At long last a energy monitor (electricity only) that actually bothers to record the data and lets you upload it to a Mac (ok ok - it works on PC's as well) for further analysis.

And even better - it is made and distributed in the UK>

The meter itself is wirelessly connected to the display unit, using a current sensing clamp around the main input cable to the house.

So a little bit more about the analysis part :

I’m as straightforward to use as wattson. Set me up correctly, and I talk to wattson whenever you plug him into a spare USB port on your computer. He tells me about the amount of energy you’ve used since he and I last spoke, and I store all this information on your computer.
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I found the following on a blog (follow the link for all of it)

Save The World Single-handedly part 2
Published April 6, 2008 Environment , Eyesore , Home , Hong Kong , Norway , Pollution , Travel , patriotism , property
Tags: blatant waste, saving electricity
I’ve just been to Norway and my god those people can use energy. I mean not energy as in running around doing stuff and complaining about how tired they are like we do but the world’s energy.

Take my friend X for example. Or “Eks” as it’s spelt in Norwegian. She lives in an enormous house with lots of rooms. Well lit by huge windows and heated by invisible … heating agents under the floors I presume. When the family left for work they left every single light in the house on.
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