Gavin Dietz, Author at Wattwatchers

Wattwatchers Team 29 November 2023

Installation at the frontline for consumer energy solutions

Long overdue? An academic team is deep-diving into the challenges of device and appliance installation for consumer energy resources (CER), portraying installers as the ‘crucial middle actors’ in the transition to renewables. With a decade in the smart energy solutions marketplace, Wattwatchers applauds this very-timely social science initiative, recognising the need for greater attention on the professionals working at the frontline for installation, integration and interoperability of technologies.

Wattwatchers Team 21 November 2023

Open Letter to Hon. Chris Bowen MP and the Energy Ministers of Australia

In this letter to the Hon. Chris Bowen MP – the Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy, and Chair of the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council – Wattwatchers encourages the nation’s Energy Ministers to embrace rooftop solar and the growing role of electricity customers in the energy system. We propose that technology and data-enabled Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) will be a key ‘intermediary’ between customers, the grid, and diverse service providers and market players.

Wattwatchers Team 15 November 2023

MEM energy data project selected as finalist in new climate tech award

With the NSW Sustainability Awards creating a new category this year for ‘Climate Technology Impact’, Wattwatchers is proud to have our entry selected as a finalist. We nominated the My Energy Marketplace (MEM) initiative, an ARENA grant-backed project running from 2019 to mid-2023, which is now the backbone for Wattwatchers’ fast-growing energy-data-as-a-service business.

Wattwatchers Team 8 November 2023

Outage highlights value of multi-carrier SIMs for smart energy devices

The hours-long, Australia-wide failure of the Optus telecommunications network on November 8 2023 reinforces the strategic importance of making the right choices for communicating between the cloud and smart devices in homes and other buildings. It’s a key reason why Wattwatchers prefers multi-carrier SIMs with automatic roaming capabilities.

Gavin Dietz 7 November 2023

Cyber security steps up as hot topic for consumer energy resources

The cyber security implications of aggregating many remotely-controllable solar inverters and other energy IoT devices are bursting into the public space in real-time. Secure communications between grid-edge devices and the cloud is a crucial focus for Wattwatchers’ technology roadmap and rolling product releases.

Wattwatchers Team 31 October 2023

3G shutdown reaches critical point with degradation of services

Wattwatchers is advising all of our partners and customers to immediately swap-out any of our energy IoT devices that are hardware-limited to the 3G carrier signal to communicate with the cloud. Due to degrading of 3G networks already occurring, we will be removing our ‘Support’ from 3G-only device from January 31, 2024.

James Clements 25 October 2023

Scope 3 emissions propel tenants into the building data big picture

Having happier, more engaged tenants is a great start to ensuring their ongoing participation in a building’s sustainability journey. It’s no surprise, therefore, that providing tenants with energy and carbon management solution systems that they can use themselves, and benefit from in their own right, can be a strong positive influence.

Wattwatchers Team 16 October 2023

What does household electrification look like in reality?

This is the brave new world of customer energy resources (CER), and one way or another we can all play in the space: increasing energy efficiency, choosing optimal tariffs, generating solar from rooftops, providing flexible demand, adding battery storage, and electrifying everything, our cars included. So what does this look like for real Australian homes, right now?

Gavin Dietz 13 October 2023

We need real-time action on the grid edge instead of more talk-fests

The grid edge needs real technological change, writes Wattwatchers CEO Gavin Dietz. It needs to be future-proofed. It needs to suit all stakeholders and it needs to start now, because this is a long journey, and we’re still stuck behind the starting line.

Wattwatchers Team 6 October 2023

Energy data communities are on the rise from the city to the outback

Wattwatchers is supporting growing community-level interest in smart energy monitoring and data. This trend is attributed to multiple drivers: the clean energy transition, Net Zero decarbonisation and the electrification of everything, with data being used at the local community level as well as for individual consumers.

Wattwatchers Team 29 September 2023

Edge of the grid gets what it needs…

The value of consumer energy resources (CER) to Australia’s clean energy transition keeps growing. Electricity consumers can be more energy efficient, they can be flexible when they use electricity for major loads, they can store electricity in batteries, and they can double down on electrifying everything. Wattwatchers is releasing our next-generation Auditor 6MW-CER to make all of this easier at the edge of the grid.

Wattwatchers Team 20 September 2023

One-stop shop for customer data enables research and innovation

Wattwatchers has created MyEnergy Marketplace, a unique ‘living’ resource with real-time and historical/trend data from over 5,000 sites across Australia. This new ‘e-infrastructure’ for electrification and the clean energy transition in Australia is built on highly-granular, continuously updating, near real-time data from household, strata property, small business, community facility and school electricity customers.

Wattwatchers Team 14 September 2023

Solve built environment challenges with new Wattwatchers application

Net Zero decarbonisation, sustainability rankings, renewables, demand management and electrification all make digitalisation key to tracking electricity. The new Wattwatchers MyEnergy Plus Sustainability Dashboard streamlines Green Star reporting and building code compliance. Net Zero Property Director James Clements and our Sales team are demonstrating the new tool at major property sector events this spring.

Wattwatchers Team 7 September 2023

MyEnergy: Major new version release

Wattwatchers is releasing version 2.0.0 of the MyEnergy app. It includes the new Flow feature, providing users with timely insights, tips and more.

Gavin Dietz 6 September 2023

Get into the ‘Flow’ with the updated Wattwatchers MyEnergy app

MyEnergy Flow, the latest major update for Wattwatchers’ mobile app, is a new way of interacting with the energy flowing through your home. Imagine having a ‘conversation’ with your energy data. A kind of messaging app where you receive and respond to notifications, like you do in Facebook or LinkedIn, but for energy.

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