SOCIAL: Reduce your Carbon Footprint with Home Automation 🌳
summary
Home Assistant runs as a Docker Compose stack with three containers and pulls in 2,224 integrations, a Sense clamp provides per‑circuit ML device detection, and a Moen Flow style water meter flags a ~5 gallon/day leak. Real examples: Apple TV idles ~1–1.2 W, an old amp draws ~3 W standby, a subwoofer drew 8 W, Galaga arcade uses ~37–40 W. Automations power off vampire loads, trigger scenes on presence, and can run local ML for camera classification; also demonstrated SDR reading of utility meters. energy dashboard tp‑link smart strips
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction to home automation
- 1:29What is Home Assistant
- 3:38Water conservation with Moen Flow
- 6:47Tracking power usage in real time
- 9:18Energy dashboard and automations
- 13:53Vampire power and smart devices
- 17:26Smart lighting and thermostat control
- 20:13Presence detection and energy savings
- 25:49Automations and smart routines
- 32:23Infinite configurability of Home Assistant
- 36:21Running Home Assistant on low-power hardware
- 39:17Docker and Home Assistant updates
- 41:01Future plans with Kubernetes
- 42:46Reliability and local control
- 44:56Machine learning with cameras
- 46:45Power usage of retro gaming devices
- 47:49Scenes and daily routines
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