Devices: Meter
Meters are devices that can monitor and track the energy consumption in your household. You can install different types of meters that either track the total consumption or on an individual level of each device.
Why should I care about home electricity metering monitoring?
Monitoring your household electricity use is important because it gives you the information you need to analyse and identify areas where energy use can be optimized. The monitored consumption data is used by My.Sunroof to optimize your energy usage and costs. But it also empowers you to make small changes to your electricity use on your own. You can see these changes translate into lower monthly bills, as well as a lower impact home with fewer associated emissions. There are a few useful ways to monitor your electricity use we will expand on below. These tactics can help you and others in your household to become more conscious of how much energy is being used on a day-to-day basis.
Units and concepts to understand when monitoring and analysing electricity use
When beginning your journey into understanding your electricity use, you’ll sooner or later encounter two units: kW (kilowatt) and kWh (kilowatt hours).
kWh: a unit of energy.
kW: a unit of power.
kW and kWh are connected in the sense that one kWh is simply the energy that is generated by one hour of sustained power of 1kW.