communities on saving energy/electricity

the following are some interesting facebook communities on saving electricity.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=9e970fb7fdf34f67022878a85d6ebb87&gid=72645489788&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=9e970fb7fdf34f67022878a85d6ebb87&gid=28368188446&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=9e970fb7fdf34f67022878a85d6ebb87&gid=31762083509&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=9e970fb7fdf34f67022878a85d6ebb87&gid=72645489788&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?sid=32e8d77a9b3c669cc43b8a6354aed1f2&gid=7414289378&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?sid=32e8d77a9b3c669cc43b8a6354aed1f2&gid=10200293925&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=32e8d77a9b3c669cc43b8a6354aed1f2&gid=21215818001&ref=search
http://www.facebook.com/s.php?ref=search&init=q&q=save%20electricity%20&sid=32e8d77a9b3c669cc43b8a6354aed1f2&n=-1&o=4&s=10&hash=e85e53abbcd336812c2fbf132d8108f9&sf=p#/group.php?sid=32e8d77a9b3c669cc43b8a6354aed1f2&gid=73539959393&ref=search

the Efergy e2

the new Efergy e2 is the most feature-packed wireless energy monitor available with a built-in USB port. The Efergy e2 can store up to 8 months of hourly data for uploading to your PC and comes with software to analyse the data.

for more infrmation the company website can be accessed -http://www.efergy.com.au/

the cost controller power strip.

this is a power strip . however it is more than a power strip. It displays the energy consumed .

more information can be accessed http://www.gizmowatch.com/tags/power-strip-with-electricity-monitor/

kill a watt

The product is very portable . It like the product which we have conceived can be attached to the individual appliances .It is very similar to the product which we have conceived.IT does not get connected to the meter and therefore cannot monitor the electricity consumption of the entire house . IT does not display the cost of electricity consumed. It only displays the watt consumption . You can calculate your cumulative electricity expenses and forecast for the entire month and even an year . You can also monitor the quality of electricity supply as it shows the voltage ,line frequency and also power factor .IT shows in all 8 critical units of measurement . This is to be noted that it displays power factor which other products do not display . It has built in battery back up .For futher deatils you must visit this link -

https://www.chooserenewables.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16172&cat=260&page=2

Power Tab

The product gets attached to the circuit braker .from the circuit braker the monitor sends signal to via power line communication to the display unit .The dispaly unit is mobile and cn be carried to different parts of the house . the unit can be used also to monitor the electricity consumption of different appliances by swtiching off and on the power supply of the appliances .thus unlike the

Black and Decker it does not have any facility to digitally monitor the consumption individual appliances.

more information on this can be accessed at http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/another-green-gadget-to-monitor-your-electricity-consumption/

wattson electricity monitor

This is a unique product .It gets attached to the fuse box easily (without the help of the electrician ).It dispalys energy consumption in watts or in currency (rupees).The monitor's trendy light changes according to the electricity consumption . It is asthetically very good . It looks very good.One can save upto 4 weeks of history .YOu can also download the lot into your usb and then to the computer . It contains :-

Wattson display unit
Transmitter batteries
Sensor Clip
Display charger
USB lead
Instruction manual

brief details about the product are available at http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/EcoFriendly/EnergySaving/wattson.htm

black and decker power monitor

this is an innovative product . its features are :-

1-it dispalys real time electricity

2-it displays real time electricity costs .

3-it displays month to date costs and expected bill at the end of the month

4-its wire less sensor gets connected to the meter . Therefore it is a central system which gets connnected to the household meter .

5- It also has appliance mode to help consumers isolate individual appliances like TV, fridge , refrigirator .

6- the system is completely wireless.

complete details are available at http://www.thegreenhead.com/2008/12/black-decker-energy-saver-series-power-monitor.php

further

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ELJKLE?ie=UTF8&tag=200820-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001ELJKLE

also

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/review-black-de/

Beginning of the Idea

I  have been working on this project for some time. Recently Gaurav from Amity Business School joined us for 2 months summer internship. During discussion he said that he is concerned with the high electricity bills for his dad's factory. 

I realised that we have a common interest and started on the project on May 8,2009.

First step was to do market research and get ideas from actual users. 

We created a survey at google docs and started sending emails to persons known to us.