Press Releases
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November 12, 2009
TIME Magazine Names EnergyHub Dashboard a Best Invention of 2009
EnergyHub'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.com) 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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September 17, 2009
EnergyHub Joins Cisco in Push Towards Open Standards
EnergyHub, 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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September 15, 2009
Itron and EnergyHub Partnership Allows Utilities to Provide Consumers with Real-Time Data, Total Control Over Energy Usage
DENVER-- 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.com) 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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September 14, 2009
EnergyHub and Con Edison Partner to Bring the Consumer Face of the Smart Grid to New York City Customers
EnergyHub, 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.com) 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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May 27, 2009
David Wechsler Joins EnergyHub
EnergyHub, 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.com) 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.com or email rebecca@energyhub.com
In the News
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June 29, 2010
EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson Named One of Brooklyn’s Best Entrepreneurs
Inc. Magazine recognizes EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson as one of Brooklyn’s best entrepreneurs, saying EnergyHub proves that “a thoughtful entrepreneur may offer solutions to an energy crisis once considered just the domain of large corporations.”
Read more at http://www.inc.com/ss/brooklyns-best-entrepreneurs
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June 22, 2010
Seth Frader-Thompson Speaks at the Consumer Electronics Association Digital Downtown Conference in New York
EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson was part of the panel that opened the Consumer Electronics Association Digital Downtown Conference in New York this week. With Inhabitant.com publisher Jill Fehrenbacher, Green Electronics Council member Sarah O'Brien, and CNET’s Martin LaMonica as moderator, Frader-Thompson discussed green technology in consumer electronics.
http://cealineshows.com/2010/04/26/seth-frader-thompson-energyhub/
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June 10, 2010
EnergyHub and Consolidated Edison Speak at the 3rd Annual Home Area Networks Conference in Chicago, IL
Marina Teper, EnergyHub’s Program Director, and Susan Gunn, Energy Efficiency Account Executive at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, participated in a panel at the 3rd Annual Home Area Networks Conference held on Jun 10 – Jun 11 in Chicago, IL. EnergyHub and Consolidated Edison are currently partnered in a pilot to install more than 100 of Energyhub’s award-winning in-home displays and consumer web portals allowing consumers accurate monitoring and greater control over their energy usage.
The objective of Con Edison’s 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. Consolidated Edison will test the benefits of the EnergyHub solution over the coming months and use the results as a model of how a potential large –scale deployment might work in a dense urban area such as New York City, which has one of the highest load densities in the world.
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June 01, 2010
EnergyHub Featured in Greentech Media
EnergyHub was featured today on popular green tech market blog Greentech Media as one of the leading companies in consumer-side home energy management.
For the full article, please visit http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/energyhub-and-the-consumer-facing-smart-grid/
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May 19, 2010
Seth Frader-Thompson Speaks at the Networked Grid Conference in Palm Springs, CA
EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson was a featured speaker today at the Networked Grid 2010 conference held in Palm Springs. Frader-Thompson was an invited guest at the “Smart Home Customer Experience” panel, along with senior executives from Accenture, Best Buy, and other companies engaged in developing products for the smart grid. The panel discussed the innovative features offered by in-home energy management products such as EnergyHub’s consumer system, the benefits of consumer adoption of energy management technologies, and the benefits to utilities such as transparency of time-of-use pricing and expanded residential demand response capabilities.
http://www.greentechmedia.com/events/live/the-networked-grid-2010/