Carbon Co-op

SMARTER energy monitor give away

This offer has been re-opened.

Get in touch if you live in Manchester* and want to receive one of the 150 next generation internet-enabled, SMARTER energy meters we’re giving away free of charge.

They enable you to monitor your energy usage and you can also log on to a personalised web page and measure your performance against other people’s. These monitors are a great way of identifying how much energy you use and finding ways of saving money and reducing carbon emissions.

Installation
The monitors are really simple to install, just clip them around your existing meter cable – no need for wires or messing with the fuse board. You then link the monitor up to the internet using your broadband router using a cable provided.

Compare data
Then it’s just a case of logging on to our SMARTER website and you get an instant reading showing how much energy you’re using including the cost. You also get graphs showing your performances over the last few days, weeks or months which you can compare against other people in your area or around Manchester (all data is anonymised).

To receive a free SMARTER monitor just email us at info@carbon.coop to sign up. We have 150 to give away so if you’re interested you can invite friends and neighbours to sign up to.

Conditions
* To take part you must be living in the Manchester City Council area and have a broadband connection. The connection must always be on – many people like to turn their router off at night to conserve energy but studies show using a SMARTER will help you make energy savings that more than make up for this.

Carbon Co-op
The Carbon Co-op aims to make it simple, cheap and easy for households, streets and neighbourhoods to come together to buy low-carbon and energy-saving equipment. Discounted products including energy monitors, ‘A’ rated domestic appliances, whole house insulation products, boilers, burners and solar panels. It is a not-for-profit, social enterprise project. http://carbon.coop

Funding
The project which is being jointly funded by Manchester City Council’s Carbon Innovation Fund and the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s (NWDA) Carbon Challenge Fund is being delivered by the Commission for the New Economy working in partnership with the Greater Manchester Environment Commission. Read more about the project’s launch.

Trouble finding the right cable?
Here’s a really useful guide from the Open University on how to to find the right cable on your meter for the monitor:
http://tscp.open.ac.uk/t152/docs/T152install

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