The Brultech ECM-1240 is a whole home energy monitor that uses current transformers (CT's) in your home's electrical panel. Brultech provides some nice example installtions on their website. The ECM-1240 communicates back with a computer via an RS-232 port or an optional XBee wireless card to communicate on a Zigbee mesh network. You can see different Brultech communication options on their page here.
The PowerCost Monitor (PCM) is a whole home energy monitor that "reads" your electrical meter on the outside of your home.
The Black & Decker EM100B Energy Saver Series Power Monitor is the PowerCost Monitor manufactured by Blue Line just rebranded by Black and Decker. It looks like Black & Decker is no longer branding this product. The only tool under the energy category of the home and office section of their website is the thermal leak detector.
The UFO Power Center by Visible Energy is a power strip on steroids. It acts as a power strip, home energy monitor and electric appliance timer all in one.
From the UFO Power Center How It Works section:
The eMonitor by Powerhouse Dynamics is a whole home circuit-level energy monitor. There are 3 different versions of the eMonitor: 4-14, 4-24, and 4-44. The second number after the dash represents the number of circuits that can be monitored.
From the eMonitor website:
"Powerhouse Dynamics has created a Total Home Energy Management solution that lets you manage all uses – and sources – of energy in your home. Total Home Energy Management:
EcoDog's FIDO home energy monitoring system monitors individual circuits in your home at your electric panel and uses power line communication to get the data back to your computer. Unlike other monitoring systems that send data over the internet, this data is is sent to a software program that resides on your Intel-compatible PC running Windows (not too easy if you have a Mac). This means there is no monthly fee for software hosting, but also means it may be difficult to access your home's energy data from a mobile app or another computer.
The Energy Owl is a home energy monitor that attaches to the meter outside your home and displays data through a PC interface.
From the How It Works section:
The eGauge is an energy monitor that uses power line communication to send data from your home's breaker panel over your home's electrical wiring to the HomePlug adapter, and then to your computer through a wireless modem.
From the eGauge overview page:
The Kill-A-Watt is an appliance energy monitor that can help you monitor your 120 V electricity users. You plug it into an outlet, and then plug an appliance into it to see how much energy it uses. Like most appliance energy monitors, the Kill-A-Watt only measures 120 V loads. Bigger electricity consumers like your AC units or your electric dryer are probably on 240 V breakers, so to monitor these you will need a whole home or whole home circuit level energy monitor.
Amazon Description:
The Belkin Conserve Insight Energy Cost Monitor is the main competitor to the Kill-A-Watt and Kill-A-Watt EZ. Both of these energy monitoring devices monitor single appliances on a 120 V outlet.
