The Power Play: How Everyday Aussies are Gaming their Solar and Battery Systems to Save Money
If you have solar panels or a home battery, chances are you've caught yourself checking an app to see how much energy you've generated on any given day, and maybe you’ve felt a small thrill when the numbers looked good. Well, you're not alone.
Across Australia, people are gamifying their energy use, tracking their consumption in real time, tweaking their habits, and competing (sometimes against themselves, sometimes against friends and family) to get the best possible result.
What Is Energy Gamification?
Aussies are engaged with their energy habits now more than ever before, and they're taking it to a new level through ‘gaming’ their energy. Energy gamification is the trend of solar and battery owners using real-time monitoring apps to track their electricity generation, storage, and usage, then adjusting daily habits to "beat" their previous results, much like a game. It's turning what used to be a once-a-month bill shock into an ongoing, engaging challenge households can actually influence.
How Battery Monitoring Apps Help Households Save on Power Bills
Monitoring solar generation and energy consumption via an energy retailer’s or your installed battery brand’s app, can provide a level of insight that shows:
● When peak usage is happening, and how to shift it
● How much energy is stored versus being drawn down
● How much surplus solar is heading back into the grid
How to Take Back Control of Your Energy Bill
By monitoring real-time data on your household’s energy generation, storage, and grid usage, you have the power to shift habits to maximise solar use and reduce or even offset your bill. This could include
● Running appliances during daylight hours using timers
● Timing a load of washing or running the dishwasher during off-peak times
● Charging devices during daylight hours to soak up free solar generation
These small habits will save as much battery charge as possible to power the home once the sun goes down.
Whether you're new to solar and battery or already tracking your numbers daily, the right energy plan can make the savings even bigger.
Speak to the Nectr team to learn more about energy plans to suit your energy habits.
