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Have you ever wondered what your gas bill is likely to be before you get it? Would you like to work out for yourself whether it is really worth changing gas supplier? Is your gas bill correct? How much CO2 do you generate each quarter from gas use? Or may be you want to help the environment by reducing energy consumption, monitoring your gas use can contribute to this. If the answer to any of these is yes then maybe EnCalcGU can help you. To find more energy and money saving ideas check out Practical Home Energy Saving. EnCalcGU calculates the cost of gas, allowing both the real cost based on meter readings and forward prediction based on the readings and elapsed time. The results can be saved to a rsults log and a history log file for later analysis. The program can cope with different charging rates for gas based on a preset threshold, different calorific values/correction factors, imperial and metric meters, varying tax rates plus fixed charges and discounts enabling most charging models to be handled. It will also calculate the amount of CO2 generated. EnCalcGU is part of the JSutils group of software utilities which have a theme of energy conservation. See the log files and screen shot for examples of use. For information on using the program click on Using, Details of the formulae used can be found in Formulae. Information on the program data limits can be found in Data Limits. EnCalcGU supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. See the log files and screen shot for examples of use. Technical Notes relating to EnCalcGU can be found in the support section on the web site. The program requires a registration code to run - this can be obtained free for personal non commercial use from the Download page. For commercial licencing please click here. Registration codes from previous versions are compatible with version 3.4. To find out what is new and changed in version 3.4 have a look at History. Installation is simple just unzip the installer from the downloaded file, double click on the installer and follow the on screen instructions (when selected desktop shortcuts are installed for all users). As well as installing the program this will also install the help pages. EnCalcGU can be safely installed over previous installations. Start the program and enter the registration code to start using EnCalcGU. If the program will not work properly check out the FAQ for suggestions. The program needs administrator privileges to install it. When upgrading do not allow the installer to overwrite the configuration file when prompted to retain saved default values. To uninstall EnCalcGU use Windows Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel. If you wish to retain any files copy them to a temporary location before uninstalling. All program files and directories in the program root directory (normally c:\program files\JSutils\EnCalcGU\) are removed including those created by the program. As part of our quality assurance program EnCalcGU is digitally signed using a Comodo certificate to give you confidence the software comes from us and that it has not been altered since we produced it. We also virus scan software continuously during development and check for other unwanted software using Kaspersky software. In addition our software is submitted to a number of sites for independent verification that it is clean. See the listing page for more information on who we use. Our policy is to continually enhance and improve our software which means that new releases are quite frequent, often these updates are triggered by user feedback which is vital to us. Although originally designed for the UK EnCalcGU is now in use all over the world. We are particularly interested in where our calculators don't work for the charging method used by your utility supplier. If you have a problem with this program, have any suggestions for improvement or have a novel use for it then let us know. Before reporting a problem always check the FAQ and Known Issues. |
