Comments on: seeing my energy usage, how? http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/2008/06/11/seeing-my-energy-usage-how/ noise from a mozilla network engineer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: skierpage http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/2008/06/11/seeing-my-energy-usage-how/#comment-45690 skierpage Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:43:16 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/?p=92#comment-45690 I got a digital meter from the energy company (PG&E) when I installed solar PV. Metering definitely changes your behavior. I check it every time I enter the house ("3.1 kW delivered!?! Dang, is someone running an appliance?"). It encourages me to turn off all unneeded lights. Having a meter inside or with a network interface would be even more useful. However, whole house is often mysterious; if consumption jumps from 0.7 to 0.9 kW it's hard to figure out why. Even with a Kill-A-Watt plug meter I can't find the outlet unexpectedly consuming power. What would also be useful is monitoring each circuit at the circuit breaker like microMETER, but $1800 ain't cheap. I got a digital meter from the energy company (PG&E) when I installed solar PV. Metering definitely changes your behavior. I check it every time I enter the house (”3.1 kW delivered!?! Dang, is someone running an appliance?”). It encourages me to turn off all unneeded lights. Having a meter inside or with a network interface would be even more useful.

However, whole house is often mysterious; if consumption jumps from 0.7 to 0.9 kW it’s hard to figure out why. Even with a Kill-A-Watt plug meter I can’t find the outlet unexpectedly consuming power. What would also be useful is monitoring each circuit at the circuit breaker like microMETER, but $1800 ain’t cheap.

]]> By: Daniel Einspanjer http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/2008/06/11/seeing-my-energy-usage-how/#comment-45612 Daniel Einspanjer Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:29:43 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.com/mrz/?p=92#comment-45612 I know the guy who makes these ( http://www.micrometer.com/ ). I installed one in my house and I'm working on a new reporting framework to bring the data display into the 21st century. Because you hook it up to the individual circuits in the circuit breaker box, you can easily see whether you are using most of your electricity in the kitchen or bedrooms etc. I know the guy who makes these ( http://www.micrometer.com/ ). I installed one in my house and I’m working on a new reporting framework to bring the data display into the 21st century. Because you hook it up to the individual circuits in the circuit breaker box, you can easily see whether you are using most of your electricity in the kitchen or bedrooms etc.

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