Press Releases
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TIME Magazine Names EnergyHub Dashboard a Best Invention of 2009
November 12, 2009EnergyHub's Dashboard has been chosen by Time Magazine as a Best Invention, the magazine announced Thursday. The touchscreen Dashboard, which combines temperature control and comprehensive home energy management in one easy-to-use device, was praised by Time for its ability to “rein in the real power hogs" in a user's home.
As the centerpiece of EnergyHub's innovative solution, the Dashboard tracks and manages energy use of the entire home, and of individual appliances, in real time. The Dashboard also allows utilities to communicate messages and pricing directly to their customers, a breakthrough that facilitates better service and energy savings for providers and consumers.
The EnergyHub Dashboard "is something I saw demonstrated earlier this year and it blew me away," says Lev Grossman, senior writer at Time and editor of the magazine’s annual Best Inventions issue. "In a car you can usually see how much gas you’re using. With electricity in a home, you never could before. But now... in real time you can, using EnergyHub, and I think it's going to save America billions and billions of dollars."
The Dashboard is currently deployed in utility pilots in the US and will be available direct to consumers early next year. "This is going to be in homes in 2010, and it should have a huge impact," says Josh Tyrangiel, Time deputy managing editor and managing editor of Time.com.
"It's very exciting to be named a Best Invention by such a prestigious publication," says EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson. "I think it also speaks to the demand of the market. Both utilities and consumers want to be able to take action to increase energy efficiency and save money. At EnergyHub, we have been working very hard to deliver practical and valuable solutions, so it's particularly gratifying to receive this honor."
Previous Time Best Inventions include the iPhone (2007), Youtube.com (2006), and NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers (2002).
Read Time's story on EnergyHub.
Time senior writer and Best Inventions editor Lev Grossman explains why he chose the EnergyHub Dashboard:
Time deputy managing editor and Time.com managing editor Josh Tyrangiel demonstrates the EnergyHub Dashboard on NBC's Today Show:
About EnergyHub
EnergyHub (www.energyhub.net) is the consumer face of the Smart Grid, helping homeowners reduce energy consumption and save money. EnergyHub produces smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools that strengthen the relationship between consumers and utilities and solve today’s energy problems.
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EnergyHub Joins Cisco in Push Towards Open Standards
September 17, 2009EnergyHub, a leading home energy solutions provider, is supporting networking giant Cisco in its push towards open standards for the Smart Grid, joining other industry leaders and customers. Read Cisco's press release here.
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Itron and EnergyHub Partnership Allows Utilities to Provide Consumers with Real-Time Data, Total Control Over Energy Usage
September 15, 2009DENVER-- Itron Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) announced today its partnership with EnergyHub, a leading home energy solutions provider, for integration of Itron's industry-leading ERT reading technology with EnergyHub's in-home energy management devices. Combining the technologies will allow electric, gas, and water utilities to engage their customers as stewards in solving the peak-demand problem.
Itron is the first advanced metering vendor to incorporate EnergyHub's in-home, touchscreen Dashboard and Temperature Control Unit with ERT reading technology. Under terms of the agreement, Itron will also license its ERT reading technology to EnergyHub. This enables the Dashboard to act as a two-way messaging platform through which consumption data provided by Itron's ERT reading technology can be communicated to customers, and through which customers can respond. It will also help customers understand next-generation tiered, time-of-use, and critical peak rate structures.
"EnergyHub's expertise in human factors, combined with their understanding of the issues facing today's utilities, has led to the development of a world-class Smart Grid product line," said Philip Mezey, Itron North America senior vice president and chief operating officer. "Our partnership with EnergyHub creates a powerful migration path for our customers to extend the value of their deployments toward true Smart Grid solutions."
The Dashboard combines, in a single interface, the functionality of a home energy display and a programmable communicating thermostat. It can also be augmented with EnergyHub Sockets and Strips so consumers can receive a full and detailed picture of their energy usage, down to individual appliances.
Both companies' technologies support a variety of communication standards including ZigBee, allowing for true interoperability, which is foundational to the burgeoning Smart Grid.
"Itron's ERT technology is the de facto standard in today's advanced metering market," said David Wechsler, vice president of Business Development for EnergyHub. "We are excited to work hand-in-hand with Itron to help bring sophisticated Smart Grid applications to visionary adopters of the technology."
About Itron
Itron Inc. is a leading technology provider to the global energy and water industries. Our company is the world`s leading provider of intelligent metering, data collection and utility software solutions, with nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide relying on our technology to optimize the delivery and use of energy and water. Our products include electricity, gas, water and heat meters, data collection and communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); meter data management and related software applications; as well as project management, installation, and consulting services. To know more, start here: www.itron.com.
About EnergyHub
EnergyHub (www.energyhub.net) is the consumer face of the Smart Grid, helping home owners reduce energy consumption and save money. EnergyHub produces smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools that strengthen the relationship between consumers and utilities and solve today’s energy problems.
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EnergyHub and Con Edison Partner to Bring the Consumer Face of the Smart Grid to New York City Customers
September 14, 2009EnergyHub, Inc., a leading home energy solutions provider, today announced that it has been chosen by Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison), the regulated utility that provides electric service in New York City, as a partner for its Smart Grid pilot program in Queens. Con Edison, which serves more than 3 million customers, is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies. EnergyHub will provide selected Con Edison customers with its in-home Dashboard and Consumer Web Portal as well as other tools that allow consumers to track and control their energy usage for greater energy and monetary savings.
“Our partnership with Con Edison gives EnergyHub an exceptional opportunity to demonstrate the value of our solution for both the utility and its customers,” said Seth Frader-Thompson, CEO of EnergyHub. “We are thrilled to have a thought leader like Con Edison as one of our early customers.”
With one of the highest load densities in the world, New York City and its surrounding area represent the most complex and diverse test bed for urban and suburban Smart Grid performance. The objective of Con Edison’s $6 million Smart Grid pilot program is to build a Smart Grid prototype that would demonstrate many high-tech and intelligent components, including two-way communication between the company and the customer. With its easy-to-use system, EnergyHub will supply Con Edison with the crucial technology that will enhance the relationship between the energy provider and user.
"Working with EnergyHub, we look forward to introducing the Smart Grid to New York City. Together, we will make the city a model for showing how Smart Grid technologies can work in dense urban areas to improve service reliability and help reduce customers' electric usage,” said Louis Rana, president and COO of Con Edison. “We're also pleased that we have identified a qualified company within our service area to help us launch our Smart Grid program."
The Dashboard, Socket, Power Strip, and Consumer Web Portal are key components of EnergyHub’s home area network (HAN) solution for utilities and consumers. They provide the combination of residential HVAC control, energy monitoring, and appliance management. The Dashboard’s intuitive touchscreen interface allows users to monitor and control all electrical devices and appliances in the home, and provides an “at-a-glance” overview of the home’s total electricity and gas use, both historical and in real time. The Consumer Web Portal gives residential customers detailed analysis of their energy usage, as well as remote control of their energy-consuming devices in the home. As two-way messaging platforms, the Dashboard and Consumer Web Portal display energy prices and peak-demand warnings, send customers energy-saving tips, and manage demand response events.
About EnergyHub
EnergyHub (www.energyhub.net) is the consumer face of the Smart Grid, helping home owners reduce energy consumption and save money. EnergyHub produces smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools that strengthen the relationship between consumers and utilities and solve today’s energy problems.
About Con Edison
Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. [NYSE: ED], one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $33 billion in assets. The utility provides electric, gas, and steam service to more than 3 million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York. For additional financial, operations, and customer service information, visit Con Edison’s Web site at www.conEd.com
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David Wechsler Joins EnergyHub
May 27, 2009EnergyHub, a leading home energy solutions provider, today announced the appointment of David Wechsler as Vice President of Business Development and Utility Operations. Wechsler will draw upon his 14 years of expertise in computing and Smart Grid technologies to oversee EnergyHub’s partnerships and utility pilots.
“With EnergyHub’s recent funding and the upcoming announcement of our initial large-scale pilots, we were ready to bring the company to the next level,” said Seth Frader-Thompson, CEO of EnergyHub. “David’s extensive experience and knowledge of the industry will help position EnergyHub to be a leader as we commercialize our technology and roll out to larger markets.”
Wechsler was most recently part of a team providing consulting services to optimize demand side management and energy efficiency programs for the nation’s largest utilities. Previously, Wechsler was CEO of Lanthorn Technologies, an early Smart Grid technology solutions provider for electric, gas, and water utilities that he founded in 2001. Prior to Lanthorn, Wechsler founded t3, an Internet development consulting firm that was ultimately acquired in a public stock transaction in 1999.
“Companies have tried for years to crack this space and I believe that EnergyHub has nailed one of the key missing pieces in the value chain – the consumer-facing technology,” says Wechsler. “I am thrilled to be part of this dynamic team.”
About EnergyHub
EnergyHub (www.energyhub.net) is the consumer face of the Smart Grid, helping home owners reduce energy consumption and save money. EnergyHub produces smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools that strengthen the relationship between consumers and utilities and solve today’s energy problems.
For more information on EnergyHub: www.energyhub.net or email rebecca@energyhub.net
In the News
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Museum of the City of New York Exhibit
December 01, 2008An EnergyHub prototype showing some of the system’s features is on display at the Museum of the City of New York as a part of “Growing and Greening New York,” an exhibit illustrating the complexities of greater environmental sustainability in New York City.
The exhibit, which runs until April 22, is organized to reflect the average day of a New Yorker and explores Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s blueprint for sustainability by 2030, PlaNYC. With over 200 agencies, foundations, individuals and non-profits participating, "Growing and Greening" asks the question: How must New Yorkers change to make a sustainable future possible?
The EnergyHub prototype is set up in a mock living room. Museum-goers can turn appliances on and off using the dashboard, and can track the energy levels of different devices, including the amount of money saved by replacing a regular lightbulb with a compact fluorescent lightbulb.
“It’s a great opportunity for us to demonstrate a few features of our system,” says EnergyHub’s design director Stephan von Muehlen. “But one of the best things to come out of the exhibit is the new community of people working on green and sustainability issues here in New York. The museum brought many of us together for the first time.”
For more information on "Growing and Greening" at the Museum of the City of New York: www.mcny.org For more information on EnergyHub: www.energyhub.net or email rebecca@energyhub.net
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August 15, 2008
EnergyHub was featured in a story on the blog Engadget. "We've seen electricity-monitoring / controlling devices similar to the EnergyHub before, but few have provided such a handsome interface or modular, expandable options," wrote Engadget's Joshua Topolsky.
Read more on Engadget: www.engadget.com For more information on EnergyHub: www.energyhub.net or email rebecca@energyhub.net
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August 14, 2008
The blog Inhabitat writes about EnergyHub:
"One of the many barriers that impedes us from living a greener life at home is the lack of any simple and reliable way to gauge how much energy we are consuming. We can turn off our lights and computers, but we are still kept in the dark as to our true levels of our consumption. As price and demand for energy continue to climb, it becomes that much more important to have access to vital information about our energy use, which is exactly what EnergyHub hopes to provide."Inhabitat's Jason Sahler writes that EnergyHub is focusing on a key point in reigning in energy consumption: the access to information. "When we are able to accurately read and monitor our own consumption we will be able to take action."
Read more on Inhabitat: www.inhabitat.com For more information on EnergyHub: www.energyhub.net or email rebecca@energyhub.net
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March 06, 2008
EnergyHub is a finalist in MIT Clean Energy Entrepreneurship Prize (CEEP), the premier clean energy competition in the U.S. CEEP prizes are awarded by NSTAR and the U.S. Department of Energy. The goal of the competition is to recognize new ventures that will be economically successful and have a positive impact. MIT student teams, other student teams, and professional start-up teams are eligible. EnergyHub was chosen from several hundred entries.
For more information on MIT CEEP: www.mitceep.com For more information on EnergyHub: www.energyhub.net or email rebecca@energyhub.net
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December 28, 2007
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded EnergyHub a $156,000 grant as a part of its funding initiative for Advanced Sensors and Controls for Building and Industrial Applications.
NYSERDA is a public benefit corporation that strives to facilitate change through the widespread development and use of innovative technologies to improve New York State's energy, economic, and environmental well-being.
For more information on NYSERDA: www.nyserda.org For more information on EnergyHub: www.energyhub.net or email rebecca@energyhub.net