Honeywell and Nest are leading the way for smart thermostats, according to a new analysis conducted by Navigant Research. The market for smart thermostats has exploded over the past few years, progressing quickly through an early technological adoption phase and into a stable and flourishing market. Two vendors have stood … [continued]
Smart thermostats are set to continue in popularity, with new research from Parks Associates predicting they will account for over 40% of those sold in the US in 2015. The report, Winning Smart Home Strategies for Energy Management, estimates that smart thermostats like the ever popular Nest Learning Thermostat are set … [continued]
Nest Labs has revamped its entire product line to coincide with the release of Nest Cam, the second generation Nest Protect, and new features on its core product, the Nest Learning Thermostat. The company which caught everyone by storm with the release of its Nest Learning Thermostat in early 2012 has expanded its … [continued]
A new report from GTM Research has identified 120 “significant players” in the increasingly popular North American home energy market. The home energy market has seen an explosion of business and attention over the past several years, with GTM Research determining that 107 mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships were recorded since 2009. … [continued]
“So here’s the weirdest thing about programmable thermostats,” writes Matt Rogers, the founder and head of Engineering for the Nest learning thermostat: “it’s hard to prove how much energy they save or if they save energy at all.” That’s one hell of a way to begin an official blog post … [continued]
Ever since Nest “redeveloped” the thermostat to be a “smart thermostat,” the consumer technology industry has been well aware of clean technology. This awareness will lead to substantial growth, according to Navigant Research, which released a report predicting the smart thermostat market will reach nearly $2.3 billion in annual revenue … [continued]
Home energy management is becoming an important part of the overall energy mix, with tools like Nest and Blossom garnering attention from consumers and investors alike. As such, the home energy management market is expected to grow considerably over the next 9 years, passing $3 billion in 2020 before dropping … [continued]
The connected home starts out in most people’s’ minds as a kitschy Jetsons-like, futuristic impossibility. After a little explanation, most can make the leap to the more realistic interconnected possibilities opening up these days, but even so, it still sometimes feel like a weird dream. The reality is, when you … [continued]
By Jeff Ray, CEO, Ventyx Seeing vehicles from Uber and Lyft, the car-sharing services, cruising the streets of major American cities gets me excited about what could happen to the industry I serve – electric utilities – in this new sharing economy. Sharing has already disrupted – to the point of destruction – music, … [continued]
By Nathan Venos It’s time for America to get smart on residential energy use. The sector accounts for approximately 17 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making it crucial to the United States’ efforts to preserve energy resources and curb climate change. And the impacts could be enormous; for every 1% reduction in … [continued]
