Tag: Sense
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Monitoring home solar monitors: SunPower and Sense update their apps, David Energy wants to do everything
Installing a ton of residential solar doesn’t just “distribute” generation, it distributes the responsibility for managing that generation, and we are just starting to scratch the surface of products and strategies for doing so. These range from customer apps that (try to) change each user’s relationship with their home’s energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sense can now track home power quality and detect floating neutrals
Sense has introduced two new Sense Labs projects that make homes safer and more reliable. The Power Quality project tracks variations in electricity entering the home and shows voltage data in the Sense app so that users have more insight into how their home power is functioning. The Floating NeutralRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Covid impact: Home electrical usage increased 9.3 percent through spring, summer 2020 says Sense
Based on an analysis of anonymized energy data in more than 5,200 homes that have the Sense home energy monitor, Sense found that, since Covid-19, average electrical usage increased 9.3% from April through August 2020 compared to 2019, a reflection of people using more electricity while they stayed home, combinedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Sense rolls out Flex sensors to track home energy hogs on dedicated circuits
Sense rolled out cost-effective add-on Flex sensors for its Sense Home Energy Monitor. These Flex sensors connect to the auxiliary port on the Sense monitor to track alternative electrical sources in the home. They can be used to support 400A split-service panels or monitor important appliances that are on dedicatedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Get this: Updating inefficient homes could save 8 percent of U.S. residential electricity usage
During the first presidential debacle debate, Joe Biden threw out a promise to upgrade 4 million buildings and weatherize 2 million homes over 4 years, creating 1 million new jobs and re-energizing the economy. Smart home energy company Sense crunched some numbers on the potential impact of the plan, andRead More — Solar Builder magazine