CLIP Energy
Reducing electricity bills the smart way↓
We're facing a cost-of-living crisis.
Disposable income has been falling at the highest rate the UK has ever seen and everyday costs like food and energy keep rising.
National Energy Action estimate 6.3M UK households are in fuel poverty.
To save money, households are forced to reduce their energy use.
However, they don't have the information needed to do this effectively without impacting their quality of life.
Smart meters attempt to provide this information, but instead only make people anxious about their energy bills.
Initial Hardware Prototype
Using a Heltec Wifi kit, Arduino and Matlab Thingspeak to sample current data from a house for several months. The firmware was iteratively upgraded: from 1Hz sampling to 1000Hz, from 15s interval single upload to half a second bulk upload, from only current sampling to power approximation using voltage.
Data Collection
The graph shows the trends that can be seen each day in a household, with clear periods overnight with no use and typically larger spikes in the mornings and evenings.
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