How to Monitor Home Energy Usage with Raspberry Pi and Smart Meters
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Summary
This step-by-step guide teaches how to monitor home energy usage using a Raspberry Pi and smart meters.
The project aims to help reduce electricity bills, understand consumption patterns and contribute to energy conservation.
The materials required are a Raspberry Pi, a smart meter with API or optical port, a Wi-Fi dongle or Ethernet cable, a micro SD card, a USB power supply for the Raspberry Pi, an optical sensor, jumper wires and a breadboard alongside Python 3 and necessary libraries.
The steps to follow to achieve the monitoring are to prepare the Raspberry Pi, connect to the smart meter, install necessary Python libraries, write or download a data collection script, set up automated data collection and finally visualise and analyse the data.
Some benefits of being able to monitor energy usage at home include cost savings, energy awareness, smart home integration and environmental impact.