New Home Energy Monitoring Tool Launched By Microsoft

With his acute focus on climate change and initiatives on improving energy efficiency, President Barack Obama encouraged his fellow citizens by emphasising on making light bulbs as well as other lighting equipment to absorb less energy. And he suggested that “I know light bulbs may not seem sexy, but this simple action holds enormous promise because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is used to light our homes and businesses”. He also had shown estimation on how this activity can increase energy efficiency by saving around $4 billion in a year between the period of 2012 and 2042 and conserving energy for every household for about 10 months.



And now here is this new home energy monitoring tool has been brainstormed by technicians at Microsoft to enable every household monitor, check their energy use and determine energy efficiency. The US based software giant has taken up this energy saving endeavour to induce a more effectual and easy method to gauge users’ energy consumption, help them limiting their use accordingly

The tool named as Microsoft Hohm is now on beta version or test version in US and has been proven to enable users track and fathom their energy use. This tool also acts in giving recommendations in saving energy and money.

This innovating energy saving tool from Microsoft is a combination of software and internet enabled services that in concert will be able to address global energy saving needs by allowing people trace individual energy use, understand when it is soaring and how it can be reduced.

According to Microsoft, this dual energy tracking system is designed with high level analytics that is licensed by the US Department of Energy and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The Hohm has been proven to give suggestions on conserving energy on the basis of feedback and home energy data taken from users. These suggestions may range from providing caulking to windows to seal air leakage, installation of programmable thermostat and many useful energy conserving recommendations and tips in context to contemporary needs for energy saving and supply.