Over the years energy monitoring has become much easier in the electrical field. The ability to watch your home energy use in real time and set up systems to delicate where energy goes. From whole house monitors, smart plugs and thermostats are being used to reduce consumption, identify problems and engineer home usage.
Emporia has come out with many of these compatible device to help you know where the energy you use is going. A Home house monitor will help you determine what what uses the most power in your home (probably your dryer) or if an appliance is using more energy and needs to be maintained. Even help design renewable energy solutions for your property.
A series of CTs (circuit transformers) installed in your house panel monitors your main feeders and branch circuits.
The Emporia App will graph out energy used by your home in simple forms. By whole house usage or individual circuits. It will even show power you generate with your solar panels or wind turbine
Smart plugs can let you control devices remotely, set up power schedules and monitor activity.