Have you checked out OVO Energy Tracker?

Hi everyone, who’s had a chance to check this out yet? 

It’s a feature that works best with smart meters sending usage info every half an hour: @Jequinlan@Simon1D and @Transparent I’m pretty sure that includes you 3…..

Its not on my app yet and no update on app store!

Thanks for spotting that, @Jequinlan.

I’ve checked in with the App team who have advised that the there were some slight issues when launching the App version of the Greenlight feature so they’re currently working to get these resolved. You should be able to see the feature on the browser version of your online account for the time being and we’ll update everyone when the App version gets re-launched. 

Has anyone explored the feature on their online account yet? Would be great to hear how you’ve found it...

Watch out there @Jequinlan ! If you keep up like this, I’m gonna run out of bugs to play with! 

But yep, I can verify that one. This particular type of change can actually be delivered via CodePush, without needing a full app update. I’ll probably write up something about the way it all works one of these days…

It seems as if OVO Greenlight shares similarities with how Energy Spotlights and Carbon Tracker used to work. So Any previous bugs might still be valid.

If you have any that you’ve been holding onto, please go ahead and double check if you can still reproduce them. You guys have a head start because I won’t be able to do any OVO Greenlight ones for at least a couple of weeks. 

So…. Greenlight.

Here are my results, 

However, in that time my Electric vehicle consumption was actually: 135KWh (even ignoring the reversals,

So, something is wrong, 

@Tim_OVO @Jess_OVO @Blastoise186 @sylm_2000 

HELP!

Oh, and the “make more accurate” 

1. Already done (twice) it won’t  dissappear after
2. It asks how many fridges I have BUT microwaves only a tickbox not a quantity!
3. Also doesn’t ask if you have air con!!!

Feedback : @Jess_OVO , @Tim_OVO 

Thanks for the feedback, @Jequinlan.

 

 

However, in that time my Electric vehicle consumption was actually: 135KWh (even ignoring the reversals,

So, something is wrong, 

We’ve passed this on to the development team who have advised that as they don’t have access to the exact EV charging data currently, the figure used on Greenlight is estimated. They are hoping to have this data integrated in future  and really welcomed you raising this as having examples will help to improve the way they calculate the estimated figure.

And once again, some excellent points raised. They are aware of the first bug and looking to get that fixed (at the moment it only updates after 24 hours apparently). 

Looks like you’ve given them things to think about for future updates as well -

“Microwaves is interesting- we’re interested in number of fridges because they’re on all the time, whereas for microwaves we’re more interested in how long you use them for.
Air con is interesting too - perhaps one for us to think of adding”

Anyone else had a chance to check this feature out? Love to know your thoughts! @juliamc, @NinjaGeek, @Simon1D ?

Oh, and computing is way too low. Even at 30% power usage, my computing (ignoring entertainment) usage is 10kwh of power supplies, meaning about 3kwh (round down) actual usage x 40hrs for a week is 120kwh. Think i found the majority of the miscalculation!!!

It’s also worth bearing in mind that the calculations are not an exact science, because OVO doesn’t have psychic powers and can’t see exactly what’s pulling eco juice from the grid.

However, feedback like this may well help to improve the algorithms over time. For example, my UniFi kit takes up maybe 65W combined at most, but only ever shows up as part of “Always On and Standby”. Hehehe. I don’t think that’s the right category! XD

Yes, but they could ask more to be more accurate.  Being a data geek by trade my pet peev is making assumptions.  Either get enough data to be statistically valid, or don't do it at all. Half assed attempts irk me