EcoHome Lab: Battery Storage special!

This month we'll be finishing off soldering up the new, web connected energy monitors we built last time and experimenting with creating easy to use energy dashboards. If you were not there but want to build your own HomeEnergMonitor get in contact.

Ben Aylott will be presenting the findings of his masters dissertation on the potential of battery storage in a smartgrid environment. We also hope to be able to look at an example dashboard for the batteries that Carbon Coop members have been installing in their homes.

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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.