A stylish, desirable energy monitor, that is being specified by overseas architects and designers, has launched on Australian shores.
The monitor, called wattson, provides a way for clients to see the fruits of a environmental retrofit by displaying the amount of energy a home is using at any given time, measured both in watts and dollars.
The idea is that if homeowners can see how much energy they are using, they will begin to use less.
A survey of current wattson owners and customers found that the majority of households see an average annual saving of almost 20 per cent on their electricity hills.
?Created by design collective, DIY KYOTO, the monitor has been dubbed “the closest we’ve come yet to an iPod of smart meters” by British newspaper, The Guardian.
DIY KYOTO was founded by three entrepreneurial Royal College of Art graduates — Greta Corke, Richard Woods and Jon Sawdon.
Smith set up the company to encourage and assist people in doing their bit for the environment and think about the amount of energy they consume on an every day basis.
They now act as consultants and experts within the design, energy and environmental sectors, as well as developing additional features for the wattson and continuing to grow their forward-thinking company with a variety of new high tech, ‘design-meets-green’ products in development.
