Let's face it, most of our energy usage today isn't that smart, at a time in history where we have more energy than ever before, we still don't have enough! The old school way of...

I've just been doing some charting upgrades and adding some new gadgets, notably some nice doughnut charts! I was also just inspecting the solar energy output for the last 12 months versus the lights.  It...

This guide steps through a very simple procedure to connect a SEGbox built for a WiFi connection to your wireless internet service. To proceed, you will need to know a couple of things about this...

On Weds 20th April, the SEG Team went along to talk to the Melbourne Branch of the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) We had a great evening talking with the ATA folks about Smart Energy Groups,...

Lately we have been doing a bit of work measuring energy in large buildings and complex sites.  Often these are places where there are building management systems that preform many of the low level functions...

Perhaps there is something we haven't been told yet? Never before have we seen a nuclear accident unfold like the ongoing crisis at Fukushima this week.  In real time we have seen tweets of explosions,...

Smart Energy Groups went along to support the launch of the EcoMarket at the EcoCentre in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. The inaugural market was on Sunday 6th March, and will continue to run on the first...

During the recent Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne, the Smart Energy team got a chance to check out the Future Spark pedal power demonstration. This is a remarkable piece of engineering, and I had the...

We all love a hot shower, and a god many of our water heaters are of the bad old single element energy hog, and if you have one of these units, there is a very...

We took Smart Energy Groups along to the Sustainable Living Festival "Green Market", which ran last weekend on the River Promenade behind Fed Square. For those who dropped by to see us, a big thanks...

How much more could we be paying for our electricity? Here are some sobering estimates for 2012-2013 projections. A Sydney Morning Herald article points to an Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) study released today, suggesting that the...

Social media is expected to play an important role in helping us manage our energy consumption habits   Here's a link to an interesting Mashable article on the impact social media will have on energy...

One of the smallest energy sensors available, our 5mm current sensor is a nice little thing. Able to fit inside the tightest of spaces, and accurate to around 2 percent.  Our kit needs a little love and...

Are you, like me, paying for something you may never get? This story about Victoria's smart meter roll out was on channel 9 news tonight:

  Last weekend, our family went to the beach.  Not because it was a nice day, it was raining, windy and otherwise miserable, however we needed to get out of the house as the cabin...

Forget the cost of carbon, the cost of energy is going up, wether we like it or not.  In Melbourne, it's been 50% since 2006 and the utilities predict another 50% by 2015 2010 has...

The SEGbox can connect to the internet using WiFi of cabled ethernet, depending on the preferred connection. This guide will show how to setup the SEGbox OpenWRT configuration to have a rock steady WiFi connection,...

We all like to know the temperature.  As a weather junkie myself, I like to check the forecast, outside and indoor temperature as part of the daily routine.  As an urban cyclist, this is an...

This little kit adds the special Zigbee powers to your SEGmeter, turning it into a wireless device! What is this Zigbee you ask?  It's a wireless mesh radio system, that allows SEGmeter to communicate using...

We are over the moon to announce the opening of the SEGshop, a place to go and pick up all your Smart Energy goodies. We've got our SEGmeter complete on sale, a 6 channel smart...