience Variations in the Business Customer Engagement Digital Self Service - Energy Management Overview Guide.