Will 2011 be the year home energy management finally takes off? It could well be. There are many positive signs, such as the very large fact that people want energy efficiency in their homes. There are still some factors that need to come together, such as the crucial marriage between energy monitoring and home control systems, but this should happen soon. Smart grid services and smart appliances will lag behind, for now. And as research firm Parks Associates recently forecast, non-utility based home energy management systems will outpace utility-based systems for the next several years.

From the article, "11 Reasons Energy Management will be Big in 2011" by Steven Castle

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