EcoHome Lab: Monthly meetup and skill share

This months EcoHomeLab is on ... Projects Update! There are a number of exciting projects going on in the EcoHomeLab community at the moment. This month we will be getting an update from those involved and looking at ways others can get involved.

5.30-6.30pm - OpenEnergyMonitor (https://openenergymonitor.org/) drop-in with Trystan Lea (https://vimeo.com/user853442) one of the projects core developers. Temperature sensor not reporting, dashboard showing unusual results? Bring it down and we'll see what we can do.

6.30 - 7.15 - Project Updates:

• MyHomeEnergyPlanner - an open source home energy assessment tool

• Current status (Carlos)
• Adding solar batteries (Ben)
• Adding electric vehicles (Trystan/Dom)

• MadLab Monitoring - a project to cover MadLab in energy and environmental sensors (Matt)

• Off-grid holiday cottage project - we have been asked how to reduce energy usage old poorly insulated off-gas-grid holiday cottage in North Yorkshire!?

• emoncms groups/admin module (Carlos/Trystan) - adding super users to the open source emoncms energy monitoring/analysis platform and giving them great power!

7.15-8pm - Working session - a time for planning and doing! Join a project or come up with one of your own with the support of the group.

8pm - Pub!

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Now in our regular monthly slot - every second Thursday of the month at MadLab (https://madlab.org.uk/). A hangout for people taking control of their home energy usage and generation. We use open-source hardware and software to gain a better understanding of energy in our homes, how to make the best use of the energy we generate and reduce energy wasted.

This is a CarbonCo-op (http://carbon.coop/) initiative working close together with OpenEnergyMonitor (https://openenergymonitor.org).

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Topics will include:

• Home energy monitoring.

• House energy performance assessment

• Sensors - electricity, gas, temperature, humidity, air quality...

• User interfaces, dashboards

• Smart houses and automation

• Aggregation of data sources

• Taking the power back! - Making better use of the surplus power we generate

Who is it for?

• Anyone with skills in physical electronics, web development or programming who wants to use that knowledge to reduce energy and carbon!

• There will be open space for small groups to focus on adding new sensors or hacking the user interface, there will always be a 'newbies' group for people interested in finding out more.