In-Home Displays

GEO - Green Energy Options, a european company has jumped on the 'smart home' bandwagon and utilises home displays, smart plugs, CT clips and LED readers. As close to universal functioning of a home, GEO provides "easy and intelligent management of electricity, water, gas, heat, boilers and microgeneration" with an option for solar as well. While the idea isn't exactly new, it seems to be the most comprehensive stand alone system. 

All the gizmos look fancy-pants with an iron-man displays and cutesy pics. Im sure once you become familiarised with the info-design it becomes less of a clusterfuck. Its small, very detailed, touchy screen, and just a bit lame. Im all for gadgetry. But good god, I have a tough enough time with my phone, so how am I supposed to be expected to use this thingamabob?

Things that bug me about these: 

- lack of context of the wider problem eg global warming, non-renewable resources etc

- some only cover one resource at a time

- information is unappealing and hard to understand

- the information is only relevant overall and not for separate outlets

- it is not immediate in the way that the information is not smack-you-in-the-face in every room. You need to either look at this gadget or go online. 

[These reviews were only in reference to my project. Please dont get all touchy-feely about it. I think they are very snazzy gadgets.]

Is this the direction I want to take my project? User interactive systems within a house?




http://www.greenenergyoptions.co.uk/what-we-do/products/