Installing the PowerCost Monitor WiFi Edition
PowerCost Monitor WIFI Edition
Circuit Detective - Which Breaker Controls that Plug?
Find your Power Zones with Circuit Detective
List of Energy monitoring tools : devices, software and home automation
Home Energy Monitors
The importance of Energy Data and EIA
The April edition of U.S. News & World Report was their Energy and Environment issue and had a wealth of great information on the "Green Economy". One of their articles was "The Trouble With the Numbers" and highlighted the Energy Information Agency (EIA), run by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the fact that some of EIA's statistics may be incomplete due to budget shortfalls at the agency.
Solar PV monitoring - It's a necessity
Sunpower Monitoring
So you've made the decision to install Solar PV on your roof! Excellent. Now make sure you spend the extra money (usually a small fraction of the system cost) to install a monitoring solution to go with your system!
What is this Smart Grid thing?
Power lines are part of the smart grid
The Energy Detective
As I discussed in monitoring intro, knowing how you are using your power is one of the most important steps to take for your energy conservation efforts. While we wait for the smart grid to arrive, we have a few options on the monitoring front.
Monitoring Intro
Every month the bill from the power company comes in the mail (or hopefully to your e-mail so you save on pollution). This bill is usually tersely reviewed, paid, and then the whole thought of energy consumption that existed for 30 seconds while the bill was paid is moved to the back burner (pun intended) for another 29 days.
