New eMonitor Goes Wireless
Powerhouse Dynamics has released a new wireless version of its eMonitor energy monitoring system. The new eMonitor4 delivers Wi-Fi signals from the system’s gateway to a home’s router, as well as...
View ArticleIt’s Your Smartphone, Silly!
The key to saving energy in your home? It’s your smartphone. According to research firm ON World, two-thirds of smartphone users are interested in home energy management services, and 57 percent prefer...
View ArticleHEMS Market to Grow, Despite Lag
Even as deployments of smart grid infrastructure have accelerated in recent years, the once hyped home energy management (HEM) market has struggled to gain traction. Numerous trials have led to only a...
View ArticleLessons Learned from Nest
Tony Fadell, the ex-Apple guy who brought iPod-like simplicity to the boring old thermostat, was at last week’s Greenbuild Expo for a Q&A in the Residential Summit’s opening plenary, where he...
View ArticleHEMs Market Has Potential, But Remains Largely Untapped
This is no surprise: A new research brief from Pike Research states a clear, yet unrealized potential for home energy management (HEM) systems from broadband service providers. Service providers such...
View ArticleWe’re on the Threshold of Big Data for Home Energy Automation
When control and automation company Savant Systems introduced its SST-W1000 wireless thermostat recently, it marked a first for the company. Now it has its own thermostat, as well as supporting others....
View ArticleHome Energy Management Through Energy Efficiency Services?
“Customers are not being provided easy energy solutions for their homes,” says Claire Broido Johnson, chief of New Markets and Services for New England-based home efficiency provider Next Step Living....
View ArticleZigBee SEP 2 is Done. Now What?
The much-ballyhooed ZigBee Smart Energy Protocol (SEP) 2 has finally been completed and ratified, and the standard is available for download. We could even see devices with SEP 2 by the end of the year...
View ArticleHighlights from Smart Energy Summit Available
If you missed research firm Parks Associates’ annual Smart Energy Summit back in February, you can catch up on the details with a summary released by the company, as well as some video interviews of...
View ArticleEco Game-Changer by Comcast?
That tremor shaking the energy efficiency world this week was Comcast announcing that its Xfinity Home control services allowing remote control of lights and thermostats is being made available to...
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