Living in Scandinavia and with the energy prices going insane, we have to survive to adapt to the market situation and learn new habits to heat up our houses.
One feature I would love to have is the temperature overlay on top of the Energy usage graph in the Energy dashboard.
Having temperture as a optional factor helps analysing the historical data, and especially since the compare function was introduced in the Energy daschboard (a comparison which could be improeved by enabling a user defined reference time, comparing November with October does not make sense in temperated climates, while this November compared to last year does, but then temperature is a vital factor).
Overlaying outside temperature would be super useful on the Energy view. I’d also love to be able to add some other arbitrary sensors, like an internal temp or tracking when certain people are home.
Add my vote! Temperature is very much associated with energy consumption, and a superposition of this information could be interesting. Perhaps allow both indoor and outdoor temperature average overlay.
By tracking the hours spent cooling and heating the house (via the thermostat) and using historic bills to calculate the efficiency of the HVAC (kWh/h and CCF/h), I was able to estimate the electricity used to cool and gas used to heat the house. This could be used to figure out what fraction of energy is consumed by temperature regulation for those that can measure utility utilization directly.
In theory, one could also predict the monthly bill with the influence of temperature estimates. I am curious if anyone is successful in using historical or predictive energy data to curb expense.
