Smart Home Energy efficiency
Bye Bye Standby
Bye Bye Standby is no longer available – see our full guide to the best smart plugs available or try these alternatives:…
Articles
Practical guidance on cutting your energy bills, smarter tariffs, and getting more from your home.
Smart controls
Top five ways to control your smart home
What are the top five ways to control your smart home? If you’re reading this then there’s a fair chance you have…
Smart controls
Smart thermostats: Nest vs Hive vs Evohome vs Heat Genius vs OWL vs Tado vs Salus iT500 vs Cosy vs Climote
Smart thermostats help you take control of your heating and make it more efficient. It’s about time that we took control of…
Energy monitors
Wattson energy monitors
Wattson Energy Monitors make it simple for everyone to understand and control their electricity usage, helping to reduce bills and environmental impact.…
Smart homes
Energy-saving house of the future will have no bins and a self-cleaning bathroom
The energy-saving homes of the future will have no bins, rubbish-sorting robots and a self-cleaning bathroom, according to elaborate new research, says…
Energy monitors
Wattson Holmes software
The Wattson Holmes software enables user of the Wattson Energy monitors and Wattson Solar Plus to download data to a PC or…
Smart homes
Free smart home energy software
According to GreenWise, the UK’s largest independent domestic energy company First Utility said on the 19th June 2012 that it was rolling…
Energy storage
Tesla’s $3,000 home battery pack can power a home for 8 hours
Luxury electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors has unveiled a series of batteries that will allow homeowners and businesses to better store renewable…
Lighting
Glow-in-the-Dark paths and driveways
U.K.-based resurfacing company Pro-Teq is currently testing Starpath, an ultraviolet-powered glow-in-the-dark pedestrian footpath in a Victorian park in Cambridge, England, that hopes…
Energy monitors
Wattson solar plus with easifit
The Wattson solar plus with easifit has now sold out and is not being manufactured anymore. Please see our Top 10 energy…
Energy monitors
Wattson Solar Plus
The Wattson Solar Plus is a solar energy and consumption monitor. Wattson Solar Plus allows you to see how much power you…
Solar energy
100% solar homes available in the UK
A house builder and a renewable energy technology supplier have joined forces to launch a new limited company, the Zero Carbon Solution,…