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Home-area networks (HANs) and the sense of empowerment they can give individuals over their electricty consumption will help drive consumer Smart Grid acceptance. Use this section to stay current on this important topic.
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SGN’s Jesse Berst knows exactly what the ultimate home energy management system looks like. Trouble is, the only way to get it is to stitch it together the way Dr. Frankenstein assembled his monster. Click to read the elements Jesse would choose for his ultimate product and to vote on the feature that you think will be most important to consumers. |
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People Power is the latest to offer an open source kit allowing developers to create Smart Grid devices for the home energy management space. |
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People Power Company, an energy efficiency company providing residential monitoring and control systems, today announced the SuRF Developer’s Kit for OSHAN (Open Source Home Area Network) to help developers build smart, environmentally friendly applications for household electronics and devices. The SDK, called SuRF (Sensor Ultra Radio Frequency) lets developers easily build applications on top of the OSHAN platform—the ultimate open source innovation platform for wireless sensor networks. |
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On average, U.S. home systems integrators, who have had revenues fall for the past two years, expect sales to pick up by more than 9% in 2010 over 2009, according to Home Systems:Channel and Consumer Monitor. |
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FutureDash Corp., an innovative start-up business-to-business(B2B) software company, announces today that GreenDash™, a new
software product allowing manufacturers of consumer networking
and electronics equipment to quickly and easily add real-time energy monitoring capabilities to their products, now integrates with Google PowerMeter using the newly announced Google PowerMeter API.
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So what exactly is Intel – one of the latest in the long line of tech giants marching into the Smart Grid space – trying to prove with its home energy management software? Should utilities be suspicious? Jesse Berst asked an Intel insider to explain the company’s motives. Find out what he learned. |
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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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Energy conservation in the home and business just got a lot easier thanks to Empower Software's release of their SmartHome energy management software. As experts in usability and design of energy monitoring, Empower provides user friendly access to the smart grid with a user interface that every consumer can understand. This industry-leading technology lets consumers see their appliance and total household/building energy consumption in real time by Day, Week or Month via an in-home Zigbee network.
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The authors of this white paper argue that policy makers need to recognize that current Smart Grid policy is not aligned with the reality of the residential energy management marketplace, and it needs to be changed at both the state and federal levels. The paper presents policy principles the authors believe are needed to achieve a robust consumer market for energy management, which is needed to achieve national Smart Grid residential energy management objectives such as peak load demand response. |
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Is this the year that Home Area Networking really takes off? Ray Bell, Grid Net founder and CEO (and one of the industry's bona fide big brains, according to Jesse), believes HANs may finally be ready for prime time. But he's got a few caveats; click to see what they are - and if you agree. |
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Smart home systems company PassivSystemshas called for government and the energy industry to think beyond smart meters and to put consumer needs at the heart of smart energy solutions. PassivSystems believes that current smart meter options do not realise enough savings and require too much interaction for consumers to ever truly engage with. |
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Yet another major player has jumped into the home energy management arena: Make way for Apple. The company has applied for patents for a home energy management system that would allow consumers to reduce electricity bills by controlling and maximizing how power is allocated to home electronics such as computers, cell phones and, yes, iPods. |
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Intel’s futuristic-looking entry in the home energy management space isn’t production-ready yet, but it got Alex Zheng’s attention. He says the impressive human-Smart Grid interface raises the bar for future portals. Find out why. |
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GE (NYSE: GE) is introducing an in-home, multi-function energy information panel that will give consumers insight and control to help them manage energy usage and understand costs. The sleek, touch-screen panel will wirelessly connect to a household’s smart meter, appliances and thermostats, via ZigBee(R) or Wi-Fi(R), to gather information, manage usage and deliver the real-time knowledge that empowers smarter energy choices. |
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WHEB Ventures, the European clean technology venture capital firm, has announced it has invested in the home energy management company, PassivSystems Ltd. |
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Xcel Energy and GridPoint, Inc., today announced that 1.4 million residential Colorado utility customers now have access to the My Account site on www.xcelenergy.com using GridPoint’s recently released home energy management solution. |
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Control4, a leading provider of IP-based home area network control systems, will integrate APOGEE Interactive's energy analysis software into its Control4® Energy Management System 100. The goal is to help consumers easily understand how changes they make in their energy use can save some serious money. |
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Control4, a leader in affordable IP-based home control systems, and APOGEE Interactive announced a strategic relationship today to incorporate Apogee’s energy analysis software into the Control4® home area network solution, the Energy Management System 100. By analyzing and presenting the data gathered by the Energy Management System 100 in an easy-to-understand interface and linking that with control-over-home devices, consumers can see the impact of changing their usage and realize substantial energy savings in the home. |
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Most consumers are willing to pay for a home monitoring service that allows them to keep an eye on excess energy consumption or security systems while they are away from home, according to research conducted by Intamac, a UK-based marketer that specializes in the integration and networking of devices in connected homes. |
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Nearly two thirds of consumers are prepared to pay for a home monitoring service letting them view excess energy consumption or security settings around the house when not at home. This is according to research carried out by UK-based connected home provider Intamac. Interestingly, over half claimed they’d prefer the fee to be added to their monthly utility bill. The research carried out across consumers in the UK and North America to find out their attitudes towards remote home monitoring and control showed that there’s a keen interest in better managing energy consumption. Yet, while consumers in both regions are eager to have better remote control over their homes, paying for a separate service is another matter.
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HAI (Home Automation, Inc.), leading manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, announced that the 2010 HAI Product Catalog is now shipping. It is currently available in 2 formats, print and electronic PDF. It will also be included on HAI's 2010 Automation Simplified CD, and is currently being developed into an online Flash version. |
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Pike Research forecasts that home energy displays will be in 28.1 million homes by 2015, and that they will be coming in a variety of shapes and sizes. |
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Amid historic volatility in energy prices and heightened concern about energy security and climate change, energy management and energy efficiency are hot topics. Tens of millions of smart electric meters are slated for deployment in the next few years, in addition to a broad array of other smart grid enhancements. And consumer interest in energy issues is higher than it has been in decades. According to a new report from Pike Research, this groundswell from consumers, together with a strong push from electric utilities, will create a substantial market for home energy management systems and energy information displays (EIDs), which the firm forecasts will include 28.1 million users worldwide by 2015. |
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GridPoint has released its next-generation home energy management solution which includes a comprehensive suite of features that promote both continued interactive relationships between utilities and their customers, as well as features to help consumers manage their energy use. |
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GridPoint, Inc., an established leader in smart grid solutions, today announced the availability of its next-generation home energy management solution, a comprehensive offering that provides the foundation for an interactive, ongoing relationship between utilities and consumers. Designed to be a meaningful tool consumers use regularly, the new release provides visibility to natural gas as well as electricity consumption, offers conservation tips based on individual lifestyles, and supports enrollment in utility programs – including energy efficiency, solar and demand response programs. |
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