Paqman
December 7th, 2011, 06:07 PM
My big project this winter is trying to improve the energy efficiency of my home. Saving money, increasing comfort, and reducing my family's carbon footprint gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. I thought I'd share a really good tool for tracking and visualising energy use and savings:
iMeasure (http://www.imeasure.org.uk)
The main reason I like this site is that it plots your energy use against weather data (specifically degree days) so that you can get a real picture of your energy efficiency. I believe it's UK only, sorry. Anybody interested in setting up a "community" to compare and share?
I'm also interested in the Open Energy Monitor (http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/) project. I've got an off-the-shelf electricity monitor, but I like the idea of using an Arduino to actively control energy use, rather than just monitoring.
iMeasure (http://www.imeasure.org.uk)
The main reason I like this site is that it plots your energy use against weather data (specifically degree days) so that you can get a real picture of your energy efficiency. I believe it's UK only, sorry. Anybody interested in setting up a "community" to compare and share?
I'm also interested in the Open Energy Monitor (http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/) project. I've got an off-the-shelf electricity monitor, but I like the idea of using an Arduino to actively control energy use, rather than just monitoring.