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Household appliances (heating and cooling systems, refrigerators, electronics, hair dryers) account for 60 to 90 percent of the residential electricity consumption in the U.S., depending on whose reports you read. More and more of those appliances are becoming “grid-aware” and gaining the ability to monitor and report their own usage and to increase or decrease their electricity usage by remote command.
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AHAM President, Joseph M. McGuire, testified today before the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee that S. 3059, the National Energy Efficiency Enhancement Act of 2010, opens the door to perhaps the most dramatic energy savings yet attributable to home appliances. The legislation recognizes the potential benefits to the environment and to consumers for Smart Appliances operating in a Smart Grid environment by authorizing the Department of Energy to provide a credit to future appliance efficiency standards for manufacturers who invest in making these appliances Smart Grid enabled. |
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In the same week that Google announced it’s opening up its PowerMeter API to developers, along comes research from Zpryme suggesting the global smart appliance market will soar between 2011 and 2015. But with this increasing attention on home energy management and consumers controlling consumption comes a cautionary note for utilities in a new TELUS-sponsored white paper. |
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This report provides an overview of the global household smart appliance market and some of its trends and drivers, including: pricing, environment, energy efficiency, Smart Grid build-out, and government subsidies. Further, driven by GE and Whirlpool with added ‘connectivity’ support from such companies as Trilliant and Tendril Networks, consumers will initially aim to purchase larger appliances such as refrigerators, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers, and stoves/ovens. |
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Whirlpool Corporation ( WHR) is presenting a smart grid-compatible clothes dryer demonstration unit during the International Builders' Show (IBS) in Las Vegas January 19-22, 2010. The Whirlpool smart dryer demonstration illustrates how smart grid-compatible dryers will operate in consumers' homes, reacting intelligently to peak-demand signals from a smart electrical grid and automatically modifying energy consumption. |
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The makers of a variety of household appliances are required to certify with the Energy Department that their products meet the agency's minimum appliance conservation standards. DOE is putting pressure on those manufacturers to comply or face civil penalties or fines. |
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The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), the United States (US) based trade group representing the home appliance industry, today issued The Home Appliance Industry’s Principles & Requirements for Achieving a Widely Accepted Smart Grid during the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Smart Grid enabled home appliances, through a fully functional Smart Grid, will contribute greatly to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Also, Smart Grid enabled appliances will help to better integrate and coordinate renewable energy resources. |
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Intelligent appliances are expected to help utilities manage peak demand and consumers manage their electricity costs. But appliance manufacturers and the government so far can’t manage to agree on standards for these smart appliances. |
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The California Energy Commission voted unanimously to adopt strict energy efficiency standards for new televisions sold in the state. The tough standards are the first in the nation for TVs and could make a surprising dent in carbon dioxide emissions. |
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Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, today announced the release of the company's first global, comprehensive sustainability report. The report provides an overview of the company's efforts to make a sustainable difference in the world. |
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Appliance makers tell NIST what the core principles should be for smart appliances. |
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Energy efficiency programs could save 23% in energy use or $1.2 trillion dollars, a new study finds. But there's a catch. |
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Waxman-Markey or “climate change” bill. But beyond the well-known cap-and-trade provisions, this bill, if it becomes law, promises to have sweeping impacts on grid modernization issues and the Smart Grid in general. Alex Zheng cuts through the legal language and tells you what you need to know. |
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PNNL is finally ready to license a smart chip that lets your appliances monitor the grid and manage their power use. But are they just playing catchup with GE? |
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Lewisboro, NY, had a chance to get utilities to pay them for their efficiency. But they declined even to hear the proposal. |
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A two-page summary of comments supplied by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers to a working group charged with setting standards for the way home devices talk to the grid. Useful to understand how home appliance manufacturers see the Smart Grid and what kind of communications protocols they want to see. Written to an intermediate level. |
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This 18-page presentation starts by summarizing the factors leading to increased demand for electricity, such as consumer electronics. It presents the savings possible through energy efficiency. And it sets forth the key technology challenges necessary to achieve those efficiency breakthroughs with discussion of Smart Grid, electric transportation, low-carbon generation and microgrids. Suitable for a lay audience. |
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Power needs are growing at a much faster rate than our grid capacity. Greater energy effiencies can be implemented using smart appliances that can talk to a smart grid, giving consumers control over their own power consumption and electricity costs. As this video suggests, this will save money for our nation, protect our power sources from blackout, create jobs and deliver clean, alternative forms of energy.
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A two-page flyer from General Electric that explains how the Smart Grid can empower consumers and help them save money. Written to a general audience with several useful examples. |
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A 16-slide presentation detailing the Smart Grid-related research activities at EPRI. Discusses ongoing work in standards, security, interoperability, demand response and smart appliances. |
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I am Chengrui Cai who is a PhD graduate student with major in Power and Energy System. Now my research lies in SmartGrid. As far as I know, one of the important goal of the SmartGrid is to bring distributed generation to homes in US, which aims to install solar panel and small wind turbine in homes. However, ...