http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/ Engadget Comments for PowerHouse eMonitor lets you manage power use down to the circuit http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/
Better off to put the money toward energy saving appliances, home insulation, etc. ]]>Mar 8th 2010 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/
For my purposes, this device would likely pay for itself in less than a year.
]]>Mar 8th 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/I believe you, but the key word in my post was "home".

Seems to me that one can identify the big power consumers in a home and take actions with buying a device like that.]]>Mar 8th 2010 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/
http://www.cyberswitching.com/

-R]]>Mar 8th 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/usage and therefore costs. It discusses PassivEnergy a product to
monitor and smartly reduce power usage.

The article comments are equally interesting, with many saying you are better off "greening" your home to reduce energy use up front instead of after the event. I completely agree with this, but feel there is
room for both.

I'll definitely be looking into power use monitoring in when I build our new house. It is also interesting that both Google and Microsoft have power monitoring software/hardware now.

See:
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15585504

http://www.passivsystems.com/default.aspx
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The interface is not as nice, but the cost makes up for it. ]]>Mar 8th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://bit.ly/bsqzRO]]>Mar 8th 2010 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/
I don't even see how it saves you that much on an ongoing basis.

If you have power-hogging devices, all you need to know is what they are using something like Kill-a-Watt. Then use them less. ]]>Mar 8th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqol1FNxuQs#t=2m06s]]>Mar 8th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/Mar 8th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/
On price: for circuit by circuit monitoring, this is the price at the moment. Yes, there are cheaper solutions, like the TED products that produce a whole house reading, but don't collect or display data by circuit. As to ROI, we started monitoring starting last May, and since have reduced our usage by 29% (with our admittedly astronomic ME electric rates of $.159/kwh, we've saved $490 over that period.) No major actions--just awareness, engaging kids, smart strips, efficient lighting. Decent ROI by our measure, but we confess we're energy geeks.

It's also important to point out that eMonitor is an extensible system, which will accommodate future add ons like controls, smart thermostats, smart plugs, displays and integration with home automation systems. It's really more comparable to systems like Agile Waves which run to $10K or more. In that sense, $800 is reasonable.

There's lots more info on Energy Circle, including my installation video, several posts on our personal usage, and a growing FAQ.

http://ecpro.energycircle.com/shop/emonitor-energy-monitor-powerhouse-dynamics.html

If you like data, and are serious about understanding the electricity use of your home at a granular level, the eMonitor is great. But if you want to run around the house and test each appliance with a $49 kill-a-watt, that can work too. All of the options are a lot better, and more informative, than waiting for the monthly bill. ]]>Mar 8th 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/powerhouse-emonitor-lets-you-manage-power-use-down-to-the-circui/
"eMonitor integrates with renewable energy systems (for solar PV, solar thermal, or wind installations), monitoring energy production, savings, and efficiency, and also reports on any problems with those installations."

Definitely not something a smart strip, Kill-a-watt or otherwise, could do. Do you know anything about what the iPhone app they're creating for it is going to be used for?]]>Mar 9th 2010 4:19PM