Installing the PowerCost Monitor WIFI Edition

PowerCost Monitor WIFI Edition

If you’ve read our two part series on Energy Tools for Beginners, you already know the importance of monitoring your energy use as part of educating yourself on how you use energy in your home.  After tracking your monthly utility bills in a spreedsheet, the next logical step is to get … continue reading

Energy Monitoring CEO Interview

Peter Porteous and PowerCost Monitor

I was lucky enough to snag an email interview with the CEO of Blue Line Innovations, Peter Porteous.  Blue Line manufactures the Power Cost Monitor, which we’ve written about several times on the Mapawatt Blog.  They’ve come up lately because they are one of the only device manufacturers that I … continue reading

Clean Energy Store - Northern Tool & Equipment

A few days ago I was out and about and I had some time to kill so I stopped by a  Northern Tool and Equipment store because I noticed on their website that they have a pretty good alternative and renewable energy section.  Below are some of my observations and pictures taken at the store. … continue reading

Microsoft Hohm and PowerCost Monitor team up!

Microsoft has been making some moves in the residential energy monitoring space since the time we first covered them in our post, “Energy Monitoring and the Big Three: Google, Microsoft, Apple” back in January 2010.  When they first released Microsoft Hohm, I wasn’t that impressed.  It basically took in a whole bunch of data on … continue reading

List of Energy monitoring tools : devices, software and home automation

 

Home Energy Monitors

With all the buzz from the announcement Google made regarding their partnership with Energy, Inc. and the TED 5000 I decided now would be a good time to provide a summary of all the companies in the residential energy monitoring space.  This list was compiled with the help … continue reading