- total household electricity cost
- power consumption
- Greenhouse gas
- temperature and humidity.
- It also has a user settable peak load alarm.
- Sensors are clipped around the incoming electrical supply wires at the electrical panel
- $179.99 CAD
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
cent-a-meter
The Meter Reader (EM-2500)
- Clip on to main circuit breaker
- Shows power, electrical bill estimate
- $215 - $290
PowerCost Home energy monitor
http://www.bluelineinnovations.com/
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/12/powercost_home.php
- Currently Available
- wireless energy monitor for your home
- "Householders who use real-time feedback can reduce electricity use by as much as five to 20 per cent."
- This is the advantage of having real-time feedback on your electricity.
A study of 400 households in Ontario showed an aggregate reduction in energy consumption of up to 8.2% with this device.
Wattson Energy Monitor
- attach Wattson’s sensor clip to your mains electricity meter’s input cable
- Wireless display
- Colour represents how much energy you are using
- Switch off the kitchen light- see your consumption decrease instantly
- Tilt the unit and the screen changes to projected annual cost of electricity usage. (£, $, e)
- £99.95
More Info:
Smarty Pants Monitor
Wilting Flower
Wilting Flower uses a wireless transmitter to montior your home's electricity use. Colours denote how much electricity you are using, and when it wilts purple, you're using too much. This was just a design project by Carl Smith at Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University, and there are no production plans.
More info at Treehugger
Friday, November 21, 2008
Blue is the new Green?
Interesting NYTimes article on ways to conserve water
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/blue-is-the-new-green/
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/blue-is-the-new-green/
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