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I think they can help with saving energy indirectly: by letting power companies give customers more detailed information about their usage. But I don't know ho

I think they can help with saving energy indirectly: by letting power companies give customers more detailed information about their usage. But I don't know how often people take advantage of this. I've shaved off around .15 kwh of energy that was used 24/7 ($25/month in California) based upon usage information from our energy company.

joezydeco 7y ago
My 'smart meter' is Zigbee enabled, and I own an adapter that spits out data from the meter in XML format. I can see power consumption with ~400 Watt resolution every 10 seconds without messing around in my breaker box attaching things. Downside is that we're a decade into net-connected thermostat and HVAC systems and none of them support any of this.