Clean Technica

Navigant’s research comes immediately following research from Parks Associates predicting that smart thermostats will account for over 40% of all thermostats sold in the US in 2015.

“Smart thermostats already account for more than one-half of the smart home devices in U.S. broadband households,” said Tom Kerber, Director, Research, Home Controls & Energy, Parks Associates. “Many utilities have promoted smart thermostats as part of their home energy management initiatives; ho ...read more

Many of these ‘control your home lighting’ systems will see savings based on a learning curve: as people begin to understand the flexibility and range of their new system, and as they begin to understand how they use lights and see their usage patterns, users will be able to start adjusting accordingly.

“According to Parks Associates, the most desired consumer feature of a smart home is lighting control,” said Greg Memo, CEO of GreenWave Reality. “With our Connected Lightin ...read more