Earth day save energy challenge
April 22, 2022
Inspiration (playlist of youtube smart home content creators partisipating in the 2022 #energychallenge)
Lights
- Use motion sensors to detect motion and control lights in rooms with motion. such as corridors and hallways
- In rooms with low motion but person presence. i want to use a camera with person detection
- Turn down the brightness depending on lumens or daily cycle (motionsensors can have lumens numbers readout) (use smart bulbs or smart dimmer switch)
Electricity
- i already have a energy monitor to monitor total energy consomption
- put smart sockets on as many products as possible, preferably with power monitoring. but more importantly to turn off devices when they are not in use. this could be optimized alot, depending on what device that is being controlled. if it takes a long time to start, it is probably best to only turn it off at night, or when everyone is at work/school/holiday, if it starts fast. it could be turned off if noone is in the room.
Heating
- replace all thermostats with smart ones, combine them with daily schedule, external room temperature monitors, outdoor temperature and window sensors to control the heating in a room
https://github.com/KartoffelToby/better_thermostat
Future
- some detection to detect if noone is home. the issue for me is that not everyone in my household takes tehir phone with them.