Are home energy management systems ready to move beyond the early adopter phase and achieve mainstream acceptance? Not so fast, say a couple of research firms. According to consumer electronics research firm Parks Associates, only about 3.5 percent to 4 percent of households take advantage of electricity load control services if offered by their...
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 few cases of industry deployments and to anemic rates of consumer adoption. Today that is starting to change, and over the remainder...
With all of the technology at our disposal today—home control systems, wired and wireless networking, streaming media, energy monitors, automated lighting and shading, smartphone connectivity—you’d think that our houses would be a whole lot “smarter” and able to manage our home lives more effectively and efficiently. That’s what, of all things, some car companies...
You may have heard that Intel has developed a home energy management system (HEMS), and a Home Dashboard energy monitor. And a Smart TV technology. And sensors that can be placed in the house to measure line voltage and detect problems. And if Intel has its way, it will all be used together—or at...
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