Monitor energy usage over a month?

[johnconstantelo]

@jmcnyc

What device should I get to capture data on a monthly basis? Any apps that make sense?

Any device that provides energy metering capabilities will provide you data, BUT they don’t “store” data. GE’s Zigbee wall plugs are good devices and report energy very often vs. just every 5 minutes or so. In fact, any Zigbee metering switch reports energy usage immediately vs most of the zwave devices available today (without a custom DTH). There are reasons why, but that’s a separate topic…

Anyway, those sophisticated solutions are the only way to get what you want for monthly usage analysis. I think the simplest solution would be to send data to Google Sheets via this SmartApp:

[OBSOLETE] Simple Event Logger

This SmartApp will stop working when the Groovy platform is retired This SmartApp is no longer supported because SmartThings made some changes to the way events are handled which has impacted some users and it will most likely completely stop working in the near future. There’s another SmartApp called something like Google Sheets Logger that subscribes to the events instead of retrieving them from the device history so it most likely won’t have the same issues as this one. Simple Event Logger is a fully customizable SmartApp that allows you to accurately log all device activity to a Google Sheets Spreadsheet. Each event is stored on a separate row so that you have their exact time and details. Google Sheets has an easy to use filter feature which allows you to do things like view all e…