{"id":13,"date":"2024-12-03T21:47:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/?p=13"},"modified":"2024-12-03T23:03:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:03:29","slug":"tracking-your-energy-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/tracking-your-energy-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking your energy consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you own a smart meter in Belgium, the simplest way to track your energy consumption is through your smart meter. Either by going to your energy provider (Sibelga in Brussels) or by extracting the data through the P1 plug of your smart meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using the My Sibelga app<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"19\" src=\"http:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-540x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-540x1024.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-158x300.jpeg 158w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-768x1457.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-809x1536.jpeg 809w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-1079x2048.jpeg 1079w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1-142x270.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga1.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"22\" src=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-525x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-525x1024.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-154x300.jpeg 154w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-768x1499.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-787x1536.jpeg 787w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-1049x2048.jpeg 1049w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3-138x270.jpeg 138w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga3.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21\" src=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-519x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-519x1024.jpeg 519w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-152x300.jpeg 152w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-768x1516.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-778x1536.jpeg 778w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-1038x2048.jpeg 1038w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2-137x270.jpeg 137w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MySibelga2.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One way to keep track of your power consumption is the My Sibelga app. It&#8217;s free but it doesn&#8217;t have real time data and it will often only have the data from the day before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does display peak and off-peak hour details, details about your index values and even details around energy sharing (with a delay of a few months).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons responsive-pros-cons--design-one wp-block-thenahidul-responsive-pros-cons-block\">\n\t<div class=\"flex jcsb responsive-pros-cons__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__item responsive-pros-cons__item-pros\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex aic responsive-pros-cons__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex aic jcc responsive-pros-cons__icon responsive-pros-cons__icon--pros\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" fill=\"#4CAF50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M256 0C114.6 0 0 114.6 0 256s114.6 256 256 256s256-114.6 256-256S397.4 0 256 0zM371.8 211.8l-128 128C238.3 345.3 231.2 348 224 348s-14.34-2.719-19.81-8.188l-64-64c-10.91-10.94-10.91-28.69 0-39.63c10.94-10.94 28.69-10.94 39.63 0L224 280.4l108.2-108.2c10.94-10.94 28.69-10.94 39.63 0C382.7 183.1 382.7 200.9 371.8 211.8z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__title\">Pros<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__content\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"flex fdc responsive-pros-cons__list responsive-pros-cons__list-pros\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Free<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Quick to setup<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Historical data<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__item responsive-pros-cons__item-cons\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex aic responsive-pros-cons__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex aic jcc responsive-pros-cons__icon responsive-pros-cons__icon--cons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" fill=\"#EF0856\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12,1A11,11,0,1,0,23,12,11,11,0,0,0,12,1Zm3.71,13.29a1,1,0,0,1,0,1.42,1,1,0,0,1-1.42,0L12,13.41l-2.29,2.3a1,1,0,0,1-1.42,0,1,1,0,0,1,0-1.42L10.59,12,8.29,9.71A1,1,0,0,1,9.71,8.29L12,10.59l2.29-2.3a1,1,0,0,1,1.42,1.42L13.41,12Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__title\">Cons<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__content\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"flex fdc responsive-pros-cons__list responsive-pros-cons__list-cons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Not in real-time<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>No Smart home integration<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HomeWizard P1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you own a smart meter in Belgium, another way to track your energy consumption is through the P1 port of your smart meter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple options exist but one of most popular option is the HomeWizard P1 Meter. Sold at around 25\u20ac by Dutch company HomeWizard, it&#8217;s a very simple plug and play solution that requires no technical skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The P1 meter is also the base for the HomeWizard Battery which is a plug and play home battery that uses the P1 meter data to know when to store or inject electricity into your home and increase your autoconsumption. We will try to test this battery once it&#8217;s readily available in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s also a very geek friendly option with its local API and HomeAssistant integration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device must be put into the P1 port of your smart meter. The meter will power the device so there is no need to fiddle with a battery or find a nearby power plug. It will extract the data every second and you have multiple options to visualise it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The HomeWizard app<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"37\" src=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-527x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-527x1024.jpeg 527w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-155x300.jpeg 155w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-768x1491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-791x1536.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-1055x2048.jpeg 1055w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1-139x270.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp1.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-531x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-531x1024.jpeg 531w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-155x300.jpeg 155w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-768x1482.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-796x1536.jpeg 796w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-1061x2048.jpeg 1061w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2-140x270.jpeg 140w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeWizardApp2.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cloud-based app allows you to visualise the data in real-time on the app and keeps by default the data for the last 12 months. After that, you&#8217;ll need to pay an extra 12\u20ac per year. But with Home Assistant, we can keep the data locally, for free and do much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next to the P1 meter, it also supports other devices from HomeWizard (smart plugs, water meter, &#8230;) and solar inverters from major brands to give you a nice view of your overall power consumption. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons responsive-pros-cons--design-one wp-block-thenahidul-responsive-pros-cons-block\">\n\t<div class=\"flex jcsb responsive-pros-cons__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__item responsive-pros-cons__item-pros\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex aic responsive-pros-cons__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex aic jcc responsive-pros-cons__icon responsive-pros-cons__icon--pros\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" fill=\"#4CAF50\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M256 0C114.6 0 0 114.6 0 256s114.6 256 256 256s256-114.6 256-256S397.4 0 256 0zM371.8 211.8l-128 128C238.3 345.3 231.2 348 224 348s-14.34-2.719-19.81-8.188l-64-64c-10.91-10.94-10.91-28.69 0-39.63c10.94-10.94 28.69-10.94 39.63 0L224 280.4l108.2-108.2c10.94-10.94 28.69-10.94 39.63 0C382.7 183.1 382.7 200.9 371.8 211.8z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__title\">Pros<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__content\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"flex fdc responsive-pros-cons__list responsive-pros-cons__list-pros\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Free (to visualise)<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Beautiful<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Supports other devices<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__item responsive-pros-cons__item-cons\">\n\t\t<div class=\"flex aic responsive-pros-cons__header\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"flex aic jcc responsive-pros-cons__icon responsive-pros-cons__icon--cons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" fill=\"#EF0856\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M12,1A11,11,0,1,0,23,12,11,11,0,0,0,12,1Zm3.71,13.29a1,1,0,0,1,0,1.42,1,1,0,0,1-1.42,0L12,13.41l-2.29,2.3a1,1,0,0,1-1.42,0,1,1,0,0,1,0-1.42L10.59,12,8.29,9.71A1,1,0,0,1,9.71,8.29L12,10.59l2.29-2.3a1,1,0,0,1,1.42,1.42L13.41,12Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__title\">Cons<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"responsive-pros-cons__content\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"flex fdc responsive-pros-cons__list responsive-pros-cons__list-cons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Paying for advanced options<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>Cloud-based<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Home Assistant integration<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-1024x390.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-1024x390.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-300x114.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-768x293.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-1536x585.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-2048x780.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/smartnest.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HomeAssistant-604x230.jpeg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to its local API, the HomeWizard P1 allows you to hook it up with Home Assistant without any internet connection. HomeWizard is one of the built-in integration and allows you to use the P1 meter but also other devices from HomeWizard (smart plugs, water meter, &#8230;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HomeWizard P1 meter coupled with Home Assistant is, for me, the best option. Cheap, running locally and with almost unlimited possibilities, it is the basis of our smart home automation at SmartNest.be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you own a smart meter in Belgium, the simplest way to track your energy consumption is through your smart meter. Either by going to your energy provider (Sibelga in Brussels) or by extracting the data through the P1 plug of your smart meter. Using the My Sibelga app One way to keep track of your power consumption is the My Sibelga app. It&#8217;s free but it doesn&#8217;t have real time data and it will often only have the data&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/tracking-your-energy-consumption\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartnest.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}