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Microsoft measured the consumption of your household, such as Google! |
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Smart grid is finally due CEZu and its project Future Motion slowly gets to us, and it is obvious that the provision of software tools for its monitoring and control, in addition to Google (and its Power Meter) deserts his main rival, the Microsoft. That it’s monitoring tool called I 'm not kidding, "Home. Beta version of this web service will be launched as early as next week; you can enroll now at Microsoft-hohm.com.
The service will offer
insight into the current electricity consumption of your house, where a variety
of recommendations to save, get the history of measurement and transparent graph.
At the same time, you can compare different appliances in your home. The
application was developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Unlike Power Meter from
Google, however, does not communicate directly with Home smart meters in
households, but receives data from energy companies. Microsoft plans to sensors
for Smart Grid ( "smart network") will offer in the future.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 July 2009 )
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