Home Assistant Carbon Intensity

Custom component to use the data from carbonintensity.org.uk to make your home more energy efficient.

Features

Below are the main features of the integration

• Current carbon intensity rating for your region
• Custom sensor support to target lowest rates

How to install

You should take the latest published release. The current state of develop will be in flux and therefore possibly subject to change.

HACS

While the integration isn't available in the HACS store yet, you can install it as a custom repository, providing the url https://github.com/BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-CarbonIntensity and category of integration. Once installed, don't forget to restart your home assistant instance for the integration to be picked up.

Manual

To install, place the contents of custom_components into the <config directory>/custom_components folder of your Home Assistant installation.

How to setup

Please follow the setup guide to setup your initial account. This guide details the configuration, along with the entities that will be available to you.

Entities

A full list of default entities can be found here

Target Rate Sensors

These sensors calculate the lowest continuous or intermittent rates within a 24 hour period and turn on when these periods are active.

These sensors can then be used in automations to turn on/off devices that save the planet from additional carbon. You can go through this flow as many times as you need target rate sensors.

Please follow the setup guide to setup.

Events

This integration raises several events, which can be used for various tasks like automations. For more information, please see the events docs.

Services

This integration includes several services. Please review them in the services doc.

FAQ

Before raising anything, please read through the faq. If you have found a bug or have a feature request please raise it using the appropriate report template.