Aaaaand We’re off!
Our first shipment of sensor hardware came this week.
Ryan received 5 “Tweet-A-Watt” kits as well as a few Belkin plug load monitors. We also have some soft monitor OWL systems that will monitor entire circuit plug loads (those Brits really know what they’re doing!)…
I reached out to Google employee and Founder of KippKits Kipp Bradford about getting my hands on some of the very exciting “Google Motes”. These small boards contain sensors for Humidity, Motion, Temperature, Air Quality, Air Pressure, Light and Sound. They can hook up to an Arduino and a radio relay to create sensor nodes through a building. (More on coding, soldering, and troubleshooting in later Blog Posts I’m sure).
We’re really excited about the different types of data we’re going to be monitoring, and what information it can tell us about how we interact with our buildings and how the environment effects both ourselves and the bottom line.