"thermostats" articles

Today, Icontrol Networks announced a new partnership with Earth Networks, which centers around the integration of WeatherBug Home into Icontrol’s Developer Program. Icontrol Networks, a leader in interactive security and home automation will offer Earth Network’s big data intelligence, proprietary weather data, and energy usage analytics to its customers. “The program let’s customers offer a new level of automation,” said the company’s CEO, Bob Hagerty. ...

The connected life of smartphone owners is now starting to include smart home devices, a part of the movement towards the Internet of Things (IoT) and increased awareness of the impact on energy efficiencies. In Q2 2015, 16% of all U.S. broadband households owned one or more smart home devices—products that can be controlled or monitored from a smartphone, table, or computer. Smart energy devices include smart thermostats, smart lightbulbs, smart plugs/adapter modules, smart...

In a recent article for the New York Times , Steve Lohr writes that consumers purchase smart home products for a number of reasons, including environmental worries, financial savings, and the physical appeal of smart home merchandise. Lohr included Parks Associates research to show the increase in sales of energy-related smart home products. Valued at $850 million, Parks Associates research shows consumers purchased 10 million smart thermostats, plugs, power strips, and lights...

Amena Ali , Senior VP and General Manager at WeatherBug Home , answers several industry questions about issues that are currently affecting the connected entertainment and smart home markets: What is the most important next step to engage consumers in smart home solutions, connected entertainment services, and/or value-added services like tech support and connected health? When it comes to engaging consumers in smart home solutions, we need to first consider their...

George Land , Business Director, Nexia Home Intelligence at Ingersoll Rand , provides industry insights for his upcoming CONNECTIONS  speaking engagement: What is the most important next step to engage consumers in smart home solutions, connected entertainment services, and/or value-added services like tech support and connected health? Right now, many people consider a smart home as a novelty or luxury item rather than a stable, viable lifestyle upgrade that...

Barry Haaser , Managing Director for the OpenADR Alliance and President at Lakeview Group, answers several industry questions about issues that are currently affecting the energy management market: What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market? The most challenging issue for the OpenADR Alliance involves development of automated demand response (ADR) programs by utilities based on the...

Gene Wang , CEO at People Power , responds to the industry question: “ What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?” An inconvenient truth about the average consumer today is that they are not passionate about inconveniencing themselves in order to save a few dollars. And they are generally not willing to pay money for a lower priority benefit of energy conservation. This was a tremendous...

Parks Associates has released a new consumer analytics report on consumer interest in and adoption levels of home energy management features. The market focus report, " Consumer Segmentation: Who Will Pay for Home Energy Management? " analyzes the overall appeal of different types of smart home features, providing key insights into the top five features consumers identify as most important. 11% of U.S. broadband households already own and use a programmable,...