Lower your energy consumption is like losing weight – knowledge takes you far, but you need reminders to change long time behaviour.

A Power meter gives you possibility to know and measure your energy consumption. Like Lord Kelvin said “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” (Used by Google PowerMeter)

The Swedish company Senea installed thousands of digital power meters in peoples home to test how it would effect their energy consumption. The result showed that it was hard to change people’s behaviours with the meters. Martin Magnusson (Växjö Energy) sad; “It’s not enough to install technology in the house and then wait for it to solve all problems.” Instead one group was also given stimulation to save energy through continued information and competitions. This group had a better success in lowering their energy consumption.

A basic idea in this project is to create an Ecosystem of involvement. The user gets a social and informational connection between Web, Gadget and Meter.

The Gadget is Wireless so it can be placed in an everyday area to remind us. An important thing is that the consumption is Real-time updated so we can connect the level with our actions. Or in other words; the Gadget should react directly to make us aware of our actions.