Archive for February, 2010
Online Tools for Monitoring Energy Use
Posted by: | CommentsAn article in the Guardian (UK) last October (09) gave description of Google’s Powermeter tool. Just like Dehems, the online tool allows householders to monitor energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, thereby reducing consumption and saving money. The article provides an useful overview of the issues along with some interesting comments from readers.
Dehems Plug Level Metering: Plugwise
Posted by: | CommentsThe Dehems project wil be offering a number of households, (from the five partner cities) energy monitoring plugs that enable the readout of electricity consumption and running costs of connected appliances. The plugs are a product from Plugwise, a Dutch company who have been developing energy management systems since 2006. Their UK compatible plugs have arrived on the market just this month.
The system offers a wireless energy management system allowing domestic users to gain detailed understanding of their energy consumption where they see it: at the plug on the wall. The plug system uses a wireless network to feedback to the Dehems dashboard to enable uses to gain an understanding of the energy usage of individual appliances. More details will be available as soon as the first installation takes place .. watch this space.
Dehems @ the ICT for Energy Efficiency Conference, Brussels
Posted by: | CommentsDehems will be exhibiting at the forthcoming ICT for Energy Efficiency event in Brussels 23/24th February 2010. The ICT4EE 2010 event will gather policy makers and experts on the ICT for Energy Efficiency field through a conference, projects’ exhibition and the Best ICT4EE Project Award Ceremony
The event aims to become a vehicle to drive progress in the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon economy following the terms of the Recommendation 7604 adopted by the European Commission in October. Through the Recommendation, the Commission calls on the ICT sector to agree on common methodologies for measuring energy consumption and carbon emissions by 2010. Addressing EU Member States and the ICT sector, it aims to unlock energy efficiency potential through more public-private partnership initiatives and also through partnerships between the ICT industry and defined strategic sectors.
Energy Meters for Schools in the UK
Posted by: | CommentsThe Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and Partnerships for Schools (PfS) are running a new initiative to get to provide energy display meters installed into English state-funded schools, absolutely free. The aim is to use it as a tool to get pupils and teachers thinking about about monitoring electricity use and actively engaging them in sustainability issues. It works by monitoring electricity use and displaying real-time results on school’s PCs. www.energydisplaymeter.co.uk
