Solar Analytics will be in full force at the Smart Energy Council's Smart Expo 2018 this week; catch up with the latest on peer-to-peer energy trading, energy data for smart decision making, monitoring energy use and storage performance, and the huge uptick in consumer demand for solar, by one of our team at the conference tracks. Or simply introduce yourself to one of us on the show floor, wearing our purple I Love Solar tshirts. We'd love to meet you.

For some Australian states, Daylight savings finished up over the weekend, meaning in our house we had to both turn all our clocks back an hour, as well as adjust our load energy usage patterns. April is a great time to re-visit your solar profile and make adjustments to ensure you're using your appliances at the right time. Download our handy Energy Stats cheat sheet printable to fill-in and stick up in your laundry (or wherever your major appliances are).

James Martin at Solar Choice has recently installed Solar Analytics to join his two other solar and energy monitoring solutions and takes us on the journey as he reviews each system and how he uses them to get more value from his solar system. First up is the Solartopia #11 blog post as James installs Solar Analytics and shares his first impressions.

By learning how your household uses energy and when (and how much) solar your produce, you can make simple changes to really reduce your dependence on the electricity grid, to save even more. Our own Jonathon Dore and Daniel Tam delve into the myriad of ways that you can gain more grid independence.

Despite being in my fourth year of a photovoltaic and solar energy engineering degree at UNSW, I’d be hard pressed to remember how to get around campus. For the past year, I’ve swapped the uni lecture theatres for Solar Analytics’ cozy Redfern office; where tutorials, group-work and meetings typically run from 9-5pm weekdays. Compared to the stereotypical student life of sleep-ins and a cruisey timetable, punctuated by weeknight parties, this sounds like a bit of a struggle, right?