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November 2, 2021
Shining Light Award

Are you "Shining Light" on greener living?

  • November 2, 2021
  • 36 replies
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Are you "Shining Light" on greener living?

It’s more than just a new badge...

 

If you’ve helped an OVO Forum member, by sharing your first hand experience as advice, or created valuable content for countless people to find, we think you’re a Shining Light of greener living. 

 

A group of members shining light on complex topics around green technology is a powerful thing. To acknowledge great contributions and contributors, we’ve launched the Shining Light Award. Winners of this award will have the Shining Light badge added to their forum profile, and a prize will be arranged. 

 

Watch out for members who hold the ‘Shining Light’ badge

 

Do you have first hand experience with smart meters, EV chargers, solar panels, energy storage, heat pumps and the like? Then you’re perfectly placed to advise other households thinking about their options to cut their carbon and save energy. 

 

Be a shining light. Be the change you want to see. Let’s do it together! 

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    BPLightlog
    Super User
    BPLightlogSuper User
    Super User
    April 3, 2023

    March’s ‘Shining Light’ award winner is the mighty @BPLightlog, for their rapid accumulation of 10,000 points. How did they get these? As I write, it’s:

     

    • 17 topics
    • 989 comments
    • 39 ‘best answer’ solutions

     

    BPLightlog’s guide to the Energy Bills Support Scheme payments has accumulated well over 5000 views:

     

     

    This is my favourite:

     

     

    We got to meet BPLightlog in person earlier this year, as they visited the Bristol office. Thanks for being such a valuable addition to the community since joining at the end of last year. Look out for a small something sent to you via email...

    Many thanks Tim - as I’ve said, I don’t really feel that I’ve done much really but it’s a fascinating area and if I can help while I have the time then that’s great. 
    A tardy reply as we’ve been out walking part of Offa’s Dyke near Monmouth today. A lovely day for a walk along the river

    Bring me Sunshine ~ E&E {Solar PV, Battery Storage, Hybrid EV, ASHP and Home Assistant automation}
      Tim_OVO
      OVO Staff
      Tim_OVOAuthor
      OVO Forum Legend
      April 4, 2023

      A tardy reply as we’ve been out walking part of Offa’s Dyke near Monmouth today. A lovely day for a walk along the river

       

      Sounds lovely, @BPLightlog any drone action?

       

      I was lucky enough to make it up to Snowdonia at the weekend, and climbed the second highest peak in Wales, Cader Idris:

       

      Can you spot me having my packed lunch?

       

      Carbon neutral - we need a community to get there! My green tech: Aclara SGM 1411-B smart meter, Chameleon IHD6
        Blastoise186
        Super User
        Blastoise186Super User
        Super User
        April 4, 2023

        Yes we can! You’re that pointy thing near the bottom left corner of the image!

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          BPLightlog
          Super User
          BPLightlogSuper User
          Super User
          April 4, 2023

          A tardy reply as we’ve been out walking part of Offa’s Dyke near Monmouth today. A lovely day for a walk along the river

           

          Sounds lovely, @BPLightlog any drone action?

           

          I was lucky enough to make it up to Snowdonia at the weekend, and climbed the second highest peak in Wales, Cader Idris:

           

          There’s some lovely spots around. No drone this time .. it took some effort to keep on track but a fabulous walk

           

          Bring me Sunshine ~ E&E {Solar PV, Battery Storage, Hybrid EV, ASHP and Home Assistant automation}
            Tim_OVO
            OVO Staff
            Tim_OVOAuthor
            OVO Forum Legend
            April 12, 2023

            We have April’s Shining Light winner!

             

            As this Plan Zero Hero got to 2nd place in the all-time points leaderboard by getting to 20k points, it had to be the one and only @Jeffus!

             

            What does 20k points look like?

             

            • 32 topics
            • 2128 comments 
            • 102 ‘best answer’ solutions

             

            102 best answers! Any one of those solutions could be seen hundreds or thousands of times.

             

            Thank you for being such a customer champion, for helping customers and non customers alike. A true shining light!

             

            Check your emails later this week for something from us...

            Carbon neutral - we need a community to get there! My green tech: Aclara SGM 1411-B smart meter, Chameleon IHD6
              Tim_OVO
              OVO Staff
              Tim_OVOAuthor
              OVO Forum Legend
              May 24, 2023

              Congratulations to our latest Shining Light award winner, @Firedog 🔥🐕

               

              This Plan Zero Hero has been instrumental in helping to improve OVO’s online experience, identifying issues with various parts of the OVO website so we can get it raised and fixed.

               

              They’ve also shared great ways to visualise energy usage over time, tariff prices per payment type, and shared ways to access your own raw smart meter usage data via JSON trickery. 

               

              This topic has accumulated over 7000 views:

               

               

              Shining a light, or helping households keep their lights off overnight:

               

               

              Thanks for being here, @Firedog 🔥🐕

              Carbon neutral - we need a community to get there! My green tech: Aclara SGM 1411-B smart meter, Chameleon IHD6
                Firedog
                Super User
                FiredogSuper User
                Super User
                May 24, 2023

                 

                Noel | I have no official status; I'm just a volunteer who comes here to help other customers. My gear: Aclara SGM 1416-B Electricity-only E7 meter; Chameleon IHD3-PPMID-AAA | It may look as if I know what I’m talking about, but don’t let that fool you. |
                  Tim_OVO
                  OVO Staff
                  Tim_OVOAuthor
                  OVO Forum Legend
                  June 15, 2023

                  60K points has been breached. This is not a drill. 

                   

                  June’s ‘Shining Light’ award has to go to @Blastoise186 

                   

                  🏆

                  As of 15/06/23 60,000 points was earned by:

                   

                  • 63 topics
                  • 6588 comments
                  • 278 solutions
                  • Lots of ‘Likes’
                  • and more...

                   

                  Top 10 topics from @Blastoise186:

                   

                  49k views

                  16k views 

                  14k views

                  13k views

                  7.6k views

                  7k views

                  6.4k views

                  4.7k views

                  4.5k views

                  2k views 

                   

                  That’s 124,000 visitors to these 10 topics alone. With 63 topics and 6588 comments in total, that’s a lot of people seeing your content. Thanks for being a shining light @Blastoise186, it wouldn’t be the same without you. 

                  Carbon neutral - we need a community to get there! My green tech: Aclara SGM 1411-B smart meter, Chameleon IHD6
                    BPLightlog
                    Super User
                    BPLightlogSuper User
                    Super User
                    June 16, 2023

                    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

                    Bring me Sunshine ~ E&E {Solar PV, Battery Storage, Hybrid EV, ASHP and Home Assistant automation}
                      Blastoise186
                      Super User
                      Blastoise186Super User
                      Super User
                      June 16, 2023

                      Are you sure the numbers are right? XD

                       

                      Securing energy by zapping security bugs... For that is The Blastoise Way! Remember, I'm just like you - AI Powered Evil Geniuses aren't Staff!
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