Microsoft gives a hand in energy consumption monitoring

Hohm platform, the energy management platform from Microsoft, is undergoing a revamping phase. Microsoft created this platform to help people in watching and reducing their energy consumption. Sometimes people tend to use excess energy just because they are not aware of the amount of consumption. This platform will serve the purpose of bringing awareness about the energy consumption.
Some systems also allow for the comparison of the energy consumption with other similar households. This would help a great deal to reduce unnecessary consumption. This would develop a motivation to reduce the energy consumption in the other households. Microsoft has also inculcated this unique comparison system in its Hohm platform which helps to compare the energy consumption with 60 million households in US. This feature is called Hohm Scores and it judges the households by estimating other crucial factors like size, location, age, weather conditions, average utility bills, and other contributing factors. It creates scores from 1 to 100. 100 mean highest energy efficiency.
It is always wise to calculate your energy efficiency with similar households as there are lot many factors like environment, landscape, number of people, designing like tinted windows and lot more. You can also create an energy profile in your Hohm platform by getting your home information and your usage habits. This will be added to the database and appropriate scores are created according to the living conditions and habits. You can learn a lot more about energy consumption through this efficient system. Till now the platform system can be used only in independent houses and not in apartments.
Hohm is a basic tool and does not have a connection to your utility bills. Hohms is sure to develop a lot more features in the coming months. One of the expected features in the pipeline is the availability of impacts of the tips for conservation of energy such as the CFL switching or turning sown the thermostats across US.