We are big fans on monitoring electricity consumption so that you can manage and reduce it. This Old House has a great video showing the range of products for monitoring and managing electricity consumption in the house. We have and are big fans of the Kill-A-Watt, Watts?Up Pro and TED 5000 shown in the video. […]
Great Video on Home Energy Monitors by Ask This Old House
Posted on December 22, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Quoted on CNET Green Tech about our TED5000
Posted on August 24, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
A few weeks back back I talked with Martin LaMonica, editor of CNET News Green Tech, about our TED5000 home energy monitor. He was doing research for an article about the “smart grid” and wanted to talk to me about what we thought of our home energy monitor now that we had been living with […]
Reflections on Earth Hour
Posted on March 29, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
On Saturday we joined the world for Earth Hour by turning off all the lights in our house as well as most other things too. Well almost all the lights, we left the LED night light on in the kids’ room for them. We also kept the home network on so that our TED5000 home […]
Don’t Forget Earth Hour Tonight at 8:30pm local time
Posted on March 27, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Join in the world wide movement to show support for our planet, Earth Hour. Tonight, beginning at 8:30pm your time, turn out the lights for 60 minutes. Instead of candles, I recommend having rechargeable lanterns and LED flashlights on hand. I have our solar powered rechargeable lantern charged and ready to go. In addition to […]
First Days with our TED-5000 Home Energy Monitor
Posted on February 21, 2010 Written by 5 Comments
Understanding your home energy usage is an important step to to reducing it. You can get a good first start by just looking at your energy bills and thinking about why there are peaks and valleys and how this year compares to last. To go beyond looking at your bills and save even more, you need […]
