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# 📖 Introduction
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Empower your end users with EcoDash - the accessible and user-friendly power usage monitoring tool. Our public dashboard provides clear and concise information about server energy consumption, with easy-to-understand comparisons that make energy usage tangible. By using EcoDash, you can increase transparency and accountability around energy consumption, and help drive sustainable practices in your organization.
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## F.A.Q.
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### How does it work?
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Since most consumer-grade hardware isn't equipped with internal energy consumption sensors, we've opted to make EcoDash work with external sensors - smart energy monitoring plugs.
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EcoDash reads data trough an external component - HomeAssistant (default) or [EZoDash](/docs/ezodash) (coming soon) - and logs it into its database.
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### Who is it for?
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EcoDash is for everyone with a homeserver who wants to be completely trasparent towards their users about how much their server consumes. You can think of it like an uptime status page - while it's not strictly necessary, it can help your users see that they're trusting a reliable and environmentally-conscious person or organization.
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### What devices are compatible?
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Since EcoDash currently uses HomeAssistant as its intermediary to talk with smart plugs, it supports all the devices supported by HomeAssistant.
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There is no official list of supported plugs. [This](https://www.hadevices.com/category/power) is a starting point, but it doesn't include non-US plugs and Zigbee devices.
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EcoDash's main developer is using [this](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002344798281.html) Zigbee plug and [this](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003606832844.html) gateway.
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