I am interested in novel ways to measure and visualise energy consumption through the web and mobile device. I am running a project to monitor the total energy consumption and carbon emissions of our building.
We are also monitoring individual energy consumption using a network of Zigbee Ploggs. Below the menu options on the left you can see the current power consumption of my desktop PC, and here is my total usage so far today:
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Here is my consumption this week:
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&chxt=x,y,r,x&chco=191970,4682B4&chg=0,25,3,3&chl=|||||||Sat+13|||||||||||||||Sun+14|||||||||||||||Mon+15|||||||||||||||Tue+16|||||||||||||||Wed+17|||||||||||||||Thu+18|||||||||||||||Fri+19||||||||&chds=0,100&chxr=1,0,100,50.0&chxl=2:|Others|3:|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|+|&chm=h,DC143C,0,0.5754052288876881,1.4754052288876882&chxp=2,57.540522888768805|0,8,22.29,36.58,50.82,65.16,79.45,93.74|3,0,14.29,28.58,42.87,57.16,71.45,85.74,100&chxs=0,000000,11,0,l,0000dd|1,000000,12,1,lt,0000dd|2,DC143C,12,-1,lt,000000|3,000000&chbh=4,0,0&chxtc=3,3|2,-360)
Finally, here is a comparison with the other Ploggs in the trial.
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To put these graphs into your own webpage, please download this simple example code.
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We are also monitoring individual energy consumption using a network of Zigbee Ploggs. Below the menu options on the left you can see the current power consumption of my desktop PC, and here is my total usage so far today:
Here is my consumption this week:
Finally, here is a comparison with the other Ploggs in the trial.
For Windows users there is also energy and carbon sidebar gadgets available.
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