On the 8th of December, 5:30pm, at Madlab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN. Join us at meetup For this session we are planning: More with the energy monitors we are building, strat building one, come and finish it if you haven't or if it is not working we'll try to fix it with you. Will we be able … Read more
It felt a bit quieter this time but still interesting with some hands on work and presentations about emonCMS dashboards, how energuy monitoring changed my :p and MyHomeEnergyPlanner, the tool for house assessments we are developing in CarbonCoop. The electronics of the day Duncan and Shahzad had finished building their monitors in previous sessions. But … Read more
Britain may laugh (or squirm) at the amount of dirt and dishonesty the US Presidential election is sinking of into. It is hard not to. But Britain has as much dirt and sleaze of its own to worry about. This has nothing to do with the private lives (or lusts) of MPs, but about our … Read more
Another busy busy busy EcoHomeLab. Many things happened this time: not only we had to carry on working on the HomeEnergyMonitors that some people started building in September's session, there was also some troubleshooting needed, a video recording and a presentation about modeling generation, storage and demand respond. Energy monitors So Shahzad carried on building … Read more
Community energy has been hard hit by cuts to renewable subsidies and it’s time of great change and uncertainty for those in the sector. In this blog post I look at some of the ideas for the way forward for community energy. We will be discussing all these issues and more at our forthcoming event … Read more
Have you struggled to find a good trades person? Have you asked for quotes that have come back wildly different? Are you puzzled as to why your contractor seems to be taking a while to get back to you? This event aims to support a better understanding and communication between trades people and their clients. What makes a good contractor and what makes a good client?