home energy management
IBM and the city of Dubuque, Iowa, plan to spend the next six months testing an electricity portal that lets residents access information about their energy use and share ideas for saving. The internet-based “Smarter Energy Cloud” is available now to volunteer households across the city. The portal is part
home energy management
Virginia-based energy information software provider Opower now has 10 Minnesota utilities using its Home Energy Reporting program, with its offering covering about 50 percent of the state’s electricity service area. With the latest addition — Shakopee Public Utilities (SPU) — 6 percent of Minnesota households now receive Opower Home Energy Reports,
home energy management
Home automation company Vivint is partnering with Tendril, which provides a cloud-based platform for smart grid, to provide consumers with “an active learning experience that provides insight into their energy usage and how to control consumption based on their specific goals.” Under the partnership, Vivint will connect its Go!Control
home energy management
Like Google and Microsoft before it, Cisco has decided to remove its eggs from the home energy management basket. Writing in Cisco’s blog, Laura Ipsen — the company’s senior vice president and general manager for smart grid — this week delivered the news in the usual “we’re-getting-out-of-the-home-energy-monitoring-business-because-it’s-better-that-way” way:
home energy management
EnergyHub has launched a new software platform for utilities designed to help cut home energy consumption without reducing comfort. The Mercury cloud-based smart thermostat service targets utilities, cable and television service providers, home security companies and device manufacturers. The service uses advanced analytics and user interfaces to optimize thermostats and
home energy management
Home energy management software company Opower plans to begin offering its program to customers of First Utility, the UK’s largest independent domestic energy company. The offering under the new partnership between the companies is Opower’s first implementation outside of the US and will be the first of its
home energy management
Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology has teamed up with home energy management platform provider GreenWave Reality to open an Energy Management Research Center (EMRC). To be based at the university’s Hawthorn campus, the center aims to serve as “an international hub for thought leadership, excellence and experience, showcasing
home energy management
Several US utility companies will be offering their customers a new home energy management tool designed to create an “active learning experience” for controlling electricity use. Energy platform company Tendril has shipped its Tendril Energize suite to several energy providers, including Cape Light Compact, KCP&L and Origin Energy.
home energy management
Palo Alto-based iControl Networks has closed $50 million in funding, bringing the total investment in the home management software and services firm to more than $100 million. Louis Toth, managing director of Comcast Ventures, said iControl has “tremendous growth potential, particularly in the emerging market for energy management solutions. These
home energy management
Siemens Energy has expanded its smart-grid offerings yet again, this time by partnering with Tendril to provide the Tendril Connect platform to energy service providers and distribution network operators. The two companies will initially target utilities in the US and Canada, and plan to later expand internationally. Siemens’ investment arm,
home energy management
Battelle will use SmartSynch’s GridRouter communications module as the Home Energy Manager (HEM) component to complement its Active Demand Management System (ADM). Battelle’s ADM enables real-time pricing and pre-programmed home energy management. The system will debut as a 1,000-customer pilot as part of AEP Ohio’s gridSMART
home energy management
The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI), member-led organisation devoted to translating broadband service providers’ service plans into published technology requirements, will share its in-home architecture of triple-play services alongside other specific requirements for home energy management (HEM) at a workshop at Telecom Italia laboratories in Turin, Italy, between 30 – 31 March.
