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OpenEnergyMonitor.orgOpen-source energy monitoring
@openenergymon, Glyn Hudson, SAW Bangor, Lighting Talks Jan 2013
Sustainable EnergyTools to help us work towards sustainable energy in a way that adds up.
Energy Stacks based on DavidMacKay's book: withouthotair.comTrystan's Stack 2012
Only 17% Sustainable Energy
2030Target*
2012 UK Average
2012 Trystan
*CAT zerocarbonbritain.com/
An open source technologyIs a technology where the source code, CAD drawings, technical documentation is openly available.
Open source Technologymovement
Freedom to doAll these things
By making it easy to build upon thework of others we can solve problemsfaster.
There is a real enjoyment in making and sharing.
empowerment
Learning through how-to-guides, freely available source code and hardware designs
CollaborationParticipationContribution
Innovation
Building technicalcapacity
inspiration
Free-willed Intrinsic motivation
http://shop.openenergymonitor.com
The OpenEnergyMonitor System
http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/emontx
An open-source web app for processing, logging and visualising energy, temperature and other environmental data
●Open-source, downloadable and installable on your own server
●Specifically designed with processing and visualising energy data in mind.
● Written in php, mysql, javascript, jquery
● Follows MVC architecture
emoncms.orgopenenergymonitor.org/emon/emoncmsgithub.com/emoncms
Visual Dashboard Editor
Drop & drop, customisable graphs, re-sizeable widgets, buttons and live feeds
http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/emonbase/raspberrypie
Raspberry Pi
Home Electricity Monitoring
My house: Electricity Reduction of ~47% over 4 years
More than 2kW
less than 2kW
less than 500W
kWh
Fridge freezer & standby
Lights and computers
less than 500W
Kettle & immersion heater
Solar PV monitoring
Heat Pump MonitoringJohn Cantor, heat pump consultant
●Remotely monitor heat pump performance
●Identify problems
●Optimise control by providing feedback
www.heatpumps.co.ukhttp://openenergymonitor.org/emon/applications/heatpump
RF Link
Ambient Temp probe
Solar PV
Battery
Core temperature probe
Winter 2010
Bee Hive MonitoringClive Hudson, Meirionnydd Bee Keepers
http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/beehive/v2
A 'normal' bee temperature week
Bee hive swarm
●Half of the bees leave the hive
●Bad news for the bee keeper
●Possible to detect on the monitor
Core temperature rises above 34 degrees for first time all year
●Alert bee keeper via SMS to take action
Swarm
Open technologycommonsopenenergymonitor.org
●Tutorials, How-to's
●Source code on github
●Hardware schematics an board files solderpad.
●All under open source licence (GPL)
●Forums – dev discussion, questions, bugs..
Open-source sustainable technologies
Technology that empowers us to participate in creating a future
where we live within ecological limits.
OpenEnergyMonitor.orgOpen-source energy monitoring
@openenergymon, Glyn Hudson, SAW Bangor, Lighting Talks Jan 2013