Press Releases

By Megan Treacy Home energy management systems and smart thermostats feature a lot of programmable settings that allow users and their utilities to maximize energy savings. Usually these are based on a consumer’s schedule or times of peak energy demand for the utility; but what if a thermostat could pre-program itself based on weather forecasts…

By Katie Fehrenbacher Energy software company EnergyHub and weather and sensor network company Earth Networks have teamed up to offer a smart thermostat and demand response program for utilities and consumers. Called e5, the service will use weather data from Earth Networks’ thousands of nation wide weather stations (Earth Networks is the company behind the…

For many, the ballyhooed smart home of connected devices will start with the lowly thermostat. By Martin LaMonica Startup EnergyHub today is releasing data from a study of customers who bought a $99 WiFi-enabled thermostat tied to EnergyHub’s Web service. It found that letting consumers operate the thermostat from a familiar PC or smartphone application,…

By Katie Fehrenbacher Energy software startup EnergyHub is powering around 100,000 connected thermostats in the U.S. with its management software called Mercury. While that might not sound like a whole lot, those 100,000 thermostats are producing around 5 billion data points each month, and that’s starting to reveal some interesting trends about how Americans consume…

“Put on a sweater.” By Katherine Tweed If you grew up in New England, you know the response to the often-heard wintertime comment, “I’m cold.” “Put on a sweater” was usually the first answer. It could be followed by “put on a hat,” “put on slippers,” or “get another pair of socks.” A parent might…

New York, NY – January 9, 2012 – EnergyHub, Inc. today announced that the EnergyHub home energy management system has been selected by Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group (NYSE: TEG), for the iCanConserve energy conservation project in Plover, WI. The selection of EnergyHub furthers the overall goals of the iCanConserve…

By Russ Henderson A new image of the smart thermostat was planted in the popular imagination in November. The introduction of the Nest – a sleek, circular wall-mounted unit designed by former Apple designer Tony Fadell – was one of many notable stories this year in the field of home energy management, including the launch…

New monitoring gadgets may help reduce utility bills

San Francisco and New York – Sept. 21, 2011 – Radio Thermostat Company of America (RTCoA) and EnergyHub™ Inc. today announced that RTCoA will transition to the advanced EnergyHub Mercury™ smart thermostat service as the native software platform for its line of wireless thermostats. The cloud-based Mercury platform unlocks the power of communicating thermostats by…

System aims to put homeowners in command of energy usage By Barry Harrell | AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF | Updated: 8:27 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, 2011 Ever wonder exactly how much energy is wasted when you stand in front of your open refrigerator, deciding which leftovers to have for dinner? What if you could tell whether your…