{"id":4838,"date":"2013-08-21T18:26:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=4838"},"modified":"2015-12-21T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:45:16","slug":"technology-for-energy-smart-homes-is-here-why-arent-more-people-using-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/08\/21\/technology-for-energy-smart-homes-is-here-why-arent-more-people-using-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology for energy-smart homes is here. Why aren&#8217;t more people using it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This commentary originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/21\/technology-energy-smart-homes-here-why-arent-more-people-using-it\">EDF&#8217;s Voices blog<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4839\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4839\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/08\/SolorDecathlon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4839 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/08\/SolorDecathlon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/08\/SolorDecathlon.jpg 387w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/08\/SolorDecathlon-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Department of Energy Solar Decathlon\/Flickr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These days, the future is often in the news. It\u2019s not uncommon to come upon articles about cars\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_driverless_car\">that drive themselves<\/a>, vacation trips to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacedaily.com\/news\/tourism-02n.html\">space<\/a>, and automated smart houses a la\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eQgcLYXKNSA\">the Jetsons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know much about space tourism or self-driving cars,<del datetime=\"2013-07-26T14:26\">\u00a0<\/del>but I do know that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/building-smarter-grid-austin-texas\">smart homes<\/a>\u00a0and the associated technologies are already allowing for the possibility of environmental benefits and economic savings that are nothing short of futuristic.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=worlds-largest-machine--the-electri-2008-08-28\">utility grid is the largest machine in world<\/a>. Unfortunately, however, this machine exacts human and environmental costs all the way down the line &#8212; from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/climate\/natural-gas\">extraction<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/texascleanairmatters\/2013\/07\/08\/supreme-court-to-revisit-cross-state-air-pollution-rule\/\">combustion<\/a>. But we\u2019re at the beginning of an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/energy\/infographic-smart-grid-basics\">energy revolution<\/a>\u00a0in home energy management systems that may make consumers key players in solving these problems.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>What are home energy management systems (HEMS)?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The platform for increased interaction between consumers and the energy grid will be home energy management systems (HEMS), devices that are part iPad-for-your-home and part thermostat. Some of these devices already exist &#8211; from apps that allow users to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coned.com\/thepowerofgreen\/game\/\">play games<\/a>\u00a0and earn rewards while saving electricity, to GPS-enabled programs that \u00a0cool down your house when you\u2019re on your way home from work in the summer .<\/p>\n<p>It has been forecast that the number of households with HEMS will grow to more than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/digital-home-world-summit-to-energise-the-smart-home-ecosystem-2013-05-07\">40 million in 2020<\/a>. (Companies like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sony.net\/SonyInfo\/csr\/SonyEnvironment\/technology\/hems.html\">SONY<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hitachi.com\/products\/smartcity\/solution\/hems\/index.html\">Hitachi<\/a>\u00a0are in the R&amp;D phase with HEMS devices, while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nest.com\/\">Nest<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/Check-It---Home-Energy-Monitoring-Starter-Kit---Beige\/Green\/Black\/3977564.p?id=1218447360998&amp;skuId=3977564\">Check-It<\/a>\u00a0already have some on the market.) And if HEMS can be combined with services we already use &#8212; like utilities, security, cell and Internet, then more consumers will buy in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why aren\u2019t more people using home energy management systems?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The problem, so far, is that technological advances in our electrical grid have tended to benefit the utilities more than the consumer. For example, by the end of 2015, approximately \u201c45% of all U.S. households will be served by smart meters. But\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.intelligentutility.com\/article\/12\/04\/home-energy-management-or-without-advanced-metering-infrastructure-part-2\">as few as 10% of those meters will be enabled for two-way communications<\/a>\u201d via HEMS.<\/p>\n<p>Lacking that interactive connection with the energy grid, \u00a0consumers won\u2019t fully benefit from HEMS\u2019 capabilities, like providing them with real-time information on energy costs and usage, which will let people save money by using power when its costs are lowest, and even\u00a0<em>earning<\/em>\u00a0money by selling unused, locally generated power (say from rooftop solar panels) back to the utilities.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s where the future of energy usage is today. We\u2019ve reached the point where we have the technical ability to create a true interactive smart grid that benefits consumers and utilities and the environment. But we haven\u2019t yet put in place the state-by-state rules and regulation that will allow all that futuristic technology to take full effect.\u00a0 In many cases even repealing burdensome regulations, red tape, and old ways of doing business will be necessary so that markets can thrive and not simply be designed to benefit monopolistic industries.<\/p>\n<p>There are market-based obstacles that can be overcome, and EDF is working in a number of states \u2013 from Illinois to California to Texas \u2013 to get the regulations rightfor a true smart grid that will bring convenience, savings and environmental benefits to consumers, utilities and the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This commentary originally appeared on EDF&#8217;s Voices blog. These days, the future is often in the news. It\u2019s not uncommon to come upon articles about cars\u00a0that drive themselves, vacation trips to\u00a0space, and automated smart houses a la\u00a0the Jetsons. I don\u2019t know much about space tourism or self-driving cars,\u00a0but I do know that\u00a0smart homes\u00a0and the associated &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6408,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84830,27600],"tags":[52541,75,717,52990],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grid-modernization","category-utilities","tag-electric-grid","tag-environment","tag-smart-grid","tag-utility-business-models"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Technology for energy-smart homes is here. 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