What to Expect When you are Expecting (Detections)

About the Author: Kevin Kranen is a longtime Sense user (6 years!) and volunteer moderator of the Sense Community. He has experienced the successes and, sometimes, frustrations of Sense users over the years...

Five Ways to Reduce Your Energy Bills This Fall

Learn how Sense can be used alongside a typical energy audit to save you money.

How Are We Going to Handle Electrifying Everything?

Experts increasingly agree that in order to combat climate change and transition fully to carbon-free energy, we need to electrify everything. For consumers, that means thinking about how you heat and cool...

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How Are We Going to Handle Electrifying Everything?

Experts increasingly agree that in order to combat climate change and transition fully to carbon-free energy, we need to electrify everything. For consumers, that means thinking about how you heat and cool your home, how you get dinner to the table...

A Letter From Sense CEO Mike Phillips

It’s been a busy year here at Sense! And, 2023 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for us. Since starting the company, we’ve been focused on how we can use technology and applications to help consumers better manage their homes - first from an...

How Do Smart Meters Work?

If you’ve heard the term “smart meter,” you may have asked, are they so smart? And what the heck do they do, anyway? Before the introduction of smart utility meters in the 1970s, utilities figured out how much to bill you with the help of analog...

How to Make Fireplaces Safer and More Efficient

Do you want chestnuts roasting on an open fire but not Jack Frost nipping at your nose? You can curl up with a book or a cup of hot chocolate with your significant others before a fire this holiday season, while making your fireplace safer and more...

The Complete Guide to Kitchen Energy Savers and Wasters

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, now is a good time to clean up your kitchen’s energy wasters – and it’s just in time for Black Friday deals that make new appliances more affordable. In this article, we evaluate kitchen gadgets and...

Don’t let your gadgets turn into energy vampires

When you turn off your TV or game system, is it really off? The answer is not really. Your consumer electronics are still using energy—wasting energy, really — and it can increase your utility bills. Do an experiment. Go into your bedroom or...