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A smart home is not about dazzling anyone with technology. It is about solving everyday problems. Automatic blinds are a simple example of that.
Read more: Smart home is not sci-fi — automatic blinds and real everyday comfortIn October I switched my tariff group from G11 to G13. I wanted to save money, so I took a close look at how my house actually uses electricity.
Read more: A short story of switching to the G13 tariff, which saved me moneySee how one small change lowered my electricity bills. I studied my usage profile, adjusted a few habits and moved from the G11 tariff to G13.
Read more: A small change that cut my energy billsIn a world where energy efficiency matters more and more, understanding and optimising how much you use is the base and the signpost on the way to…
Read more: Why is monitoring electricity use the key to saving money?You can lower your electricity bills without losing comfort. It is not magic - it is conscious energy management based on modern metering systems.
Read more: How to save electricity? Discover the power of metering devices and circuits in your home!Remote control of Supla devices using readings from the MEW-01 energy monitor. Simple automation built with SUPLA Scripts, step by step.
Read more: How to use MEW-01 energy monitor readings to control other Supla devices?You have a Supla system and want to connect it to Home Assistant? In a moment you will learn how to do it over MQTT on a Raspberry Pi 4.
Read more: Installing Home Assistant and integrating it with Supla over MQTTUse what Home Assistant and Node-RED can do to build simple automations with Supla receivers. A step-by-step example with MEW-01 and ROW-01.
Read more: Node-RED — automation basics in Home AssistantGrafana is a tool that lets you visualize data. See how to do it in Home Assistant, step by step, with an InfluxDB database.
Read more: Home Assistant, Grafana and InfluxDB — data visualizationHow to get MEW-01 measurement data into Excel so that you can later show it as readable charts and dashboards in Power BI, step by step.
Read more: Power BI — analysing the MEW-01 measurement history from an Excel fileMy picks for what to look at when you build home automation — from a reliable network and neutral wires to schedules, batteries and privacy.
Read more: What is worth thinking about when you design home automation?Learn how to pull the last 5,000 electricity usage records from the MEW-01 device out of the Supla server and into MS Excel with the REST API.
Read more: MEW-01 energy monitor — downloading the electricity usage history from the server to Excel – part 2
