Energy Audit

You’re most likely surrounded by an abundance of different devices either hooked up to a power socket, or using battery power. This can easily lead to confusing energy bills every month, but you can now rest assured that you can attempt to save some energy, and money by calculating consumption with Energy Audit.

A good thing is you don’t even have to install it for it to properly function, and can use directly from a USB flash drive on other computers as well. Another consequence of portability is that it has nothing to do with system registries, so you don’t have to worry about affecting the health status of the target PC.

The application’s visual design somewhat resembles a bill, at least the part where costs are involved. You start of by adding items which use energy, and you’re free to add more. There’s no need to fill in all details, but you can keep an organized view by also writing down manufacturer, model, item type, and description.

The application was built for Australian Electricity Suppliers Billing methods of calculating consumption, and price, so it might not exactly resemble everything you see on your electricity bill every month. In any case, it can give you an idea on how to better organize your devices, and consumers.

Measurement can be done on the spot, to get a general view, or over long periods of time. Fields at your disposal allow you to specify consumption in standby, when operating, peaks or surges, power factor, and a few more.

It’s a good idea to access the tariffs menu as well, just so you can write down balance and pricing options. Results are shown in real time, in multiple columns for item consumption in both time, and currency. You can also save the project for later inspection, but there’s no option to generate a common log file.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Energy Audit helps you save some energy, and especially money by analyzing all components in your environment, how much energy they use, and what can be done to improve circumstances. Since it’s not a general billing method, accuracy is not really a key.