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Joey Barr
Evan Bloodgood
Adithya Jayachandran
Imran Sheikh
Home Energy Management Has a
Clear Value Proposition
$1,250
$1,200
$1,200 • ½ of US households
$1,150
Annual Savings of
using Automated
$1,100
$240 per Demand Response
$1,050 household, or 20%
could reduce peak
$1,000
$950
$960
demand by 38 GW
$900 • $35B of avoided
$850 generation,
$800
Current Annual Electricity Annual Household Electricity
transmission and
Costs per Household Costs with Home Energy
Management System
distribution cost
Source: US EIA, DOE 2007
There is strong consumer interest . . .
Consumer Commitment to Interest in Purchasing a Home
Reducing Daily Electricity Use Energy Management System
54%: 42%:
Would Would
NOT Purchase
Purchase
59%: Committed
3%: Currently
Own
Source: Mintel “Smart House” 2009
. . . but this has not translated to real demand.
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The Home Energy Management Space:
Industry is crowded and fragmented . .
.
Energy Management Systems/ Smart Electronics/
Smart Meters Communication Technology In Home Displays Smart Thermostats
Software Appliances
• Industry blueprint
• Feasibility
Reference • Time to market
Design • Examples: IBM clones
in the 1980’s, mobile
applications
developers
The Residential Energy Gateway
Creates a Smart Home
Home Energy Solar Panels
Home
Management Computer
System
Electrical
Home Outlets Broadband
Security Router
Programmable
Kitchen
In‐Home Display Thermostat Lighting Systems Appliances
Residential
Home
Energy Entertainment
Audio
Gateway Home Health Speakers
Care Equipment
STB
Load
Control
Home Appliances
Irrigation System
Gas and Water Water Heater
Utility Meters
Plug‐in Hybrid
Electric Vehicles
Key Features and Benefits
of the Reference Design
Growth Trends are
Ideal for an Open Platform
Global Home Energy Open Platforms Have Historically
Management Estimated Revenue Commanded Dominant Market
($ in millions) Share:
$9,000
$8,084
$8,000 Closed Platform:
1 1% $242MM
= 1
$7,000
R
$6,000 C AG $5,630
$5,000
$4,000
$3,000 $2,753
Open Platform:
$2,000
$864
$7,841MM
$1,000
$0
2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: ABI Research
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Reference Design Enables
Essential Features
• Devices that are consulted frequently
result in 400% more energy savings
than devices not consulted often1
• Portability supports real‐time
investigation…and encourages energy
detective behaviors that can result in
real reduction of consumption2
• 47 companies, including Google, GE, and
Intel, recently urged President Obama to
create policies that give consumers better
access to home energy information
1. Mendyk et al, Energy Center of Wisconsin
2. Young Jeong et al, Georgia Institute of
Technology
Reference Design Enables
Essential Features (cont.)
• Consumers that publicize their
energy usage used 20% less
electricity1
• Control4, with one of the most
comprehensive application suites,
has seen 40% annual revenue
growth since 2007
• Research shows that technology and
price are not sufficient to drive
efficiency2
1. Pallack et al
2. Midden, et al, Erhart‐Martinez and Laitner
The Home Energy Management Space:
Questions?
“the developer community can drive more innovation than a company
“the developer community can drive more innovation than a companycan in house. That’s
can in house. That’s
exactly what the home energy management industry needs, and after years of gaining little
exactly what the home energy management industry needs, and after years of gaining little
or no traction …..opening up the APIs of these home energy management platforms could
or no traction …..opening up the APIs of these home energy management platforms could
be the crucial piece that finally gets consumers to adopt energy
be the crucial piece that finally gets consumers to adopt energyinformation tools.”
information tools.”
‐‐Katie Fehrenbacher
Katie Fehrenbacher
"The idea that everyone is going to have a big screen that does nothing but tell them what
"The idea that everyone is going to have a big screen that does nothing but tell them what
goes on with energy, we don't think that's going to work.
goes on with energy, we don't think that's going to work. Different devices, such as Web
Different devices, such as Web
portals, small displays, or tablet computers like the iPad, offer other possibilities."
portals, small displays, or tablet computers like the iPad, offer other possibilities."
Kevin Ashton,
Kevin Ashton,former CEO of Zensi (Aquired by
former CEO of Zensi (Aquired byBelkin in April 2010)
Belkin in April 2010)
" Not everybody is an energy nerd yet. While people who study this area are aware of the
" Not everybody is an energy nerd yet. While people who study this area are aware of the
energy space, the average consumer is not.”
energy space, the average consumer is not.”
David Schatsky,
David Schatsky,Principal at GreenResearch Consulting
Principal at GreenResearch Consulting