This is new… google has a hardware based “Google PowerMeter prototype” with demo project… No hardware shots yet…
The twittering power meter that Limor and I made uses the app engine, maybe they’ll add it. Anyone at google interested?
http://www.ladyada.net/make/wattcher/index.html
http://wattcher.appspot.com/history?user=adawattz@gmail.com
http://wattcher.appspot.com/
http://twitter.com/tweetawatt
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Is it just me or is that graph missing something….
12A->6A->12P->6P->12A->6P->12P
As solar technology steadily improves, and as stimulus money gets channeled into the green power industry, soon a significant percentage of power will come from individuals and small power farms. Hard to imagine now? Sound greenwashed? Solar panels already pay for themselves after just a few years. In ten years crowdsourced power will be a completely new market and Google (as usual) is putting themselves in the position to be the manager of that market. This is big stuff.
More: http://thinksketch.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/google-begins-infiltration-of-energy-market-for-good-or-for-awesome/
-ThinkSketch
@ThinkSketch Off-the-grid power networks are an interesting evolution of new ways of managing your relationship with energy consumption. I believe anyone brave enough to pursue such a lifestyle is pioneer in reinventing how we operate with those who supply energy.
I think devices like the kill-a-watt and Google’s proposed system are a step forward. What’s lacking however, is context for the end-user. They are not aware what it means to use X KWH vs. Y KWH. If there was someway to inform the user: “Hey, you used 8000 times more energy than a family in Africa today.” I think that will create a more successful gauge for power consumption.
There is another option – Powometer.
Currently only supports Wattson but that is changing.
There is also a (open) interface which allows the integration of any devices over http / xml.
Cheers,
Crispin
http://www.powometer.co.uk
We have been working on a complete list of home energy monitoring devices.
The list con be found here!
http://www.open4energy.com/technology/home_energy_saving_devices
If you know of any others, or have used one and can comment on your experience please will you so that we can lean from each other