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Danish based company Modstroem have developed an interesting new Z-Wave based electricity monitoring system.  The device includes a small digital camera that mounts on the meter to read energy consumption...

The Windows Home Server Team Blog has an interesting piece on the running costs of a modern home server versus a regular PC.  They found the annual running costs to be around £25 versus £295!  This echoes our finding in a piece we wrote a couple of years ago on running a NAS versus a PC.  Even then (in a time with lower electricity prices) our more conservative comparison found then the NAS cost around £17.00 to run for a year compared to around £145.00 for a PC...

We talked to Dave Robinson from Sensible Heat at the Smart Home Show and he introduced us to their new WebManager system. The fine details are still under wraps but we've obtained this photo of the PC based unit that runs Linux....

Plogg is a plug that's an energy meter, logger and switch that can talk to your PC, PDA or Smart Phone.  Available in ZigBee and Bluetooth versions, Plogg can communicate wirelessly with a range of devices while monitoring, reporting and being switching On and Off remotely...

Idratek have just released v23 of their home automation software, Cortex.  The new features include the ability for the system to estimate actual energy savings made from its intelligent heating and lighting control.  Other notable additions in this update are a new lighting automation engine and the inclusion of support for the xAP protocol...