Ivie ivie Bud | in-Home Display Your Smart Meter

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The other advantage I see for the Ivie is that by connecting over wifi it can be moved around the house and be much further away from the meter so can be put somewhere more convenient (my current Trio II IHD needs to be within 2 metres). There also appears to be (or going to be) the ability to link to Smartthings app and access the data on mobile or tablet and presumably remotely as well. If you're a regular Superdrug shopper, you can now earn more freebies and discounts under its Health & Beautycard loyalty scheme, as the retailer has launched new 'VIP Rewards' as part of it.

I could not activate it on https://ivie.co.uk/activate. The House number+postcode fails for me (3 flats/meters in the house maybe), and they won’t support the MPAN method. Going through Smarthing android app, creating the chameleon account with the MPAN, and associating the Ivie bud made the association possible. SmartThings Energy will also highlight if cheaper tariffs are available based on actual household energy usage. By partnering with Uswitch; the UK’s leading price comparison service, to provide end-to-end energy management, SmartThings Energy will give people greater control when it comes to domestic energy use. With increasing prices and the energy price cap shielding customers from even higher bills, active energy management in the home has never been more important. SmartThings Energy is driving change in the energy spaceIt would only be logical though if " the big selling point of smart meters to consumers is that with the IHD, they can see their usage, real times costs etc and hopefully reduce their usage" was the real reason behind the smart meter rollout, but of course it isn't. As an alternative to all these options, most suppliers allow you to review your smart meter usage data in your online account and app. If you don’t mind not having live data, this may be a potential option.

As usual, if your IHD can only see your electricity readings and not the gas, it's likely loop will only provide your electricity readings. These great 9-watt bulbs have no warm-up time, and they boast up to 25 years of life. They’re energy efficiency class E and are bayonet cap fitting. 100% of verified Argos shoppers recommend them and they have a 4.9 out of 5 star rating, which is pretty near perfect! Smart Radiator Thermostat Samsung today announced the launch of SmartThings Energy in the UK, a world-first service that will allow UK households to manage their energy usage, with any UK provider, directly from their phones, and completely free of charge. SmartThings Energy is powered by Chameleon Technology, Samsung’s data partner since 2019. See smart meter data, costs and budgets all from a smartphone Choose energy-efficient devices and appliances : You can also save money on your energy bills by making small changes to the way you use them in your home.We’ve been working hard with our partners Chameleon Technology and Uswitch over the past few months to deliver a completely free-to-use, independent service that takes the guesswork out of household energy management, empowering our customers to have a holistic view of their energy consumption, providing budgeting capabilities. The granularity of the data you can see will depend on the permission you have given; giving permission for half-hourly data collection will give the most detail. Daily reading is the default currently, with half-hourly the default from 2025. While poking around in the settings menu, I decided to test out the “Full Reset” function, which totally resets the device with a warning I’d have to complete activation again… That was my final mistake. After the device rebooted, it had clearly done a full reset and was once again awaiting activation. Great, so you might think it’s ready to set up again… Right…? Nope! Using APIs (Application Programming Interface) programmers can access customer data through targeted requests. The data retrieved can be processed and displayed. Hildebrand Glowmarkt API

Still, to give Chameleon some credit, the menus are well designed and the display is a breeze to use - once you get it working - so it’s not all bad. I just wish I could say more… Get in touch with Chameleon Technology today about real-time smart meter energy data and cloud services here. For any other IHDs, your supplier should be able to help. All returned IHDs will either be refurbished or safely recycled as far as possible.Suppliers usually collect data from each meter overnight so that they can get a midnight reading. This means that if you access data through a supplier's remote system you will have to wait until the next day to see any data. If you've got a Marcus easy-access savings account or cash ISA, you can easily boost your interest rate to 4.75% – here's how.