Energy Saver App featured in The Times

Energy Saver App and the government trial of energy saving technology it is helping to facilitate were featured in The Times today in an article titled: “The smart energy swap that could knock £375 off your bills”…

The article features some of Energy Saver App’s 7,000 users in Oxfordshire, including those who have been amongst the first to have solar panels and batteries fitted as part of the Government trial.

Here are some short extracts:

Usefully, the app shows which devices consume the most energy. “It highlighted that 21 per cent of our daily electricity use was from fridges,” Mr Hall says. “We were running three fridges so I turned one off for the winter…”

The Halls were the first in the Oxfordshire trial to have 4.5kWp (kilowatt peak power) solar panels and a 5.2kWh battery, fitted just before Christmas. “It changed our electric usage quite dramatically,” says Mr Hall, who estimates their monthly consumption fell by a quarter in January, despite the cold weather. “Most people like us just can’t afford to lay out £8,000 to £10,000 for a system like this and then try and get it back over the next 10, 12 years,” he adds. The trial has taken the upfront cost away “so happy days”.

The app also lets users switch energy tariffs “from a completely impartial standpoint”, says Dale Hoyland. He is the retrofit team leader at Oxfordshire county council, which partnered with the data platform Metis and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in the demand flexibility trial. Their findings will inform future energy market reforms. App users are saving £200 a year from the app’s insights and a further £100 a year through switching tariffs, Hoyland says…

Read the full article in The Times at: “The smart energy swap that could knock £375 off your bills”