http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft partners with Blue Line Innovation for Hohm-compatible monitoring device, we go hands-on 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/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
I'm guessing not you?]]>Jul 27th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
All we need now is a wireless water and gas meter and we'll be set. If we can build smart appliances into new houses and tie those into the grid, our power usage could be used far more efficiently, something I'm pretty excited for.

I love eco tech.]]>Jul 27th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/It's Microsofts product.
Nice try though.]]>Jul 27th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
My wife and I just moved into a new house built by one of the big name in the box house builders in Minnesota. Our house came with a whole house electricity monitoring system. It has been an eye opener to see the real time electrical usage in the home. Amazing how much electricity a clothes dryer uses. It has made us way more efficient though.]]>Jul 27th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.google.com/powermeter/about/index.html]]>Jul 27th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/People who like to watch their power usage by using power? Its rather brilliant really. I wonder how much power the monitor uses. You could just stand there watching it consume power and wonder what's consuming the power...is this sponsored secretly by power companies to get you to use more and spend more?]]>Jul 27th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/The more I think about it there's a 1 word answer to the question.

Masochists. ]]>Jul 27th 2010 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Why did you have to go and ruin my joke with what might be facts. That's not as funny....]]>Jul 27th 2010 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
http://www.tiaxllc.com/publications/home_energy_displays.pdf
Great report summarizing multiple research studies, including the following:
http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/pdf/FSEC-CR-1742-08.pdf
http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downloads/smart-metering-report.pdf
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When people can see in real time how much power they are using they have a tendency to conserve more because they can immediately see how much they are able to save by shutting stuff off etc. ]]>Jul 27th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.mastermeter.com/ and the tech division is http://www.mastermetersystems.com/]]>Jul 27th 2010 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
They are also in the process of trying to solidify a solution where people don't need to drive around. You can just place an antenna high up on a tower and the meters all report back to that.]]>Jul 27th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
Yeah...well call me when it can. How a breaker box that transmits back to the system which circuit is drawing juice and when? Configure your account with what devices are on what circuit and bingo. For more granularity, add on wifi connected power outlets, light sockets or in-line meters. This is too broad a brush.]]>Jul 27th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
The way it's sitting on the meter would prevent it from being obscured by snow or rain.]]>Jul 27th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
Very very cool then. It doesn't seem too expensive. Currently I'm living in an apartment, but I have easy access to my electric meter and considering this doesn't have to get hard-wired in to the circuit breaker this wouldn't be a pain to uninstall when I'm ready to move. I may just get this...]]>Jul 27th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
I have had the sensor running for about a year with no problems. This included a Vermont winter of -30C ( one or two days) temperatures and serious snow falls.]]>Jul 27th 2010 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
However, this tech is also great for telling others exactly what you are using juice on, and its not a small leap in tech or logic to see that this tech can be abused by government to control what you use energy on, when you can use it, and how much extra they can charge you for non-preferred or unauthorized usage.

So I'll have to say no thanks to this.]]>Jul 27th 2010 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 27th 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/
Elliott Lemenager – Microsoft Hohm Community Manager
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As to what the meter readers will think, I wonder that too. But, most modern meters are wireless, meaning they don't even look at 'em anymore. ]]>Jul 27th 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/microsoft-partners-with-blue-line-innovation-for-hohm-compatible/Jul 28th 2010 10:15AM