Adventures in Energy Monitoring

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Why?

You can’t manage what you can’t measure

“savings from direct feedback (immediate, from the meter or an associated display monitor) … range from 5 – 15%” – The Effectiveness of Feedback on Energy Consumption report for Defra

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Kill-A-Watt

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The Interesting Bit Is Here

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Graphing Usage

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Getting Competitive?

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Taking It Further… (Too Far?)

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The Twittering House

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And Me?

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What If Your Electricity Bill Was Itemised?

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And Showed Usage Over Time?

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Now… Monitoring Usage

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Next… Control

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Soon… Automating

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Eventually…?

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Mix and match - monitor overall consumption with individual sockets for important appliances

Monitor gas usage? Monitor water usage? What else?

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