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InnoBlog: Learning how to monitor your electricity consumption

I am currently living and studying in Barcelona in Spain, for my last year of studies for my EIT InnoEnergy Master’s in Smart Electrical Networks and Systems. Here in Spain, as in much of Europe, energy prices have been soaring the last months making consumers more conscious of their electricity consumption so I decided to share with you how I learnt to monitor electricity consumption as part of my studies.

Tracking and controlling energy usage

I am following a course at Universidad Politècnica de Catalunya where we are studying exactly this, namely the consumption pattern of household appliances. The course in question is called Control and Automation for the Efficient Use of Energy and is offered for several of the EIT InnoEnergy programmes. The course nicely combines theory and practice and allows students to apply their skills in a hands-on project! Specifically, instead of a final exam the course is examined with an assignment where we develop a Smart Plug, which is a device that monitors and controls the electricity consumption of a household appliance.