Over 30 percent of U.S. broadband households are interested in the ability to remotely control appliances and thermostats and monitor security cameras through a PC or mobile device, opening opportunities in energy services for communications and security providers as well as manufacturers and utilities, according to international research firm Parks Associates. The firm will...
We recently posed the question, what form will home energy management take: will it be more of a targeted, device-by-device solution or something that’s addressed by a whole-house energy management and control system? GE is looking at both ways, but seems to be leaning toward the whole-house solution. At the recent Consumer Electronics Show...
Will 2011 be the year energy management takes off? It could well be. There are many positive signs for the energy management market, both in the commercial and residential sectors. There are still some factors that need to come together, such as the crucial marriage between energy monitoring and home control systems, but this...
An interesting debate appears to be brewing in the world of home energy management: Will we choose to be more energy efficient in our homes by looking at solutions targeted at certain devices and appliances, or will be opt for intelligent whole-house controllers that can automate our energy savings throughout the house? Bill Ablondi,...
“There is a window of opportunity for those who want to precede the home area networks installed by the utilities,” says Bill Ablondi, director of home systems research at Parks Associates, which forecasts that forecasts that for the next several years, more independent/non-utility residential energy management networks (IREMs) will exist than utility-based home area...
If any one home control company is closest to offering true energy management solutions, it has to be Control4. At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, the home control company is showing off energy monitoring apps for its home control systems and showing how its network can connect to kitchen appliances from Sub-Zero and Wolf....
Home energy management software company Eragy's new Control4 app allows circuit-level monitoring and alerts on energy consumption.
The era of the smart appliance may finally be here—or at least it’s coming. LG is showing off its THINQ technology in smart appliances this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company says the technology will help homeowners manage their appliances remotely and with greater energy savings. LG is demonstrating...
In the spirit of the new year the fact that I’m convinced that 2011 will be the breakout year for energy management systems, here are the things you should be looking to do to grow your energy management services this year. If you just do a few, you’ll have a leg up on everyone...
For a market that few people really know about, 2010 was quite the eventful year for energy management. It really threatened to bust out, but didn’t quite do so. At least not yet. But energy management did make itself more known—and set the stage for a breakout year in 2011. Despite some setbacks, backlashes...
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