How I use solar panels, a heat pump, an EV charger, and a battery to run a (nearly) carbon neutral home. By combining Home Assistant and EVCC with dynamic energy pricing, I built a HEMS that maximizes self-consumption and minimizes costs.

I used to run Home Assistant supervised on a Intel NUC. It ran Debian, and apart from Home Assistant I also run a few Docker containers (Resilio Sync, Plex, ..). However, as I kept getting more warnings that my supervisor was in an unsupported state, I knew it was […]

I’m a huge fan of Home Assistant. I use it at home 😉 to be less dependent on IoT clouds. I also use it to automate small energy saving things. Like turning the TV mood light on when something is playing. Or cutting power to my studio speakers when no music is playing 😎. I’ve […]