Energy Monitors

Any Energy Monitor can add a lot of value to your home, in particular with understanding your energy consumption patterns.

How we consume energy is becoming just as important as how much energy we consume.

The energy monitor differs slightly from your smart electricity meter in that it can provide immediate feedback on the specific energy consumption of what you are doing right-now.

Energy Consumers in the Home

The modern home is full of energy consumers of all descriptions. Some consumers, like white goods, are mandated to have an energy rating, A, A+, etc. … but this does not always translate to meaningful information for the homeowner.

Your energy monitor provides immediate feedback on what your home is consuming right-now, and will continuously update the display as electrical consumers are switched on or off around the home.

An Electric Cooker can be a large energy consumer

This is a valuable tool in understanding our energy use, and highlighting the cost of energy-intensive activities in the home.

Largest Energy Consumers

The largest energy consumers around the home are usually connected with either heating or cooking.

Your energy monitor will help you visualise the increased energy usage while your cooker is on, or while your immersion heater is on, or while your electric heating is running. It can even help you determine the power rating on each appliance.

Such activities will all significantly increase your electricity consumption (and your utility bill).

An energy monitor displaying power consumption level in kW

In addition to displaying the power draw in kW (kilowatts), your energy monitor should calculate your energy consumption in kWh (kilowatthours) and provide this information in an easy-to-read format for daily, weekly or monthly energy consumption.

Cost of Energy

Based on tariff information from the user, your energy monitor should also provide you with an up-to-date cost of your energy consumption in euros.

Again this information can be visualised for daily, weekly or monthly costs and compared with a monthly budget set by the user.

When we translate our energy usage behaviour into a cost it gives a clearer understanding for homeowners and a tangible impact of our usage patterns.

Energy Consumption and Solar PV Production

Solar Energy is entirely connected to our energy consumption patterns and our energy needs. Your solar PV system should be designed and installed based on this information – and will differ from one home or business to another.

An energy monitor provides you with a clear picture of your energy usage and the detailed data which should translate to the optimal solar PV installation for your home or business.

If you already know how much electricity you consume, either from an energy monitor or from your utility bill, our engineers would be delighted to recommend the optimal solar PV system for you!

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