Smart Energy Insights

U.S. households with time-of-use (TOU) electricity billing are more satisfied with their electricity service, according to new research Parks Associates announced today at the 2014 Smart Energy Summit. Among energy consumers with free nights or weekends, 53% are “very” satisfied with their overall electricity services, but only 34% without this TOU service are very satisfied.

Smart Energy Summit, February 17-19 in Austin, features keynotes from Austin Energy, Nest, Lowe's, C ...read more

Jeff Wilson, Director of Product Management at NETGEAR, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

The biggest challenge for Netgear is to make fewer devices in the home do more. I think the topic of this panel is a great starting place. In the past we have talked about adding energy management and measurement systems in the home and linking them to home aut ...read more

Stuart Lombard, President and CEO of ecobee, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

The biggest challenge is consumer awareness – however, the good news is our research shows that the more consumers know about connected thermostats and other devices, the more they appreciate them and want other similar devices.

Utility demand response and energy effici ...read more

Matthew Plante, Vice President of Sales at Bidgely, Inc, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Elevating the conversation. It's not about competition or getting consumers to care about energy or declining utility revenues or cumbersome M&V or "death by pilots" or anything else. It's about helping utility executives understand that the brand loyalty we d ...read more

Bram Reinders, Director Alliance Management at CleanTX/Alliander NV, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Convincing the customer that energy efficiency will pay itself back. Unfortunately, there is no credible energy efficiency labeling on each home.

Bram Reinders is speaking at the Smart Energy Summit on Wednesday, February 19. He is part of the se ...read more

We had a full room at the pre-show workshop "Accelerating the Adoption of Energy Management." Thank you to all the attendees who made this workshop a success.

Bill Scheffler, Director of NA Sales and Business Development at Z-Wave/Sigma Designs, responds to this industry question: "What do you think is the most challenging issue for your company as it relates to the residential energy management market?"

Z-Wave-powered interoperable home energy products are deployed in millions of homes in the US by consumers who want to be more energy aware and save money on their utility bills. The challenge is bringing together these consumers ...read more

More and more households are adopting smart, connected technology for home automation, energy management, and general household tasks. As the move toward the Internet of Things has grown in size in the last few years, service providers and OEMs have quickly adapted, developing new technologies and apps that extend functionality and provide seamless convenience to consumers.

During the Smart Energy Summit on February 18, representatives from HGI, Qualcomm, Wi-Fi Alliance, Zig-Be ...read more