mike | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 10 2009 | electricity, power, google, efficiency
Monitor your electrical usage for your home in real time - AND - can be used with Google's Power Meter product to review your historical power usage.
I wish I had the same system for gas and water as well (especially high water flow alerts!).
Quoted: TED is a real-time energy monitor that can help reduce your electric utility bills. The Energy Detective will make your home more environmentally friendly, power efficient, and can save you money. TED makes a great gift for gadget lovers, as well! An entire-home electricity monitor.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 09 2009 | wind, power, electricity, wa
Want to build a wind-power utility in Washington state? This map shows the best locations.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 15 2008 | fuel cells, electricity
Residential fuel cells (I think in partnership with GE).
Quoted: Ballard Power Systems is a world leader in the development, manufacture, sale and servicing of hydrogen fuel cells. We are leaders in the hydrogen fuel cell bus industry.
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 08 2007 | electricity, news, economics
Really great idea. If you give people the tools to understand the (personal) economics of their situation (in this case, hour-by-hour pricing fluctuations for electricity), they can do a pretty good job of balancing the load and making the overall electrical distribution system efficient as a whole.
redotting ChrisWei
- mike | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 12 2006 | power, home, electricity
Good technical review of the Kill-A-Watt power monitor.
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